Preschool Teacher Migrant Education Summer Program 2025 Bilingual and Bicultural Preferred

Bilingual and Bicultural skills preferred

Job Title: Preschool Teacher2025 Migrant Education Summer Program

The goalof the Migrant Education Programis to ensure that all migrant students reach challenging academic standards and graduate with a high school diploma (or complete a GED) that prepares them for responsible citizenship further learning and productive employment.

La meta del Programa de Educacin Migrantees asegurar que todos los estudiantes migrantes alcancen estndares acadmicos desafiantes y se graden con un diploma de lapreparatoria(o completen un GED) que los prepare para una ciudadana responsable un aprendizaje adicional y un empleo productivo.

• This is a temporary positionbeginning 6/18/24 and ending 7/22/24.
• We are seeking highly qualified teachers bilingual and/or multicultural teachers.
• Applicants must be able to be available throughout the duration of the assignment.
• Total hours will not exceed200 hours.
• Some evening work is required.

Position Purpose:Provide direct instruction to preschool children in Migrant Summer Program

Nature & Scope:This position is subject to Board policies administrative rules and procedures department regulations and applicable State and Federal statutes. This position carries no administrative authority or responsibility.

Position Summary:Ensures supports and promotes each childs learning wellbeing and development in cooperation with their parents and other early childhood professionals in a manner consistent with the Migrant Education Preschool Program standards. Based on Migrant Program goals classroom observations and individual child assessments the teacher plans a developmentally and culturally appropriate curriculum which meets the needs of all children and their families.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Establishes a wellmanaged childoriented learning curriculum and environment that promotes and supports the physical emotional and intellectual development of children and ensures individualization building concepts literacy enrichment and language development.
2. Promotes parent involvement by planning and scheduling home visits maintaining an open and cooperative relationship with each childs family sharing information with parents about their childs experience and ensuring that information and services are provided to parents in their primary language.
3. Develops a strong working relationship with classroom staff and volunteers by creating classroom work assignments participating in regular classroom meetings and providing feedback and support to classroom team members. Works to resolve issues and problems among coworkers cooperatively and respectfully.
4. Develops appropriate systems to regularly monitor educational progress and maintains/completes records and reports as required by program procedures.

Other Job Functions:

• Participates in weekly staff meetings.
• Attends evening family events.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed in a school environment. May work with high stress students family or personnel situations. Involves sitting walking and attendance at evening events. Requires the use of computers office equipment and driving personal vehicle.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrates understanding of the philosophy and current best practices of early childhood education.
• Develops curriculum that builds on observations of children and utilizes a variety of approaches to learning.
• Understanding of typical and atypical child development from birth through five years of age.
• Ability to develop the classroom community by providing a welldesigned safe environment that engages children in activities.
• Ability to relate positively to migrant children and adults.
• Bilingual oral written and speaking skills in English/Spanish required.

Education and Experience:

AA/AS degree or higher in early childhood education; OR

AA/AS degree in child development human development education elementary education child and family studies that includes coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education AND 6 months actual work experience working with preschool age children; OR

AA/BS degree or higher in any field and coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education AND 6 months actual work experience working with preschool age children