Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Teach elemental natural and social science, personal hygiene, music, art, and literature to children from 4 to 6 years old. Promote physical, mental, and social development. May be required to hold State certification.

Job Task

• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of kindergarten programs.
• Involve parent volunteers and older students in childrenÆs activities, in order to facilitate involvement in focused, complex play.
• Perform administrative duties such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities such as restrooms.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Use computers, audiovisual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Observe and evaluate childrenÆs performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Demonstrate activities to children.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve studentsÆ behavioral and academic problems.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and policies and procedures to maintain order among students.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to children.
• Guide and counsel students with adjustment and/or academic problems, or special academic interests.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials, in order to prevent injuries and damage.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their childrenÆs progress, and to determine their priorities for their children and their resource needs.
• Organize and label materials and display childrenÆs work in a manner appropriate for their sizes and perceptual skills.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
• 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 supervise class projects, 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 children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Prepare for assigned classes, and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
• Prepare materials, classrooms, and other indoor and outdoor spaces to facilitate creative play, learning and motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
• Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate childrenÆs progress.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
• Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine childrenÆs developmental levels and needs.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Attend staff meetings, and serve on committees as required.

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