Sr. Kindergarten Teacher

Sr. Kindergarten Teacher - Cranbrook Schools

Cranbrook Schools Early Childhood Center is seeking a Sr. Kindergarten Teacher for the  school year. This position functions under the supervision of the ECC Head and involves direct contact with faculty, staff, children, parents, and volunteers.

• Planning, supervising, and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum in accordance with the philosophy of the Early Childhood Center.
• Attend all team planning meetings.
• Prepare a daily, well-planned environment with appropriate, meaningful, and interesting activities that stimulate children’s involvement and learning.
• Facilitate children’s learning and play in a non-directive, positive, and flexible manner, knowing when and how to step in, shift gears, and adapt activities to promote cognitive and social growth.
• Establish and maintain a print-rich environment, varied socio-dramatic and sensorimotor opportunities, with activities to foster learning in math, literacy, science, social studies, music, and art.
• Help children become aware of their roles as integral members of a group.
• Gear the program, expectations, and responses to the needs of individual children with concern for their interests, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, disabilities, special talents, and individual style and pace of learning.
• Treat all children and their families with dignity and respect, maintaining positive discipline using nonjudgmental language and tone of voice.
• Share responsibility for the ordered arrangement of the learning environment, arrival, dismissal, snack, lunch, and playground supervision.
• Assess children, conduct parent/teacher conferences, prepare progress reports, and provide parents with regular classroom updates.
• Maintain open and positive communication among team members.

• Serve on Early Childhood and/or Brookside committees.
• Attend faculty meetings, team meetings, committee meetings, Open Houses, Admissions Open Houses, and Saturday Testing Days.
• Provide opportunities and encourage parental school involvement.
• Maintain current CPR/First Aid Training.
• Participate in recommended in-service training programs and other aspects of professional growth.
• Participate in set-up and take-down of the classroom each year.

• A Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education.
• Experience working with young children.
• This person must be a sensitive and mature individual who is able to relate well to both children and adults.
• Must have the personality and ability to provide leadership and stability for program continuity.
• Responsibilities must be fulfilled in accordance with the school’s philosophy.

Cranbrook offers competitive compensation and benefits that include medical, dental, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability, and retirement programs with employer contribution.