Job Description
Job Description
The Early Childhood program nurtures the social, emotional, and academic development of each child existing between our Nursery and Kindergarten programs. A team of two co-teachers leads the nursery classroom; instructional groups are flexible and dynamic. A desire to work in a team-based, collaborative classroom is essential. Full-time teachers attend faculty meetings after school on Mondays and may be assigned other all-school duties. This position offers an opportunity to collaborate daily in a team-based classroom, facilitating learning in a community that prioritizes the following:
Commitment to Co-Teaching and Collaboration
Demonstrates cultural competency skills by embracing the vitality of a diverse community and fostering an environment of respect and inclusion, while actively working to build an equitable school community grounded in our Quaker values;
Fosters a culture of learning that supports regular, meaningful growth opportunities for both students and teachers.
Collegiality and Professionalism
Engages families as partners in a student's success while recognizing and respecting differences in family backgrounds, structures, and cultures;
Engages meaningfully in school professional growth opportunities and enhances professional growth by giving and seeking assistance from other team members.
Teaching and Learning
Uses a variety of tools to make instructional decisions, monitor student learning, differentiate instruction based on students, and integrate multi-sensory approaches to learning in their practice in a play-based learning environment.
Creates a classroom in which students are engaged; pedagogy is student-centered
Uses opportunities throughout the day and year to weave issues of social justice and inclusion into conversations and learning experiences.
Values play and social-emotional education as the pillars to all other learning.
Candidates should have experience:
Assessing student work through various modalities, one-on-one work, and small and large group observations;
Teaching early math concepts, such as one-to-one correspondence, conservation of numbers, ten frames, and number recognition;
Teaching phonological and phonemic awareness;
Understanding of age-appropriate developmental milestones for young children in a variety of areas, including motor, speech and language, math, and social-emotional development.
Utilizes play-based approaches to student learning.
Applicants must have a bachelor's degree from a four-year accredited institution. Two to five years of teaching experience is preferred, although not a requirement for application. A Master's degree, early childhood certification, or a teaching credential is desirable. We are seeking candidates who are passionate about their desire to teach, eager to embrace and support the Quaker mission of the school, and able to contribute to a teaching partnership and to the direction of the school. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential.
Compensation is competitive, and the school offers excellent benefits. Moses Brown is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds.