General Statement of Job

The Substitute Early Childhood Teacher oversees and instructs students in a classroom setting during a specific time set by the director. This position utilizes innovative and effective teaching methods to enhance the knowledge and skills of students in the class.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Duties:

Follows lesson plans provided for classroom teaching activities.

Sustains a classroom environment that is nurturing to the total development of a child.

Conducts daily attendance checks.

Reports developmental milestones for children assigned to their classroom.

Educates the children enrolled in the center in the areas of cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development.

Implements the food program; by assisting with records keeping, preparation and/or serving of meals and snacks.

Follows licensing, sanitation, and fire regulations assigned by the state of Missouri.

Performs other related duties as required.

Education, Experience, and Licenses

Minimum one year experience required for this position; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires the ability to use small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems.
• Requires the ability to use computers for word processing.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel including the use of a computer keyboard; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear including the use of a telephone. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, texture perception, and ability to adjust focus. Requires the ability to smell and taste.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTICE: The above job profile does not include all essential and nonessential duties of this job. All employees with disabilities are encouraged to contact Human Resources to review and discuss the essential and nonessential functions of the job. An employee with a disability can evaluate the job in greater detail to determine if she/he can safely perform the essential function of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.