PRESCHOOL TEACHER

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

The Preschool Teacher is responsible for direct delivery of services designed to meet the physical and

developmental needs of preschool age children (ranging from birth to 5 years of age) of the Gila River Indian

Community. This position is responsible for compliance with the Head Start Performance Standards and Program

Area Plans to improve children’s educational, physical, and social skills to meet School Readiness and Family

Engagement outcomes for assigned children and their families.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

 Provide for the care, safety, protection, and supervision of all children in the group at all times. Maintains

scheduled center activities; writes and follows lesson plans; documenting accordingly. Completes and

maintains all necessary documentation to demonstrate compliance with Head Start Program Performance

Standards and other regulations.

 Develops and implements a developmentally appropriate curriculum for children based on the individual

interests, needs, and abilities of the children in the classroom and the group as a whole. Considers goals and

objectives for each child and for the group as a whole and develops realistic lesson plans responsive to the

needs of all. Creates an environment and implements the daily curriculum, which reflects a developmentally

appropriate anti-bias, multicultural approach.

 Demonstrate verbally and through role modeling, a sound knowledge of appropriate child guidance, growth

and development.

 Participate in staff meetings, parent meetings, events and on-going professional and in-service training.

 Provide information to parents regarding their children as well as general child development information;

including parent meetings and/or home visits.

 Required to report suspected abuse/neglect/maltreatment and other social service related incidents to Police

department and/or Child Protective Services (CPS); apprising supervisor of report.