Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
Pre-Kindergarten Teacher
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Job Description
For Water Street Mission to fulfill its mission and purpose it is critical for all staff to participate in the development and maintenance of a healthy Christian Community. By living out our faith with one another and creating a space where our guests are invited to experience that community with us we participate in lives being restored. Even as some positions have minimal direct contact with guests each staff member has an essential role in forming and maintaining Christian community. The love of Christ evidenced in our Water Street community is the real impetus for change with our guests.
Summary: Responsible for the planning teaching assessing and managing students in the assigned class and manage the assigned class space. School year position: begins in August and ends in June.
FLSA: FullTime; Exempt
All Water Street Mission Staff must be:
- Willing to sign the Water Street Mission Statement of Faith.
- A current member or regular attendee of a local church.
- Able to fully support the core values and philosophy of ministry held by Water Street Mission.
- Share the gospel of Jesus Christ with children and parents as opportunities arise.
- Implement and maintain approved programs and lesson plans for assigned group of children in the following areas in a developmentally appropriate manner: spiritual academic social physical creative and emotional.
- Manage the classroom space and other areas the children use so that the environment is a safe respectful clean and orderly place that will encourage learning.
- Assess students progress throughout the school year in order to reflect those accomplishments on checklists report cards or other appropriate forms so that the information can be distributed to the parent/guardian at appropriate times such as during a parentteacher conference.
- Schedule parentteacher conferences twice annually in coordination with the whole team.
- Maintain daily attendance record and skills checklist for students.
- Insure school tools/materials are properly inventoried ordered used maintained and stored.
- Assist the Director in planning preparation and/or implementation of weekly chapel newsletter calendar and family activities as needed.
- Communicate in a timely manner to parents about their child specials events and other programrelated issues. Likewise communicate matters of concern in a timely manner to the Director about students parents staff program and facility.
- Work in full coordination with all Wonder Academy/WSM staff at all times to identify report and respond appropriately to any potential threats to the safety and wellbeing of children.
- Encourage and model Christcentered relationships between staff children and parents.
- Oversee volunteers in assigned class.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Stand walk or sit Continuously
- Use of fine motor skills Continuously
- Bend squat kneel and reach Occasionally
- Lift and/or move up to 35 pounds Occasionally
- Be able and willing to share the Gospel and participate in the ministry activities of Water Street Mission.
- Subscribe to the Water Street Mission Statement of Faith and Qualifications of Employment upon hire and continuously while employed.
- Adhere to the Water Street Mission Employee Handbook.
Essential Functions:
Culture and Values
- Share the Good News of Jesus Christ in words and actions with people we serve communicating hope and dignity.
- Walk alongside fellow WSM staff in Christian community as we journey toward maturity.
- Encourage restoration in the lives of coworkers and guests recognizing we are each restored by God to become restorers.
- Work in full coordination with other WSM staff at all times to identify report and respond appropriately to any potential threats to the safety and wellbeing of guests.
Role Specific Responsibilities:
Reports to: Wonder Academy Director
Education and Experience: A Bachelors Degree in early childhood education and one year or equivalent experience with young children preferred. Must have a valid PA drivers license. Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Physical Demands:
Occasionally 1%33%; Frequently 34%66%; Continuously 67%100%
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.
Christian Life:
Water Street Mission is a privately funded 501(c) 3 nonprofit evangelical Christian ministry. Our designated purpose is religious and we are a Christcentered ministry that is dedicated to sharing the Gospel and helping the homeless and impoverished. We consider every position to be essential in the fulfillment of our ministry and purpose statement. As such each employee must have a relationship with Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and Lord. All employees must:
Employment Type
Full-Time
