This full time position is Monday-Friday, 9:30-6pm - 40 hours per week. Interested applicants will have a nurturing, gentle, patient, and creative disposition. If you enjoy working in a team teaching environment, have strong communication skills, are able to multitask and remain responsive to children, this may be the place for you.
Responsibilities include:
Providing an engaging, responsive and caring learning environment for infants; creating strong relationships based in respect and curiosity with children, their families and colleagues, observations and documentation of children's growth and learning. Collaborative work in classroom design, curriculum development and materials exploration. Knowledge of and ability to implement RIE and developmentally appropriate practices. Ability to work at a child's level for extended periods of time. Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs. light, end of day, closing duties.
Qualifications sought:
We are looking for applicants with 12+ ECE units (including 3 units of infant and toddler development course work) and at least one year teaching experience with infants. Applicants will be committed to ongoing professional growth and will have knowledge of the Reggio Emilia approach, anti-bias curriculum, the RIE philosophy and Magda Gerber approach with infants. Applicants should be aligned with a play-based, child centered philosophy of working with young children.
PLEASE SUBMIT A RESUME AND COVER LETTER DESCRIBING HOW YOU ARE ALIGNED WITH THIS POSITION AND WITH All People’s School TO THE ATTENTION OF Anne Bauer @ [email protected]
Compensation:
DOE, Educational background and number of ECE units. Range is between $25-33 per hour. Benefits include: health insurance; 10 paid sick/personal days annually and paid holidays when school is closed for breaks and 5 days additional paid vacation after 1 year of employment ; support for professional development including 8 in-service trainings annually, $200 annual educational stipend, paid weekly preparation and meeting time and paid time off for site visits to observe other schools.
All People's School @Pixar Children's School: We are committed to honoring a diversity of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences of the children, families and teaching staff in our community. We welcome applicants who are interested in becoming active members of our teaching team and supporting growth and learning for all people at Aquatic Park School.