Preschool T.E.A.M. Leader Responsibilities

Teach

Common Tasks for All Preschool Leaders

• Participates in prospect discovery, outreach activities, witnessing, and ministry.
• Prepares in advance, arrives on time, and evaluates and participates in age-appropriate bible teaching.
• Serves in extended session.
• Ministers to preschoolers and their families. Participates in leader training events.
• Participates regularly in both corporate and personal worship.
• Maintain a daily personal quiet time, including prayer.

Preschool Teacher

The preschool teacher is the key to learning for the preschooler.

• Obtains teaching materials and supplies prior to a session.
• Plans and prepares in advance for individual and small group Bible-learning experiences.
• Visits, contacts, and ministers to preschoolers and prospects assigned for ministry.
• Maintain a daily personal quiet time, including prayer.

Department Director

The department director is responsible for planning, conducting, and evaluating the work of the department.

• Greets preschoolers and their parents at the door as they arrive and maintains department security system.
• Enlists and assists in training teachers and substitutes for the department. Leads in planning and preparation.
• Leads the Bible teachings sessions, and in three-year-old and older departments leads group time.
• Assigns responsibilities to teachers for teaching, outreach, and ministry. Maintains department records.
• Maintain a daily personal quiet time, including prayer.

Evangelize

Division Evangelism/Outreach Leader

The division outreach leader works with the division director in coordinating the reaching ministry of Preschool Sunday School.

• Participates in weekly visitation, outreach and witnessing.
• Maintains and/or assists in maintaining active division and department prospect records.
• Greets visitors on Sunday morning and ensures that preschoolers are placed in the appropriate departments.
• Obtains and records department assignments, addresses, phone numbers, and names of parent(s) or caregivers.
• Coordinates all the reaching activities of the Preschool Division.
• Coordinates prospect discovery projects for the division.
• Maintain a daily personal quiet time, including prayer.

Administrative

Preschool Division Director

A Preschool Division director is needed when there are two or more preschool departments.

• Coordinates the work of the preschool departments and determines the organizational needs
• Determines and enlists preschool department directors and assists with enlisting other team members
• Develops a training plan for preschool leadership
• Works with leadership team to develop the preschool budget
• Coordinates the use of resources by obtaining needed supplies
• Orders curriculum
• Leads in evaluation of the work of the division
• Assists in the coordination of extended session
• Represents the preschool area on the Sunday School Planning Team
• Maintain a daily personal quiet time, including prayer

Minister

Ministry to preschoolers and their families is often done by the Department Director and/or teacher. These duties would include:

• Contact preschoolers and their families on a regular basis
• Make special occasions, like birthdays, meaningful
• Receive prayer requests from families of the preschooler
• Be sensitive to the family life of the preschooler
• Pray for the families and relay the requests as appropriate
• Take action on ministry needs discovered
• Maintain a daily personal quiet time, including prayer

Please contact our Sunday School staff by:

Phone: 1-800-748-1651, ext. 291 or 601-292-3291 (locally)

Fax: 601-714-7430, E-mail ssdept@mbcb.org