MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and teach curriculum to children in a non-graded class (about a two-year age range) with a team teacher
• Work closely with other faculty and staff
• Provide a skill concentration (art, language arts, math, music, science, social studies, etc.) that would be an addition to the faculty's talent pool and enrich the school
• Share supervision of activities outside the classroom and work to generate new projects and direction for the multicultural school community
• Provide continuous student assessment, write mid-year and year-end progress reports, and hold teacher-student-parent conferences
• Attend weekly faculty meetings and participate actively in curricular issues in an ongoing exchange of information and support with a closely-knit staff

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES NEEDED

Teaching in a non-graded setting requires much knowledge of child development.  One must be able to adjust curriculum to the cognitive level of each child and provide a wide range of materials for the varying levels of student ability.  To conference successfully with parents in such a school, one must have good communication skills and a thorough understanding of the curriculum and each student's circumstances. Familiarity with many ways of approaching a subject, and a willingness to develop one's own materials and to learn new ways, are very important.  Other qualities needed are a good sense of humor and organization, flexibility, self-motivation, and confidence.  A PS1 teacher needs to be a team player who exhibits a sense of stewardship in the work setting.