Kindergarten Teacher

* Teach basic skills such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social
skills.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, and policies and procedures to maintain order among
students.
• Observe and evaluate children's performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, adapting teaching methods to meet students' varying
needs and interests.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in
learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time
that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counsellors, and administrators to resolve students'
behavioral and academic problems.
• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress, and to determine their priorities
for their children and their resource needs.
• Prepare children for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to
persevere with challenging tasks.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to
children.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development such as
games, arts and crafts and storytelling.
• Guide and counsel students with adjustment and/or academic problems, or special academic
interests.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials, in order to prevent
injuries and damage.
• Identify children showing signs of emotional, developmental, or health-related problems, and
discuss them with supervisors, parents or guardians, and SEN Department.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them and selecting activities of
interest to them.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records, and prepare reports on children and activities, as
required by ADEK/KHDA and School.
• Prepare materials, classrooms, and other indoor and outdoor spaces to facilitate creative play,
learning and motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of
kindergarten programs.
• Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate children's progress.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
• Organize and label materials and display children's work in a manner appropriate for their sizes and
perceptual skills.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following
approved curricula.
• Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants.
• Prepare for assigned classes, and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate
supervisors.
• Utilize different types of technology in the classroom in order to create meaningful learning
experiences for students of all ages.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guests, or other experiential activities, and
guide students in learning from those activities.
• Involve parents and older students in children's activities, in order to facilitate involvement in
focused, complex play.
• Attend professional meetings including staff meetings, educational conferences, and teacher
training workshops in order to maintain and improve performance, and serve on committees as
required.
• Perform break duties as scheduled by the section’s administrators.
• Perform administrative duties such as assisting in school libraries, play areas and eating areas and
during the bus timings.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing
facilities such as restrooms.