Full Time Junior Kindergarten Teacher

Job Description

Tobin School Westwood is seeking a warm, nurturing early childhood Teacher to join our Junior Kindergarten classroom teaching team, the classroom with a capacity of 18 children a day. This is a 40 hour per week position with 8 hour shifts between 7:15 am and 5:45 pm. This educator will help support this teaching team in child supervision, curriculum planning, assessment, parent communication, and ensuring adherence to all safety and sanitation protocols. We offer two stand-alone classrooms, PreK and Junior Kindergarten, along with beautiful outside play spaces and an indoor gross motor room.

These classes focus on creating an engaging, enriching, developmentally appropriate curriculum with an introduction to school readiness skills. We utilize the Second Step social emotional curriculum, Wilson Fundations PreK edition for literacy and handwriting, and utilize the Teaching Strategies Gold assessment tool. Teachers are encouraged to be creative in their curriculum planning as we help our students grow!

Requirements

Successful applicants must have EEC Preschool/PreK Teacher certification, as well as early childhood teaching experience. An Associate's or Bachelor's degree is recommended or working towards (in early childhood or related field is preferred).

Why Work at Tobin?

• We put the needs of the children first!
• Students enroll for 5 day weeks only
• Paid 1/2 hour break on work days over 6 hours
• School philosophy to staff one teacher over ratio
• Pay clock in to clock out
• Children transition as a class annually
• Stand alone classrooms don't combine in morning and afternoon
• Paid Time off benefits increase with longevity
• Full Time employees paid for school closure days in July (after 6 months of employment)
• 401K with employer match after one year

Compensation

Competitive hourly rate based on education and experience. Pay range

$21-$26.00 per hour.

We offer a full complement of full time benefits with medical and dental insurance (optional Aflac and vision care), 12 paid holidays per year, 401K with employer match, short term disability, a 60% Childcare Discount, significant paid professional development, paid time off that increases with longevity, and significant paid professional development.

Our school is a professional and friendly organization that employs a strong team teaching approach. We also have a family-oriented atmosphere. If you love teaching young children and are interested in being part of our small, engaged team, we'd like to meet you.