Early Childhood Educators' Position

The role of the Kindergarten Educator is to support the Kindergarten Coordinator in ensuring that high standards of excellence are maintained in the Kindergarten through high quality of learning for each child. This includes the following tasks and responsibilities: 

•  The Kindergarten Educators have primary responsibility for the overall welfare of the children in their care.  This includes: supporting the creative play, artistic and domestic activities; the celebration of festivals (seasonal and cultural) creative discipline and work with parents, carers and families 
• The Kindergarten Educator is responsible for the organisation and running of the Kindergarten, working as part of a team of teachers, the Kindergarten Coordinator and Management Team. 
• Implementing the Kindergarten curriculum for Waldorf Early Childhood Education at a pace suitable for the children’s ages and development, with appropriate modifications deemed necessary
• Familiarizing oneself immediately with the rules of behaviour and ensure the adherence to our policies and procedures and to statutory obligations, particularly those relating to Health and Safety and risk assessments, Safeguarding (child protection) and Equal Opportunities
• The Kindergarten Educator is responsible for adequate preparation and planning which includes attending to daily, weekly and long-term planning, and working with colleagues in a reciprocal way in order to facilitate this. The Kindergarten Educator is also responsible for daily and weekly reviews of planning and activities, including keeping parents informed.  The Kindergarten Educator will put sufficient amounts of this preparation and planning process in writing so as to be able to work clearly with the colleagues, and for any cover teacher to be able to continue effectively with the children should the Kindergarten educator be absent. These documents will also serve to assessors, supply teachers or others, the intended learning, progression, activities and rhythms in that particular Kindergarten group, and how the needs of specific children will be met
• It is expected that the Kindergarten Educator will keep daily, weekly and termly individual child observations/assessments and undertake (with colleagues) individual child studies when appropriate or needed. The Kindergarten Educator should also produce end of year reports for all the children within the Kindergarten 
• The Kindergarten Educator is responsible for the care and beauty of the classroom according to the Waldorf curriculum, working with the seasons, sensory protection or the young child, and full understanding of the Health and Safety regulations of the school
• The Kindergarten Educator is expected to work with the other Kindergarten and school educators, assistants, administrative staff