Skills, Qualifications, and Attributes
- Positive personality and love for children.
- Interest in and in-depth knowledge about the teaching of early childhood students, including those from a variety of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
- Strong interest in the social-emotional needs of early childhood students.
- Highly collaborative and collegial manner.
- Consistent, highly professional behavior, including discretion, judgment, and integrity.
- Dedicated work ethic: proactive, responsible, reliable, punctual, and attentive to deadlines.
- Effective time-management skills with the ability to manage, organize, and prioritize work.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- High proficiency with teaching and learning technology accompanied by a willingness to learn new technologies.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Flexibility with the special needs associated with an academic calendar and schedule.
- Ability to display strong initiative, internal motivation, and a willingness to take on responsibilities beyond those explicitly defined. Committed to professional learning and growth.
- Undergraduate degree (master’s preferred) in education or an appropriate content field.
- Three to five years of successful teaching experience.
- Candidate must also complete the required background check.
Physical Requirements
- Job frequently requires standing, walking, and handling objects with hands.
- Job occasionally requires reaching, climbing, stooping, kneeling, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 25 pounds.
- Some work performed outside exposed to changing weather conditions.
- Moderate concentration/intensity, which includes prolonged mental effort with limited opportunity for breaks.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
