Teacher - Elementary - Virginia Preschool Initiative in Chester

This is for the 2026-2027 school year. Classroom teacher is responsible for implementing and delivering appropriate early childhood curriculum for the VPI program. Work is performed under general supervision within specific program objectives and policies; the employee communicates and coordinates with others to ensure program effectiveness. Daily contacts are made with instructional and administrative personnel as well as parents and CCPS resource personnel.

Essential Job Functions

• Plans and conducts daily activities to develop children intellectually, physically, emotionally and socially, according to individual stages of development; develops daily lesson plans; plans and implements adopted curriculum.
• Uses a variety of instructional strategies, including a variety of instructional media.
• Evaluates and records student progress.
• Maintains a physical environment that conforms to county and state regulations for student safety and cleanliness.
• Plans and executes parent/family activities, workshops and home visits as deemed necessary and appropriate.
• Plans and directs activities for the paraprofessional.
• Screens students and meets with students to determine eligibility.
• Communicates with parents/families on a regular basis through phone calls, newsletters and parent workshops.
• Maintains required VPI records for state monitoring.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, in-service training, conferences as well as professional meetings as deemed appropriate and necessary.
• Collaborates with Title I Preschool, Head Start and Early Childhood Special Education.
• Consistently demonstrates a positive and professional attitude, a willing spirit, as well as a sense of team commitment and a pleasant demeanor.
• Serves as a role model for children in all domains of their development.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Report Preparation

• Report Preparation includes but is not limited to daily child attendance reports, weekly lesson plans, field trip request forms (as needed), field trip notification forms, parent/teacher conference forms, etc.

Equipment Operation

• Equipment used includes: copy machine, computer (for generating e-mail, lesson plans, newsletter articles, etc.), telephone, laminator.

Contacts

• Frequent contact with school personnel including but not limited to the principal, other teachers, cafeteria staff, Early Childhood Support Specialist and other personnel as deemed appropriate and necessary.

Work Direction

• This position provides work direction to substitutes, classroom paraprofessional, as well as other classroom visitors.

Decision Making

• Requires good judgment and independence in making decisions about children, parents and other staff members in accordance with the policies of CCPS and the requirements of Virginia Preschool Initiative legislation.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here represent those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• While performing this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, reach with hands and arms, stand, walk and smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds and drive. Specific vision abilities required include close and distance vision as well as the ability to identify and distinguish colours.

Work Environment

• Work primarily performed in a classroom environment. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud. Work may require the transport of some materials from location to location.

Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of child development and best practices in early childhood education.
• Working knowledge of the concepts, principles and methodologies of instruction.
• Working knowledge of VPI requirements and other local, state and federal requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with parents, students and staff to implement programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with limited supervision, including high pressure and difficult situations.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with the Early Childhood Specialist, building administrators and other preschool programs within CCPS.
• Demonstrated ability to develop instructional goals; to design and deliver instruction and to assess students’ learning.
• Demonstrated ability in decision making, problem analysis, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships and planning.

Additional Job Requirements

• Must hold or be eligible for a Virginia Teaching License with a Pre-K endorsement.
• Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education preferred.

Background Investigation

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
• State Police Criminal History Investigation
• Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation
• Tuberculosis Screening/Test

Compensation

• $55,046.62 - $83,594.34

Hours Per Day

• 8

Days Per Year

• 200

Benefits

• Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees. Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status.
• Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position and does not imply an employment contract.