Job Description

• Planning and structuring learning in both indoor and outdoor environments using a variety of materials and equipment to facilitate students' development
• Providing a variety of experiences and activities to develop motor skills, cooperative social skills, confidence and understanding
• Promoting language development through story telling, role play, songs, rhymes and informal discussions held individually and within groups
• Observing students to evaluate progress and to detect signs of ill health, emotional disturbance and other disabilities
• Observing nutritional health, welfare and safety needs of students and identifying factors which may impede students' progress
• Discussing students' progress with parents
• Attending parent interviews, and staff and committee meetings
• Participating in community and family support programs as appropriate
• Supervising student teachers on placement