Preschool Sunday School Leader Job Descriptions
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.
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.
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 teaching sessions and in three-year-old and older departments leads group time.
- Assigns responsibilities to teachers for teaching, outreach, and ministry. Maintains department records.
Preschool Division Director
A Preschool Division director is needed when there are two or more preschool departments. The division director:
- 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 Council.
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.