The Country Day School is accepting applications for Early Childhood Teachers and a part-time Music Teacher.
The ideal candidates are experienced early childhood teachers with educational vision, a natural ability to engage and support young learners, proven classroom management skills, strong interpersonal relations skills, excellent oral and written communication and computer skills, and a willingness to work collaboratively with faculty and families. Experience with integrating an outdoor classroom approach into the curriculum is a plus. Prior teaching experience in a NAEYC-accredited program is valuable.
Duties include planning and implementing a high-quality curriculum that is child-centered, developmentally appropriate, open-ended, and process-oriented. Teachers manage the classroom effectively with compassion, high energy, attention to detail, and problem-solving strategies. Teachers develop an engaging environment that encourages children’s independence and self-selection of activities and supports children’s ideas, initiatives, and creativity. Teachers develop developmental progress reports for each child based on child observation and assessment. Regular communication with parents is by means of meetings, newsletters, phone calls, emails, and individual parent conferences.
Requirements for Teachers include a minimum of a degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or related fields with a minimum of 12 credits completed in Early Childhood Education. Transcripts and diploma/s need to be made available upon hire.
A play-based independent private pre-school and kindergarten. Country Day School serves children 18 months - 6 years old, in a warm and safe environment where they are encouraged to explore, discover, ask questions, and develop a love of learning.