Early Childhood Education Specialist – Lead Instructor; Part-time

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.
If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability.

World Relief Chicagoland Adult Education serves adult students at every stage of their language learning journey, including career specific language classes, job readiness for first-time employed, leveled general English classes, and literacy and schooling support. For in-person classes in Lombard, IL, learners are invited to bring their children to participate in Early Childhood Learning while their parents are engaged in English language learning, with family literacy as a core goal of the program.

The role of the Early Childhood Education Specialist is to prepare children to be successful in an elementary classroom environment by implementing curriculum that reflects the Illinois State Readiness Measures in developing a child’s knowledge, skills, and behaviors across learning domains. This position will coordinate paid, volunteer staff, and practicum students in creating and maintaining a nurturing, culturally sensitive, and English language-rich classroom, as well as playing a key role in connecting staff and volunteers to immigrant and refugee families so that the entire family can be served in reaching their educational and family literacy goals.

This is a part-time position of 20 hours per week, with 3 days on site and 2 work from home days.

• Coordination of Instruction

• Prepare multi-level daily lesson plans, utilizing the WR Early Childhood Curriculum

• Facilitate staff, practicum students, and volunteers in utilizing appropriate educational materials to enhance curriculum concepts

• Integrate fine and gross motor activities into the language rich learning environment

• Develop social skills and interactions among the children

• Encourage English language development

• Cleanliness and Safety

• Provide physical care for children considering developmental and safety concerns

• Prepare, serve, and clean-up snack

• Set up and clean all materials using appropriate storage

• Instruct children and their families in safety, nutrition, and hygiene

• Interaction with Children

• Encourage development of age-appropriate play

• Create a learning environment that is welcoming, safe, nurturing, friendly and fun

• Engage children in conversation

• Volunteer Engagement & Practicum Training

• Manage and welcome volunteers in the classroom, and provide direction and specific tasks

• Train, delegate tasks, and grade practicum students on their work with the children and specified projects

• Ensure that the classroom is properly staffed with volunteers through
  1) coordinating a replacement for an absent volunteer, and
  2) communicating volunteer needs to the Adult…