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Description:
The Nursery Teacher supervises children while a church activity or ministry is taking place. The nursery teacher, being creative and resourceful, utilizes suitable instructional materials that provide aprovidesy of meaningful, engaging learning experiences that are academically sound.
This is a part-time position that will be utilized on an as-needed basis.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Instructs preschool-aged children thru elementary age in age-appropriate activities.
- Establishes and enforces rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
Organizes and leads activities that promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
Teaches basic skills, such as color, shape, number, and letter recognition.
Provides a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
Serves meals and snacks by nutritional guidelines. Teaches proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
Prepares materials and classrooms for class activities.
Enforces all administration policies and rules governing students.
Plans and supervises class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guides students in learning from those activities.
Attends staff meetings as required.
Selects, stores, orders, issues, and inventories classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and ability required. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Experience:
A High School diploma or equivalent is required.
Related experience in a similar position is preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Caring for children can be physically demanding.
The Nursery Teacher may be required to lift and carry children or equipment (up to 40 lbs.) and may spend time sitting on the floor or child-sized furniture.
You are expected to clean and maintain equipment and facility and may move throughout the community with children.
Ability to stand and sit for long periods, walking, bending, stooping/squatting, and reaching.
May come in contact with ill and contagious children and must take precautions to ensure the health and safety of all children, parents, staff, and themselves.
Organizational/Interpersonal Skills:
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills are required.
Language/Communication Skills:
The ability to communicate, listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Strong command of both written and spoken English language.