PACT Preschool

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education
• Valid Indiana Educator’s License
• Valid Kindergarten Endorsement

Specific Responsibilities of Teaching Position:

• Prepare and implement lesson plans
• Utilize curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served
• Use data from formal and informal assessments to drive instructional decisions
• Meet course and school-wide student performance goals
• Provide individualized, small group, and whole group instruction based upon student’s needs
• Observe and evaluate student's performance
• Maintain a safe and positive classroom atmosphere conducive to student learning
• Manage student behavior in accordance with building expectations
• Communicate student progress to parents/guardians
• Follow School City of Hammond policies and guidelines
• Participate in professional development opportunities
• Conduct hand to hand arrival and dismissal with your students and their parents/guardians
• Facilitate gross motor activities indoors and outdoors during the school day
• Collaborate and work closely with the PACT paraprofessional in your classroom
• Collaborate and work closely with the SCH PACT team of educators
• Work hand in hand with parents/guardians to help prepare the PACT students for kindergarten academically, behaviorally, and socially/emotionally.
• Collaborate on parent workshops as outlined for the PACT program
• Follow the daily and yearly schedule of work outlined by the PACT program (plan time and school/PD days differ from the SCH calendar)

Personal Attributes Desired:

• Dependability
• Confidentiality
• Professionalism
• Ability to work well with students, parents, and colleagues
• Ability to communicate with and serve a diverse population
• Ability to work as a collaborative team member
• Ability to problem solve
• Bilingual preferred

Physical Requirements:

Candidate should be physically capable of successfully performing the essential functions of this position.

• Sit or stand for extended lengths of time while providing instruction
• Sit a minimum of 1.5 hours per day
• Stand or walk up to 5.5 hours per day
• Frequently lift less than 15 pounds
• Frequently reach
• Frequently push and pull
• Frequently stoop or bend
• Seldom crawl, climb, or kneel
• Must be able to see and hear

Location to be determined

It is the policy of the School City of Hammond not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Act (I.C. 22-9.1), Title VI and VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), the Equal Pay Act of 1973, Title IX (Educational Amendments), and Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973).