Kindergarten Teacher
Summary
Position: Kindergarten Teacher
Position Category: Administration
Position Salary Band: Administration Band 3
Position Title of Immediate Supervisor: Fa’atere
- Prime function/purpose of the position
The position is responsible in carrying out activities, duties, and tasks necessary to ensure that the kindergarten operates at the highest possible levels of care and professionalism. And is a safe, engaging learning space for children away from home.
- Operational Responsibilities
1. Daily duties commences at 8.00am We are at work by 7.00am to ensure that we meet the children who are coming to school by 7.45am.
- Ensure that the veranda is swept and mopped prior to the arrival of children
- Prepare lesson according to the Topic of the week
4. Have a devotion service
- Carry out group discussions – these discussions with the children include the topic, color, number and alphabet for the week
- Children then carry out activities corresponding to the topic of the week
7. Recess – children are supervised whilst they are eating.
8. Whilst children are eating preparations of reading materials are also completed.
- A story is read to children according to the topic of the week
10. Music, movement, rhymes, and song activities
11. Free plays e.g. painting, puzzles, blocks, and games
12. Pack play materials and children that go home at 12.00pm leave.
13. We prepare for the children that remain and stay the whole day until 4.00pm (Feed, Clean prepare sleeping area and also clean sleeping area. Keep a watchful eye over the children whilst they are asleep.
14. We prepare for the next day’s activities. We review our day’s work.
15. Cleanup of school venue whilst children are asleep
16. When children wake up, we take them through activities again e.g. painting and free play
17. Children leave at 4.00pm
18. When children have left, we prepare reports and observations during the day. We assess work targets for the day against actual work completed. And ensure that work variance is completed immediately the next day.
Skills and Attributes
- Very strong attention to detail
- High level of organizational and effective and efficient communication skills set
- Good work attitude
- Positive and engaging temperament around children
- Ability to abide by and excel in duty of care or the vakamareqeti ni i yau bula operational standards of the University.
Qualifications/requirements
- Qualifications in early childhood especially pre-school education teaching & learning
- Proficiency in the English Language
- Direct and related work experience
- The position advertised is also the Head Teacher of the Kindergarten and the person selected must have excellent Public Relations acumen and standing.
- Must submit a Letter of Application inclusive of an updated Curriculum Vitae
- Must provide a written example of a proven sample of work done in a previous assignment.
- Must provide contacts of two Referees
- Must be Medically cleared
- Must produce a non-adverse Police Report
- Job Description Pillars
The Job Description of the Kindergarten Teacher is aligned with the Employment Relations Promulgation No 36 of 2007 and grounded on university vision, policies, standards, operational systems, procedures and processes with the following critical examples to name a few.
UNIVERSITY VISION
‘Shaping a “whole of life” education for transformation for the Pasifika Household of God to meet the challenges of our time’
CONTRACTS
Contractual terms and conditions that apply to university positions i.e. Executives, Facilitators of Learning, Directors, Managerial, Administration and Campus Services positions.
CLASSIFICATION OF POSITION STANDARDS
The detailed minimum standards that apply to university positions i.e. Executives, Facilitators of Learning, Directors, Managerial, Administration and Campus Services positions e.g. qualification level, years of relevant experience and technical skills/expertise to name a few.
SALARY STRUCTURE
The University Salary Structure
WORKPLAN FRAMEWORK
- INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL WORKPLANS
University positions and subsequent position holder(s) i.e. Executive positions, Facilitators of Learning or Academic positions, Heads of School/Directors of Institutes & Centers Managerial and Senior Administrative positions contain both annual strategic plan and operational performance targets via individual annual workplans.
- SCHOOL / INSTITUTE / CENTRE / DEPARTMENT ANNUAL WORKPLANS
The said annual targets and performance expectations as outlined under 1 above are aligned to Annual Strategic and Operational workplans of a School, Institute, Centre or Department
- EXECUTIVE DIVISION ANNUAL WORKPLANS
The said annual targets and performance expectations as outlined under 2 above are aligned to Annual Strategic and Operational workplans of each of the 4 Executive Officers and Heads of the four Executives Divisions of the University i.e. Office of the Vice Chancellor, Academic Dean, Registrar & Director of Operations and the Dean of Research & Strategic Partnerships.
HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES
Human Resources Policies that set out workplace behavioral standards and expectations. Performance management & performance appraisal systems, Grievance procedure, Disciplinary and Appeals mechanisms and the administration of workplace benefits and performance rewards to highlight a few.
FINANCE POLICIES
Strategic and Operational financial management standards, systems, procedures and processes that uphold financial due diligence in all facets of financial management practices and rules required by the University.
FACILITATORS OF LEARNING POLICIES
The creation of new University policies programmers through face to face, blended and fully on-line mode that exemplify the vision of the University. Policies, Programmers’ and course offerings that are communities based “whole of life” transformative, that integrates communities’ knowledge and models of learning which are aligned to the cultures and spiritualities of the people.”
Policies that govern and promote excellence in teaching and learning, publication, research, promotion, rewards, quality of teaching, quality of research, quality of publications, workload model for teaching only and teaching as well as research active staff, fundraising, community outreach, replicable community projects. Collaborations locally, regionally and internally, to name a few.
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