Westwood Community Church
Location
Excelsior, Minnesota
The role involves planning and implementing preschool curriculum objectives to nurture children's spiritual, emotional, social, cognitive, and physical growth. Responsibilities include supervising students, maintaining a positive learning environment, and assisting with daily self-help skills and transitions.
Candidates should meet Minnesota state preschool teaching qualifications, with a bachelor's degree in education or post-secondary education in child development preferred. Experience in early childhood education is required, along with a commitment to living a life that honors God.
Westwood’s Way of Life: Be and love like Jesus
Westwood’s Purpose and Mission: To know God and share Jesus through loving others here, near, and far
The Westwood Preschool exists to provide opportunities for children to learn and grow socially, emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically in God’s grace, spilled out to them through people and programs that will foster and nurture God’s love for them.
Lead Teacher: · Provide activities to nurture the spiritual, emotional, social, cognitive, and physical · needs of preschool-aged children · Establish and maintain standards of child behavior appropriate to preschool children to achieve a positive learning environment · Assist children with self-help skill development including: coats, bags, toileting, etc. · Assist children and parents in car line during arrival and departure · Follow prepared lesson plans and instructional materials as part of a planned learning · experience for preschool students · Supervise Assistant Teacher
Lead and Assistant Teacher · Provide constant and consistent supervision of the children · Maintain professional competence through participation in educational staff development and/or in-service activities · Carry out other responsibilities as assigned by the Preschool Director · Align to and live out the Westwood Staff Culture: o We Live & Breathe Jesus o We Is Greater Than Me o We Are Developers o We Bring Our Best o We Are Always Learning
Lead Teacher · Meet Preschool teaching qualifications set by State of Minnesota; B.S. in education is preferred · 3+ years teaching experience in early childhood
Assistant Teacher · Experience working with preschool-aged children · Two or more years of experience as an early childhood instructional assistant or student intern, preferred · Meet preschool teaching qualifications set by the State of Minnesota, preferred · Two years or more of post-secondary education, preferably in child development, elementary education, or family studies, preferred
Lead and Assistant Teacher · Someone who lives a life that honors God in heart, actions, and relationships, with the goal of becoming more like Jesus · Ability to relate to and communicate effectively with students, families, staff, and church community · Knowledge of and the capacity to provide engaging preschool activities and experiences for children in which they will grow spiritually, emotionally, socially, cognitively, and physically · Proficient with Microsoft Office tools · Ability to handle confidential information professionally · Ability to relate to other Westwood staff and church attenders at large · Endorse and support Westwood’s Statement of Faith
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