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About the Role
The 14th Street Y is a Jewish community center in Downtown Manhattan that offers a wide range of programs. This role involves working within inspired and dynamic teams to build a vision for progressive education, believing that all children learn through inquiry, exploration, and play in the context of strong relationships and a sense of belonging.
Responsibilities
- Co-construct curriculum based on children’s interests, questions, and development
- Document, reflect, and plan from observations
- Lead and participate weekly planning meetings with the teaching team
- Meet the needs of all children
- Plan and create a classroom environment with inquiry, exploration, learning, and respect in mind
- Nurture children’s home languages through curated books, materials, and the physical environment
- Create a warm and inclusive environment where children and families feel welcome
- Organize, clean and maintain physical space and selection of materials in a way that is inviting and accessible to children
- Create visual evidence of the narratives and curriculum occurring in your classroom
- Adhere to DOH regulation per Article 47
- Develop schedules and processes to ensure that work is complete in a timely fashion by teaching team
- Lead regular documentation, reflection, and planning meetings with teaching team
- Provide feedback, coaching, and support to Assistant Teachers as necessary
- Support general areas of need to benefit the entire Preschool, which may include helping other classrooms and Admin
- Speak and listen to children with respect and mindfulness
- Supervise the whole group, while giving individual attention
- Manage classroom procedures including transitions, routines, and small groups
- Engage students in exploration and ongoing project work
- Scaffold children through conflict and problem solving
- Build respectful and reciprocal relationships with families
- Communicate consistently with families
- Document children’s learning, development, and progress through mini-stories, written narratives, reflections, and observations
- Maintain a documentation portfolio for each child and complete assessment checkpoints throughout the year
- Maintain collaborative and professional relationships with colleagues
- Mentor Assistant teachers
- Participate in professional development meetings
- Show professionalism including integrity, ethical conduct, and decision making
- Be reflective, ask questions, be willing to take risks and make mistakes
- Arrive and depart according to daily schedule unless otherwise approved by the Director
Requirements
- MA in Early Childhood/ Elementary Education | New York State N-6 or PreK-6 certification or study plan
- Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to craft narrative observations and assessments, mini-stories, and written reflections, and communicate with families and colleagues regularly via email
- Ability to use Outlook, Microsoft Office Suite, Zoom, and other online learning platforms as required
- Minimum 3 years of professional teaching experience in an early childhood setting preferred
- Strong oral communication with children, families, and colleagues
Skills
- Early Childhood Education
- Elementary Education
- N-6 Certification
- PreK-6 Certification
- Written Communication
- Narrative Observations
- Assessments
- Mini-stories
- Written Reflections
- Email Communication
- Outlook
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Zoom
- Online Learning Platforms
- Oral Communication
Location
- Downtown Manhattan
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Minimum 3 years of professional teaching experience in an early childhood setting preferred
Education Level
- MA in Early Childhood/ Elementary Education
- New York State N-6 or PreK-6 certification or study plan
Benefits
- Generous PTO Policy
- Competitive Salary
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Pension Plan
- 403(b) Retirement Plans
- Discount Perks for Movies, Broadway Shows, Amusement Parks, etc.
- Free Gym Membership to our MCC Fitness & 14th St Y Gym
- Discounts to programs at Educational Alliance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Referral Reward
About the Company
- The 14th Street Y is a vibrant Jewish community center located in Downtown Manhattan.
- Each year, tens of thousands of New Yorkers of all ages, races, and ethnicities come to 14Y as members, visitors, or partners to experience our high quality and varied programs centered around arts and culture, early childhood education, summer camps, fitness and aquatics, Jewish life, and older adult services.
- For further information about Educational Alliance, please visit https://edalliance.org
Equal Opportunity
- Educational Alliance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.