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Bloomfield Public Schools is seeking qualified candidates for the role of Early Childhood Teacher (Integrated Preschool) - Wintonbury Early Childhood Magnet School.

Location:  Wintonbury Early Childhood Magnet School
Salary:  Teachers BEA Agreement
Work Year:  Ten-month position (186 days) 7.25 hours/day
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  The Early Childhood Teacher (Integrated Preschool) shall:

• Engage preschool aged students is an integrated early childhood classroom experience.
• Create an effective environment for learning through functional and attractive displays, interest centers, and exhibits of pupils' work.
• Utilize appropriate classroom management and supervision systems and structures.
• Provide appropriate climate to establish and reinforce acceptable pupil behavior, attitudes, and social skills.
• Apply knowledge of the early childhood learner and all developmental areas across the curriculum.
• Use developmentally appropriate practices and play based learning to foster student growth.
• Plan individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, social, and motor skills such as learning to listen to instructions, playing with others, and using play equipment.
• Provide individual and small group instruction designed to meet individual needs of pupils in communications skills, health habits, physical skills, and development of self-concepts.
• Plan centers based instruction designed to provoke child curiosity and exploration of various learning concepts.
• Support and include learners with various disabilities in the preschool classroom including shared implementation and monitoring of IEP goals in the classroom and carry over/implementation of student specific instructional programs and/or materials (AAC, visual aids, personalized schedule, BIP).
• Develop and use instructional materials suitable for verbal or visual instruction of pupils with a wide range of mental, physical, and emotional maturates.
• Apply knowledge of general principles of tiered intervention.
• Collaborate with classroom early childhood instructional assistant, special education teacher/case manager, related service providers and other school staff to support student growth.
• Collect data related to overall child development, interventions and/or IEP progress monitoring.
• Attend and participate in PPTs, consult meetings and other team meetings.
• Develop and nurture the whole child with a focus on social emotional learning as the foundation.
• Assist children in the acquisition of all developmental skills including self-help skill development (toileting/diapering, feeding/eating, dressing etc.).
• Develop in each pupil an awareness of his worth as an individual and their role in his family and community.
• Plan and coordinate the work of instructional assistants, parents, and volunteers in the classroom and on field trips.
• Communicate regularly with parents by means of a newsletter, notes, phone calls and individual parent conferences.
• Interpret school program to parents in order to strengthen parental understanding of the individual pupil's needs and the school's role in the pupil's life.
• Enrich the educational program through project based learning, science and inquiry, study trips to community resources such as museums, parks and through classroom visits by resource persons from the school and community.
• Select and requisition, instructional aids, supplies, and schedule snacks.
• Promote parent participation and involvement in education activities provided for their children.
• The Early Childhood Teacher (Integrated Preschool) role is a classroom teacher position with IEP implementation responsibilities and limited case management. Case management is the primary role of the Early Childhood Special Education Teacher.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field (Master's preferred)
• Valid state teaching certification in Early Childhood Education
• Experience working in an inclusive or integrated preschool setting preferred
• Knowledge of child development, early childhood special education and inclusive education strategies
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong organization skills and time management
• Highly collaborative
• Growth mindset

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Well-developed oral, written and speaking skills.
• Endorsements Required:
  Current Connecticut State Teacher Certification with one of the following endorsements: 112 (Integrated Early Childhood/Special Ed., Birth-K), 113 (Integrated Early Childhood/Special Ed., N-K, Elem)
  
• All candidates must possess a current appropriate Connecticut teaching certification or immediately eligible. 

Effective Date of Hire:  2026-2027 School Year
EOE