2025-2026 Pre-K Director and Teacher

Start Date 07/01/2025

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors Degree
• Arkansas Licensure PK4
• Experience writing maintaining budgeting expenditures reports and monthly billing in meeting expectations and deadlines of ABC Grant and PDG Grant preferred.
• COPA certified preferred.
• Experience with eSchool
• Experience working with the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education

REPORTS TO: Superintendent

JOB GOAL: To use leadership supervisory and administrative skills to promote the social emotional behavioral and educational development of each earlychildhood student preparing them to enter Decatur kindergarten.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Plan develop and implement the total curricular and extracurricular program of the PreK program.
2. Plan and direct the inservice requirements of the preschool teachers and paraprofessionals.
3. Follow communicate and ensure all required DHS licensing requirements are maintained.
4. Maintain standards for license renewal submit requests for yearly renewals and ensure all sites are operating under a current DHS license.
5. Visit classes frequently and serve as an instructional facilitator to provide individual help to teachers in ECERS Conscious Discipline PeerAssisted Learning Strategies licensing and other preschool curricular programs.
6. Evaluate all preschool classrooms according to ECERS guidelines and DHS licensing requirements.
7. Evaluate all assigned PreK personnel in accordance with Better Beginnings guidelines and regulations.
8. Establish and maintain good relationships between pupilstaff schoolcommunity schoolcentral office and administrationstaff.
9. Coordinate the District PreK program with all participating schools principals and agencies.
10. Establish publish and maintain the policies rules and regulations of the PreK programs.
11. Coordinate with Pulaski County Early Child Care Services to ensure the Special Education needs of all preschool students are met.
12. Attending preschool students IEP meetings.
13. Oversee Dial4 screenings of DECATUR preschool students and review data for further assignments.
14. Perform all duties as outlined by DECATUR school board policies and/or Federal and State guidelines.
15. Oversee that attendance records through eSchool and COPA are submitted for accurate monthly billing.
16. Maintain and report necessary pupil and staff personnel records.
17. Maintain and report violations and selfreport paperwork and documentation to Department of Human Services.
18. Maintain proper discipline and promote principles of good citizenship using Conscious Discipline.
19. Work with teachers to develop daily schedules for each classroom.
20. Coordinate the implementation and supervision of Work Sampling COPA and ECERS.
21. Administer the financial affairs of the program and properly account for all funds in accordance with the guidelines of all related preschool grants.
22. Care for account for and maintain the equipment of the ABC program at all locations.
23. Develop and maintain a continuous assessment of the preschools instructional program in cooperation with other instructional personnel to ensure alignment and transition into Decatur kindergarten classes.
24. Affirmatively implement the district desegregation plan and monitor the degree of effectiveness.
25. Write the yearly renewal grants for the ABC preschool program effectively and on time.
26. Participate in all after school ABC Preschool planned parental involvement activities.
27. Collaborate with building principals on hiring preschool faculty and staff.
28. Submit yearly Certification of Inspections for Unsafe Childrens Products for each individual preschool site.
29. Work with the Northwest Arkansas Education Cooperative
30. Perform other duties as assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Salary: Teacher Salary Schedule

Length of Contract: 200 days

EVALUATION:

Performance of this job will be evaluated according to the provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel in alignment with LEADS.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Interested and qualified applicants should submit an online application at Personnel currently employed by the district who meet the necessary qualifications may apply by submitting an online District application.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 05/31/2025 (or until filled)

IT IS THE POLICY OF THE DECATUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE COLOR NATIONAL ORIGIN RELIGION SEX AGE QUALIFIED HANDICAPPED OR VETERAN IN ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES EDUCATION SERVICES FINANCIAL AID AND EMPLOYMENT. THE DISTRICT WILL MAKE SPECIAL EFFORTS TO EMPLOY AND ADVANCE WOMEN BLACKS AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS. EQUITY CONCERNS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT FOR EQUITY AND PUPIL SERVICES.