ECE Program Staff FT

Job Location:

Jewish Silicon Valley - Los Gatos, CA 95032

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary Range: $20.00 - $32.00 Hourly

Job Shift: Day

Job Category:
Education

Summary:

Full‑time teachers to work a minimum of 30 hours per week with full benefit package at the Addison‑Penzak Jewish Community Center Preschool (part of Jewish Silicon Valley).

• Supervise and ensure safety of children at all times.
• Be alert to the needs of children as individuals and as a group.
• Plan and implement an enriching curriculum that helps move children as individuals and a group toward meeting our stated developmental goals. Work with co‑teacher/associate teacher or teacher’s aide, if applicable.
• Plan and implement activities and projects that support children’s learning in the area of Jewish culture, holidays and values.
• Work with teaching team to set‑up and maintain classroom. Keep classroom shelves, counters, storage areas and bathrooms orderly and free of clutter.
• Closely supervise meal times and sit with children while they eat.
• Conduct two individual parent/teacher conferences per year with each family in assigned class.
• Attend Back to School Night and Open House.
• Be familiar with and follow all Preschool and APJCC Policies detailed in the APJCC Employee Handbook, the APJCC Preschool Staff Handbook and the APJCC Parent Handbook.
• Maintain punctual and consistent attendance.
• Keep preschool administration informed of any special needs or concerns about individual children.
• Attend all staff meetings, in‑service training, set up/clean up days and team planning meetings.
• Write informative daily emails to parents, summarizing the children’s day including photos.
• Fill out all required paper work in a timely manner. This includes, but is not limited to accident reports, incident reports, curriculum plans and team meeting reports.
• Communicate frequently with parents in a professional and respectful manner. Areas of concern about children should be discussed with co‑teacher, associate teacher and/or assistant teacher, but communicated to the parent by a teacher, or associate teacher not a teacher’s assistant.
• Communicate with colleagues and administration in a professional and respectful manner.
• Always keep developmentally appropriate practice in mind when planning for and communicating with children and families.
• Represent the preschool, APJCC, Jewish Silicon Valley in a positive manner both on campus and off.

• 24 units of ECE/CD, including the core courses. Core courses are 3 semester units or 4 quarter units in each of the following areas: child development; child/family/community or child family relations and program/curriculum and
• 175 days of 3 hours per day of work experience in an ECE/CD setting within 4 years.
• OR:
• AA or higher degree in ECE/CD or related field and 3 units supervised field experience in an ECE/CD setting.

• Ability to lift and carry at least 30 lbs.
• Physical ability to sit on the floor or low chair and to squat down to be at eye level with children for up to 15 minutes at a time.
• Ability to stand and walk for up to one hour at a time.
• Level of physical fitness that allows for keeping pace with the activity level of young children.