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Job Title: Older 2 Year Old Teacher
Department: Preschool
Reports To: Director
FLSA Status: NON-EXEMPT
Prepared By: Joel Veteto
Prepared Date: March 18, 2025
SUMMARY
Provides care to two year olds by performing the following duties.
* ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES include the following.
• Other duties may be assigned.
• Exemplifies godly character as prescribed in the company’s constitution in all areas including appearance, dress, communication, and interactions with others.
• Teach the children songs, poems, Bible verses, letter, counting etc.
• Preparation of food- including dumping and filling cups, setting out and cleaning up snacks, helping distribute lunch.
• Feeding of children- some assistance at lunch may be required (i.e. cutting up larger foods: chicken patties, loaded potatoes, etc.)
• Change diapers and garments when soiled. Being able to pick up children and or helping the children climb the stairs on the changing table.
• Potty-train children each January (or before) and able to change soiled garments
• Maintains discipline in strict accordance to state regulations and company policy.
• Spends time reading to, singing with, playing with (i.e. stacking blocks, rolling balls, shape sorters, puzzles, cars, playing in kitchen, etc…), and loving on each of the children daily.
• Love and comfort the children when they are upset and or hurt.
• Listen to the children and interact with the children.
• Help with separation of children and parents.
• Training the children to do what we expect of them (i.e. see learning goals below)
• Change all diapers before parents arrive (between 4:30-5)
o If a parent arrives early or before they have been changed, offer to change them before they leave.
• Keep noses, mouths, and hands clean. Make sure they are clean before the child leaves.
• Maintain cleanliness of room, floors and bathroom throughout the day. Always leave room clean.
• Cleaning of toys and equipment. Cleaning sheet filled out each week.
• Reads the Daycare and Preschool Weekly, and completes any required tasks by the deadline.
• “About my Day” Report must be completed and sent home daily in the absence of the teacher.
• Completes all required paperwork daily; including, but not limited to timesheets (front and back), accountability sheets, attendance records, and incident reports (if applicable).
• Need to be willing to work together as a team. Remain flexible with work hours. Remember, the time you leave is based on the teacher to student ratio and not on a specific time. Be considerate of other co-worker’s appointments and needs, remember to treat others like you want to be treated. Hebrews 10:24-25 says, “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITES
• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS
• To perform the position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
• Ability to read and write in English
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as, but not limited to safety rules, operating and maintenance instruction, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondences.
• Ability to speak effectively to parents about their child’s day and behaviors (keeping in mind the sandwich method: something good, something bad and something good). It is not our job to tell a parent how they should raise their child.
• Ability to speak effectively to coworkers and resolve any issues that may arise.
• Ability to speak effectively to supervisor about any concerns, problems and needs that arise.
• Ability to ask questions when things are not clear.
***Personal cellphone (and electronic) use is prohibited while on the clock and children are awake, with the exception of emergency. Cellphones maybe used at naptime only after the cleaning of classroom, lesson preparation and when all children are asleep.***
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
REASONING ABILITY
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to make simple decisions-
o It is raining should I go outside to the playground or should I go to the little gym?
o A child is climbing on the cots should I stop them or allow them to continue?
o All of my children are here today should I leave the class to go to the restroom or should I contact my supervisor and see if she can let me go?
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands and fingers to handle and/or feel.
• The employee is required to stand and walk.
• The employee is frequently required to talk, hear, smell, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must regularly lift, hold, and /or move children ages 18 months to 42 months with weight up to, but not limited to 45 pounds.
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIORMENT
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
• Teach the children songs, poems, Bible verses, letter, counting etc.
• Spends time reading to, singing with, playing with (i.e. stacking blocks, rolling balls, shape sorters, puzzles, cars, playing in kitchen, etc…), and loving on each of the children daily.
• A Beka Curriculum is used: o 2 yr old Learning Numbers with Button Bear o 2 yr old Child Art
• Read Bible Story and sing in class each day
• Two poems per month
• One Bible verse per month
• One craft per week
• At least one paper per day
• Teach all the curriculum (i.e. Language Development, Enrichment, Alphabet Friends, Numbers, etc…)
• Learning Papers and “About My Day” Reports sent home each day
LEARNING GOALS
• 10 Basic Colors Basic Shapes
• Recognize 1-10 Count 1-30 (or higher if they can)
• Introduce Alphabet and association to Alphabet Friends A-Z
• Walk in a line Sit in their chairs
• Clean up their toys correctly Play in centers (not free for all)
