Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.

Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.

Teach basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.

Read books to entire classes or to small groups.

Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing their diapers.

Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.

Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.

Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.

Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.

Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.

Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.

Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems and discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and child development specialists.

Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.

Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to children.

Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and needs, determine their priorities for their children, and suggest ways that they can promote learning and development.

Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.

Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.

Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.

Administer tests to help determine children's developmental levels, needs, and potential.

Demonstrate activities to children.

Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.

Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.

Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.

Perform administrative duties, such as hall and cafeteria monitoring and bus loading and unloading.

Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.

Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.

Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.

Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.

Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.

Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities and guide students in learning from those activities.

Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.

Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.