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The Lead Preschool Teacher at the Emory Autism Center (EAC) organizes and conducts day-to-day educational activities for children ages 12 months to 5 years of age, to children with and without autism spectrum disorder in an inclusive preschool classroom.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Working with the program coordinator, develops appropriate curriculum for the classroom.
• Creates, organizes and provides educational activities and support to promote language, social, and adaptive behavior development.
• Supervises teaching staff in developing and implementing activity, preparation, set-up and clean-up as well as classroom environmental set-up.
• Monitors child activity and behavior within the classroom.
• Ensures compliance with state, university, and practice policies and procedures for all staff.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in psychology, education, special education, behavioral science, or related field preferred and three years of experience working with in early childhood education.
• Must be at least 18 years old, have reliable transportation and pass a background check.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Early Childhood Education degree/credential/certificate strongly preferred.
• At least one year experience working with individuals with autism or other developmental disabilities preferred.

NOTE: Position tasks are required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location; working remote is not an option. Emory reserves the right to change this status with notice to employee. 

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