Ec teacher job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Ec teacher in details. A complete job description concludes Ec teacher key duties/responsibilities, Ec teacher job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Ec teacher duties:

1. Ensure that the children are supervised at all times.
2. Act as a liaison between the children and parents addressing problems and answering questions regarding the children.
3. Create a stimulating environment for the child by conducting developmentally appropriate activities.
4. Interact with and provide guidance and care to all children within the academy.
5. Change diapers and/or assist children with their toilet needs while adhering to hand washing procedures.
6. Greet each child and parent upon arrival at the academy.
7. Encourage classroom participation and positive interaction with other children.
8. Redirect undesirable behavior to promote positive socialization.
9. Respond to children's verbal and nonverbal indications of need and/or requests.
10. Conduct oneself and represent Brightside Academy is a positive manner which includes showing respect for co-workers, parents and superiors.
11. Understand the chain of command and accept criticism and suggestions as an opportunity to improve.
12. Ensure appropriate set-up and shut-down of classroom on a daily basis.
13. Provide exceptional customer service to both internal and external customers.

II. List of Ec teacher qualifications

1. High School Diploma or General Educational Development Certificate and
2. Child Development Associate (CDA) from an accredited Early Childhood Education training program, college or university or Career Pathways Level 2 and
3. Two years of experience working in an established early childhood education program.

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.

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