Job Summary

• This position requires an Early Childhood Exceptional Education teacher confident in social constructivist pedagogy, Nature Education, and Emergent Curriculum to design and implement open-ended, process based learning provocations that reflect the State of Tennessee Kindergarten academic standards.
• The Exceptional Education Kindergarten Teacher will focus on integrating nature, science, and art into a project-based curriculum with a strong emphasis on inquiry-based learning through championing play and hands-on discovery as efficacious learning processes.
• Additionally, in collaboration with families and related service providers, the Exceptional Education Kindergarten Teacher will identify individualized goals for children with exceptional needs and implement instruction and supports in an inclusive classroom setting.

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Skills & Requirements

Key Requirements

• BA is necessary
• First Aid/CPR certification is necessary upon hire
• A Minimum of 4 years of experience teaching young children ages 3 – 8 years is necessary
• Experience implementing individualized goals for children with disabilities in partnership with parents is necessary
• Knowledge of social-constructivist systems thinking theories is necessary
• Experience fostering young children’s biophilia through outdoor play is necessary
• Knowledge of the Pyramid Model framework and children’s social emotional development is necessary
• Knowledge of blood-borne pathogens is necessary upon hire

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