Classroom Teacher PreK/SPED - $2000 Sign-on Bonus

Futures Unlimited Preschool/Head Start Program • www.futures-unlimited.org

Futures Unlimited located in Wellington, Kansas is looking for candidates to fill immediate openings for full-day classroom teachers. The work schedule for the position closely follows the USD 353 school calendar working approximatly 1560 hours August - May.

The classroom teacher is responsible to perform functions that meet the Head Start professional requirements to include:

  1. Planning and implementing learning experiences that advance the intellectual and physical development of children ages 3-5, including improving the readiness of these children for school by developing their literacy, phonemic, and print awareness, their understanding and use of language, their understanding and use of increasingly complex and varied vocabulary, their appreciation of books, their understanding of early math and early science, their problem-solving abilities and their approaches to learning.
  2. Establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment.
  3. Supporting the social and emotional development of children.
  4. Encouraging the involvement of the families of the children in our Head Start program and supporting the development of relationships between children and their families.

Education requirements for the position

  1. Associate degree in early childhood education, child development, elementary education OR
  2. Child Development Associate (CDA) AND
  3. Currently enrolled in a bachleor's or advanced degree program relating to early childhood education with the intent to obtain a professional teaching license with the Early hildhood Unified (ECU) endorsement.

Preferred education requirements for the position

  1. A current Kansas teaching license in early childhood unified (ECU) or Early childhood Special Education endorsement OR
  2. Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or advanced degree program relating to early childhood education with the intent to obtain a professional teaching licrnse with the Early Childhood Unified (ECU) endorsement.

 

Benefits Information

Great benefit package including affordable health insurance with Futures Unlimited contributing $455 per month, paid time off and KPERS.

Salary Information

Competitive salary based on experience.

Employer Information

Futures Unlimited is Sumner County’s premier early childhood program offering preschool, Early Head Start, Head Start, special education, and pre-k services for children ages prenatal to 5. Futures Unlimited is also the county’s trusted provider of general public transportation and disability supports, giving people of every age the help they need with the dignity they deserve. 

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Job Contact Address

2410 North A Street
Wellington, KS 67152

Job Start Date

February-10-2025

Applications Due By

August-1-2025

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