ECE Full Time Teacher

JEWISH SILICON VALLEY•Los Gatos, CA

7d•$20 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

Full-time teachers are needed to work a minimum of 30 hours per week with a full benefit package at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center Preschool (part of Jewish Silicon Valley). This role involves supervising and ensuring the safety of children, planning and implementing an enriching curriculum, and working collaboratively with a teaching team. The position also requires active communication with parents and administration, maintaining a positive representation of the preschool, and adhering to all relevant policies and procedures.

Requirements

24 units of ECE/CD, including the core courses (child development; child/family/community or child family relations and program/curriculum).
175 days of 3 hours per day of work experience in an ECE/CD setting within 4 years.
Or: AA or higher degree in ECE/CD or related field and 3 units supervised field experienced in an ECE/CD setting.
Completion and cleared background check of a fingerprint and life scan assessment.

Responsibilities

Supervise and ensure safety of children at all times.
Be alert to the needs of children as individuals and as a group.
Plan and implement an enriching curriculum that helps move children as individuals and a group toward meeting stated developmental goals.
Work with co-teacher/associate teacher or teacher’s aide, if applicable.
Plan and implement activities and projects that support children’s learning in the area of Jewish culture, holidays and values.
Work with teaching team to set-up and maintain classroom.
Keep classroom shelves, counters, storage areas and bathrooms orderly and free of clutter.
Closely supervise meal times and sit with children while they eat.
Conduct two individual parent/teacher conferences per year with each family in assigned class.
Attend Back to School Night and Open House.
Be familiar with and follow all Preschool and APJCC Policies detailed in the APJCC Employee Handbook, the APJCC Preschool Staff Handbook and the APJCC Parent Handbook.
Maintain punctual and consistent attendance.
Keep preschool administration informed of any special needs or concerns about individual children.
Attend all staff meetings, in-service training, set up/clean up days and team planning meetings.
Write informative daily emails to parents, summarizing the children’s day including photos.
Fill out all required paper work in a timely manner. This includes, but is not limited to accident reports, incident reports, curriculum plans and team meeting reports.
Communicate frequently with parents in a professional and respectful manner.
Areas of concern about children should be discussed with co-teacher, associate teacher and/or assistant teacher, but communicated to the parent by a teacher, or associate teacher not a teacher’s assistant.
Communicate with colleagues and administration in a professional and respectful manner.
Always keep developmentally appropriate practice in mind when planning for and communicating with children and families.
Represent the preschool, APJCC, Jewish Silicon Valley in a positive manner both on campus and off.