Preschool Teacher (Mid-City)

Preschool Teacher (Mid-City)

29 Jun 2024
Louisiana, New orleans 00000 New orleans USA

Preschool Teacher (Mid-City)

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Four-Year-Old Teacher

Abeona House Child Discovery Center is seeking a part-time assistant teacher, for our four-year-old classroom.

Part-time assistant teachers work from 1:00 to 5:45. Their duties include:

Daily Responsibilities

Working alongside the full-time assistant teacher in a classroom of 12 four-year-olds

Caring for the physical and emotional well-being of any child in the program, and in particular, your classroom. This includes diapering, assistance with potty training, wiping faces, washing hands, changing clothes as needed, assisting with self-care, negotiating play between children, and taking proactive measures to ensure a safe classroom.

Maintaining a safe and attractive classroom that allows children to explore, play and create. This includes sanitizing toys and materials.

Complete required forms relative to child sign-in and out, incidents, medications, daily reports, observations, emails to parents, turning them into the proper place.

Communicate effectively with their parents, other teachers, and administration about the needs of the child and any issues that arise.

Each day, the part-time assistant teacher:

Arrives during nap time and helps clean up from lunch

Plans and sets up an invitation/activity while the students nap

Works alone in the classroom at the end of the day (the other teacher leaves around 5:00 when most of the students have gone)

Cleans up and wash dishes after all students have left, close the classroom

Once a week, perform school-wide closing duties including tidying up and locking up (takes an extra 10/15 minutes)

Professional Behaviors

Showing up on time, ready to work, and with a positive attitude.

In addition to school holidays, teachers will be allotted 5 paid days off for the school year. Other than those days, the teacher is expected to be at work every day. Applicants requiring more flexibility should not apply.

Adherence with the policies set forth in the Employee guide, any policy additions or changes as they are made, and the Childcare Code of Ethics with regards to professional and ethical behaviors. Teachers are expected to make corrective actions once areas of growth are identified during annual evaluations or direction from administration.

Work in support of the program and organization and its goals

Communicate with the Center Director about the development of children, and issues when problems arise

Teaching Duties

Active Engagement with children through developmentally appropriate practices

Dedication to learning and implementing the Reggio Emilia approach

Support improvements and adjustments in the classrooms and work towards their own professional development

Participation in bi-monthly staff meetings, professional development days, training in CPR and Health and Safety, as required by the Louisiana Department of Education and Health and Hospitals.

Qualifications

Experience working in an early childhood setting or similar position is preferred

Our curriculum is developed by our teachers in response to the interests of the child. Preferred candidates will demonstrate an interest in observing, making, creating, researching, and exploring.

About Abeona House

Abeona House Child Discovery Center provides exceptional childcare and early childhood education to children ages six weeks to five years. A non-profit childcare center inspired by the Reggio Emilia philosophy, we serve families in the Greater New Orleans area from diverse backgrounds with joy, equity, and love. More information about our school and curriculum is available at AbeonaHouse.org.

We are located in Mid-City, inside First Grace Church at the intersection of Canal and S Jefferson Davis Parkway. We are not affiliated with First Grace.

As an organization, we value:

Community - connecting with our neighborhoods, and supporting local businesses and New Orleans’ recovery

Lifelong learning - for children, parents and teachers

Reciprocal relationships - and collaboration between children, families, teachers and community

Environment as the third teacher - filled with beauty, simplicity, nature, the warmth of home, and documentation of children’s learning

Socioeconomic and ethnic diversity - celebrating each family’s uniqueness

Individuality of children - including diversity in ability

Balancing livable wages and affordable tuition - as part of our mission to respect children, families and teachers

Fresh, delicious food - that supports a healthy foundation for lifelong nutrition

Joi de Vivre - and a loyalty to our New Orleans heritage.

Hours

1:00 to approximately 5:45, Monday through Friday.

Start Date

July 15th, 2020

Compensation

The compensation for our assistant teachers is $13 an hour. All teachers receive an hourly pay and are paid on the days school is closed (totaled 25 days in the 2018-2019 school year), and receive 5 paid sick/personal days off in their first year of employment. As part of the Louisiana Pathways Child Care Career Development System, our teachers qualify for scholarships (associates, bachelors, and masters levels) and tax credits. As a Type III licensed child care provider, teachers qualify for free child development workshops provided by Agenda for Children.

Twenty hours of training will be required prior to start ($10 per hour).

To Apply

Interested applications should read more about our curriculum and our program on our website: AbeonaHouse.org. To apply, email a resume and cover letter to the craigslist email provided. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered. We will respond to all applicants who provide both a resume and cover letter no later than Monday, July 6th. Please do not call about the status of your application.

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