TEACHER, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

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STEPHEN KNIGHT CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION

Southeast

Traditional 186 work days per year

FTE: 1.0

Salary: See DCTA Teacher Salary Schedule at http://careers.dpsk12.org/teachercomp/compensation-your-first-year/.

Subjects and Grades:

* Position begins in school year 2021-2022
* Early Childhood Elementary (ECE)

Essential Functions and Objectives:

- Provides instruction to students in an Early Childhood Education classroom. Implements the District's ECE program at the local school level under the direction of the school principal and the Instructional Support staff. Must comply with ECE program rules, regulations and State of Colorado licensing requirements for Child Care Centers, including re-fingerprinting, a child abuse and neglect background check, and annual training.
- Provides instruction to linguistically diverse students in English only.

Qualifications:

Please enter all of your education, licensure, and endorsements on your profile before submitting an application for this position. Candidates without a complete profile will not be considered. If your teaching license is pending, you are eligible to apply.

To see what qualifications are acceptable for this role, please refer to this teacher qualifications guide : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wjNPW43JNUZixwWegvfuzKstB7iJu6or/view.

Other information:

Stephen Knight Center for Early Education is comprised of Preschool and Kindergarten classes only. We feed into our home elementary schools, which are Asbury, Cory, Slavens, Steele, University Park, and Lincoln. We are also proud to have families who "choice in" to our school each year. Our Center for Early Education offers students a hands-on, energetic, enriching, and developmentally appropriate program in a safe learning environment. We have a highly skilled staff and strong parent and community involvement. As educators, we learn from one another, utilizing the strengths of our colleagues to increase our own capacity as professionals. When adults are engaged and excited about learning we create a love for learning and a high level of energy that is sustained throughout the school year. We believe learning, love and laughter are our greatest sources of energy. Our program has served as a model Early Education Centers in DPS.

Additional Information

- Work Year Calendars (including accrued time off): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1129

- Benefits (including DPS contributions): http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/1397

- Compensation Structures: http://thecommons.dpsk12.org/Page/244

- Employee must live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working for Denver Public Schools.

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.