Future Opening: Infant Teacher
Full Time • Palm Springs
We are looking for a qualified Infant Pre School Teacher to prepare infants and small children for their developmental stages by exposing them to organized education. You will teach them important elements that they will encounter soon after they enter school life. A preschool teacher must have a great love and patience for children. Qualifications needed to teach them effectively include knowledge of best practices and preschool educational methods as well as the ability to engage them and earn their trust and attention. The goal is to contribute to the healthy mental and emotional development of the child so they can more easily acclimate in the next level of education.
Responsibilities
- Develop a careful and creative program suitable for preschool children
- Employ a variety of educational techniques (storytelling, educational play, media etc.) to teach children
- Observe each child to help them improve their social competencies and build self-esteem
- Encourage children to interact with each other and resolve occasional arguments
- Guide children to develop their artistic and practical capabilities through a carefully constructed curriculum (identify shapes, numbers or colors, do crafts etc.)
- Organize nap and snack hours and supervise children to ensure they are safe at all times
- Track children’s progress and report to parents
- Communicate with parents regularly to understand the children’s background and psyche
- Collaborate with other educators
- Maintain a clean and tidy classroom consistent with health and safety standards
Skills
- Proven experience as a Preschool Teacher
- Excellent understanding of the principles of child development and preschool educational methods
- Familiarity with safety and sanitation guidelines for classrooms
- Excellent communication and instructional skills
- Ability to act as mediator between children
- Cool-tempered, friendly and reliable
- Balance between a creative mind and a practical acumen
- Certification in child CPR
- AA/CDA/NCDA/FCPC preferred or relevant field education
- Valid licence to practice profession
About Us
Our mission is to train our children in excellence, in love, and commitment. Our desire is to provide a safe, nurturing, and recreational environment where every child will feel grounded in the love of Christ. Our program is designed to promote the child’s development emotionally, mentally, physically, socially, and spiritually.
The mission for our preschool calls us to a Vision which includes:
- Teaching and incorporating Christian principles for living, into the classrooms.
- Valuing the uniqueness and individuality of every child.
- Encouraging creative and active learning.
- Partnering with parents to build a strong God-centered foundation for the children in our care.
- Being a reflection of God’s love.
Core Values
Education is the developing of character, knowledge, and skills for a desired purpose. As the Bible teaches that education is the responsibility of the home and church, we believe that our preschool is an extension of these God-given institutions. Margate Christian Academy believes in training the child as
Proverbs 22:6 reads:
“Train a child the way he should go, and when is old, he will not depart from it”
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