Preschool Teacher

Job Description

To be considered for employment as a preschool teacher, you should have patience, compassion, and energy to successfully guide a class of young children, each of whom will have different needs, abilities, aptitudes, and emotions. The best candidate will also have excellent administrative and organizational skills, in order to plan curriculums and track data on each child's progress. It is preferred that you be a practicing Catholic, so you can share, and teach our faith with students.

Rate of Pay: $27,500 - $37,500 Salary/year per the AoD Teacher Pay Scale

Benefits: Comprehensive and Generous Benefits package that includes Health, Vision, Dental, Life, and Accident Insurances, Mental Health Services, Retirement, and more. Teachers are given 2 personal days and 10 sick days per year. 2 of those sick days may be used as additional personal days.

Normal Working Hours: 40 Hours per Week, Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM with lunch during school year. Teachers are contracted to work 185 days per year and some evenings for school events.

Reports to: The Pastor, the Director of Pre-K, the Principal, and their representatives

Duties:
• Educating children about their faith,and fundamental concepts, such as colors, letters, numbers, and shapes.
• Encouraging social interactions between children and improving their self-esteem.
• Engaging in creative methods of learning, such as arts and crafts, supervised play, and storytelling.
• Planning comprehensive curriculums to address early childhood development needs.
• Instilling a sense of order and discipline in the classroom.
• Monitoring free time on the playground.
• Ensuring the classroom, and playground is a clean, safe, and organized environment.
• Preparing for lessons by gathering materials and setting up workstations.
• Communicating with parents to better understand the children's home lives and psyches.
• Maintaining data and progress reports for parents on each child's developmental progress for parent conferences.
• Nutritional support, setting up snacks, shopping for snacks, modeling healthy choices by eating with children at snack time.

Qualifications:
Degree in education, with a focus on early childhood development, or rated level 2 or higher in Colorado shines.
Experience working with young children in a classroom setting is a must.
Ability to communicate with young children at their level.
Patient, compassionate attitude, with a friendly, energetic disposition.
Good mediation and nurturing abilities.
Creative mindset with an ability to create memorable, out-of-the-box lessons.
Passion for shaping and inspiring young minds.
Familiarity with gmail and google drive.
Ability to serve as a positive role model in language and spiritual development.

About the Employer

St. Mary Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic Parish in Greeley Colorado that has 2000 registered families.

Saint Mary Catholic Parish is a faith community of followers of Jesus Christ who are guided by the Holy Spirit. We are a welcoming spiritual family strengthened by the Sacraments and the Gospel. We provide opportunities to grow in faith through service and religious education. Our parish family is comprised of sinners seeking refuge and conversion in Christ with a special devotion to Mary, the Mother of God.