Toddler Teacher/Floater

Job Description: Preschool Teacher (ages 1-3)

Reports to: Academy Director

Terms of Employment: 12-month position

Status: Full Time, Non-Exempt

Primary Purpose: The Preschool Teacher is responsible for managing all aspects of their classroom while maintaining a warm and friendly environment and ensuring a quality child-centered program. The Teacher is responsible for ensuring a safe environment for young children, creating and implementing lesson plans, communicating with parents and upholding the center’s reputation.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High School Diploma or its equivalency.
• CPR and First Aid required
• 1 Year of Preschool Teacher experience preferred.
• Passion for early childhood education.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure a safe, happy, and stimulating environment for children.
• Responsible for the overall supervision and daily functions of their classrooms
• Responsible for creating and implementing lesson plans
• Observes all rules and regulations at Padawan Academy and DCF regulations.
• Assesses each child's developmental needs on an ongoing basis.
• Maintains a well-kept classroom that encourages children to create, explore and make decisions with confidence.
• Attends all required staff meetings, workshops and/or school functions.
• Assists in other capacities that the Academy Director, or designee, determines is necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintain a professional appearance, attitude, and work ethic at all times.
• Has the ability to maintain a positive attitude towards staff, students, parents, and community members.
• Has the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities.
• Possesses problem analysis and problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level.
• Possesses strong customer service skills.
• Possesses excellent communication skills: Oral (including presentations), Written, Interpersonal (active listening), Negotiating and Influencing.
• Is proactive and takes initiative. Thinks creatively. Drives projects to completion. Insists on the highest level of quality.

MENTAL DEMANDS:

• Maintain emotional control under stressful situations.
• Work with frequent interruptions

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Frequent: Sitting, standing, walking, climbing stairs and/or ramps, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive hand motions, hearing, speaking clearly, visual acuity, distinguishing colors, driving, traveling.
• Requires sitting, standing, running, walking, use of stairs, and moving about during the day, and the ability to lift, carry, move and/or position objects infrequently weighing up to 20 pounds

San Jose Schools believes that our staff will represent our core values of high expectations, growth mindset, commitment to team, trust, joy, and sustainability. We search for established professionals who embody them.

• High Expectations: staff demonstrate a commitment to working with our San Jose Schools students
• Growth Mindset: we believe that every member at San Jose Schools can learn more, become smarter, or be more effective if they work hard and persevere. Staff have the desire and humility to receive and implement feedback to improve their practice.
• Commitment to Team: we are in this work together. Staff believe that greater success comes from working together as a team. For our students to reach their potential, our team must take great care of our students and each other.

San Jose Schools is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment at our schools. San Jose Schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin or any other basis prohibited by law.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location