About this role
BERTIE COUNTY SCHOOLS Job Description (Class descriptions are written as a representative list of the ADA essential duties performed by the entire classification. They cannot include, and are not intended to include, every possible activity and task performed by every specific employee) JOB TITLE: EC Pre-K Teacher DEPARTMENT: Exceptional Children GRADE: State Salary Scale FLSA: Exempt REPORTS TO: Director, Exceptional Children Program SUPERVISES: None TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 10 months QUALIFICATIONS: __Bachelor's degree from an approved education program in subject area. __North Carolina teaching license ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Implements the child's Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
• Collaborates with nursery school/day care directors and teachers to meet the child's needs.
• Coordinates the child's educational goals with other providers and therapists.
• Participates in Committee on Preschool Special Education meetings.
• Provides opportunities for parents to partner in their child's education.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below apply to the Itinerant Teacher (EC Pre-K) job classification within Bertie County Schools. Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects. Must be able to:
• Prepare, read, and comprehend a variety of job-related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation, and correspondence in all languages required by the job
• Understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style
• Speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence
• Respond adequately to inquiries or complaints
• Write using standard convention in all languages required by the job
• Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form
• Communicate effectively and efficiently in all languages required by the job using whatever communication device or system is required (telephone, Braille)
• Use/interpret job-related terminology, mathematical formulas and functions effectively and efficiently
• Deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergencies
• Be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons
• Operate a motor vehicle
• Operate/use a variety of automated office machines and other office equipment
• Operate/use a variety of printing/graphic arts machines
• Operate/use a variety of audiovisual/electronic machines and devices
• Operate/use a variety of communication machines/equipment/devices
• Operate/use a variety of job-specific machines/equipment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 regularly works indoors. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal. The work is performed in the schools and the community.