Job Description:
Employment Opportunity for the
2024-2025 School Year
                           
              .5 Preschool Teacher/.5 Pedagogista
Supervisor:    ECC School Principal
Primary Responsibilities: This position is a half day preschool teacher and a half day pedagogista.
Preschool Teacher:
To lead student toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional and psychological growth and maturation in early childhood education.
Pedagogista:
To model instructional strategies and develop structures that support the many different needs of learners.
Qualifications/Experience: Missouri teaching certificate in the area of early childhood education. Minimum of a Master's Degree with special preparation in Reggio Inspired Practices, completion of a supervised Pedagogista internship and a Missouri teaching certificate.
Terms of Employment:  Employed for a ten-month period as a certified educator with salary and benefits to be set by the superintendent and Board of Education.
Essential Functions:
Preschool Teacher

• Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated.
• Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
• Plans a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the individual needs, interests and abilities of students.
• Prepares for classes assigned, and shows written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate superior.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible
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Pedagogista

• Serves as an instructional leader to assist teachers with achievement of educational program goals.
• Promotes positive school climate and assists in the development of appropriate measures for improvement.
• Assists curriculum action teams in planning and implementation of instructional programs.
• Makes non-evaluative classroom observations and provides feedback to improve Reggio inspired practice.

• Provides information on finding and using instructional resources.
• Helps teachers connect research and practice to district curriculum.
• Understands a tiered-response to intervention for students needing additional support or enrichment and helps teachers consider how to best implement intervention strategies.
• Analyzes student achievement data and makes recommendations for improvement strategies.
• Collaborates with special educators and interventionists to meet the needs of all students.
• Employs instructional methods and materials that are most appropriate for meeting stated objectives with assistance from certified staff.
• Participates in meetings as required or appropriate.
• Assists in the preparation of training and resources to support instruction.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relations with others.
• Effectively communicates with staff, students, and parents in a variety of formats.
• Models a positive attitude and a commitment to continuous learning for others.
• Makes others and leads others in making decisions that are in the best interest of every child.
   

Any qualified person who would like to be considered as a candidate for this position should apply online at:
https://www.applitrack.com/mrhschools/onlineapp/
Notice of Non-Discrimination
The Maplewood Richmond Heights School District is committed to maintaining an educational and workplace environment that is free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs, services, activities and facilities. The District is committed to providing equal opportunity in all areas of education, recruiting, hiring, retention, promotion and contracted service.
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Posting: April 12, 2024
**MRH School District reserves the right to close any job posting when a suitable applicant has been found before the deadline date.