Haloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center

Preschool Teacher

Lihue, HI Full Time
Salary
$25 – $29/Hr
Job Type
Full Time
Role
Setting
Credential

About This Role

Based in Lihue, this support staff member opening at Haloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center pays $25 – $29/Hr and requires the appropriate background.


Preschool teachers are responsible for creating a nurturing environment that fosters social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth in young children.


We are always accepting applications for this role.

What You'll Do

  • Create engaging learning activities that encourage exploration, creativity, and social interaction among children.
  • Develop and implement lesson plans that cater to diverse learning styles and abilities.
  • Establish a safe and organized classroom environment that promotes independence, self-confidence, and self-expression.
  • Build positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues to ensure a collaborative and supportive learning community.
  • Conduct regular observations and assessments to monitor children's progress and identify areas for support or enrichment.
  • Communicate effectively with parents and guardians to share progress updates, address concerns, and involve them in their child's education.
  • Participate in ongoing professional development to stay current with best practices, research, and curriculum requirements.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to plan and implement curriculum, develop assessments, and share expertise.
  • Ensure the classroom is equipped with necessary materials, equipment, and resources to support learning and play.
  • Manage classroom routines, transitions, and activities to promote a smooth and efficient learning environment.
  • Plan and implement activities that promote physical activity, health, and well-being.
  • Develop and maintain accurate and complete records of children's progress, including progress reports and assessment data.
  • Prepare and present reports to administrators, parents, and guardians as required.
  • Supervise and support teacher assistants, volunteers, and other support staff to ensure effective team collaboration.
  • Take on additional responsibilities as needed, such as planning events, leading parent-teacher organizations, or participating in district committees.

Requirements

  • Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.
  • Apply multiple teaching methods.
  • Assist students with special educational needs.
  • Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
  • Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
  • Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
  • Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
  • Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
  • Assist students with special educational needs.
  • Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
  • Collaborate with other teaching professionals to develop educational programs.
  • Develop strategies or programs for students with special needs.
  • Develop instructional objectives.
  • Display student work.
  • Distribute instructional or library materials.
  • Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
  • Discuss student progress with parents or guardians.
  • Evaluate student work.
  • Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
  • Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
  • Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
  • Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.
  • Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
  • Keep the classroom organized and tidy, including the storage of materials and equipment.
  • Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
  • Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.
  • Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
  • Monitor student performance.
  • Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
  • Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading and unloading.
  • Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
  • Plan and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
  • Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.
  • Plan educational activities.
  • Plan experiential learning activities.
  • Plan and conduct field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.
  • Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
  • Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
  • Prepare and present reports to administrators, parents, and guardians as required.
  • Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
  • Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
  • Read to students.
  • Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
  • Set up classroom materials or equipment.
  • Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
  • Supervise school or student activities.
  • Supervise and support teacher assistants, volunteers, and other support staff to ensure effective team collaboration.
  • Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
  • Teach life skills.
  • Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
  • Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
  • Provide for basic needs of children.
  • Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

Nice to Have

  • Email software
  • Photocopying equipment
  • Sand tables
  • Water tables
  • Play structures
  • Educational board games
  • Toy block sets
  • Children's educational software
  • Compact digital cameras
  • Desktop computers
  • Educational puzzles
  • Pegboards
  • Microsoft Office
  • Microsoft Word
  • Compact disk CD players
  • Data entry software
  • Emergency first aid kits
  • Personal computers
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Educational toys

Common Questions

What is the education required for this position?

At least an associate degree is required

What does this position pay?

This Preschool Teacher role pays $25 to $29/Hr.

Is this full-time or part-time?

This job is Full Time.

Where is Haloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center located?

Haloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center is located at 3-3385 Kuhio Highway, Lihue, HI

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