Pre-Kindergarten Teacher Js

Position: PRE-KINDERGARTEN TEACHER JS
Shady Side Academy's Junior School is seeking a full-time pre-kindergarten (pre-k) teacher for the  school year. The pre-k teacher will co-teach with another colleague to provide our 4- year old students with an opportunity to grow socially-emotionally as well as cognitively in the pre-k classroom. A successful pre-k teacher engages students in meaningful learning experiences that meet their students' needs and gives them the confidence to take risks.

This applicant will work collaboratively within a team of child-focused educators and has a deep commitment to this important time in a student's educational journey.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Keeps students at the center of their decision-making and instructional practice

* Collaborates with colleagues and supports endeavors that benefit the larger community

* Cultivates positive partnerships with parents through consistent and transparent communication about their child's progress

* Planning, preparation, and implementation of developmentally appropriate pre-k lessons, utilizing varied methods of instruction to meet students' unique approaches to learning

* Use of Fundations, Heggerty, Handwriting Without Tears, and Singapore Math curriculums to provide students with a strong foundation of skills that supports their learning in the future

* Guide students in student led inquiry and play based learning activities to engage students and deepen their knowledge of various topics and themes.

* Implementing developmentally appropriate assessments and using that data to guide instructional decisions

* Creating and maintaining a welcoming, safe, and engaging classroom environment

* Implementing successful classroom management strategies and creating a classroom culture that is consistent with the Responsive Classroom approach

* Incorporating the outdoors in student learning year round as there is a significant amount of time spent outdoors

* Possessing a passion for teaching and a continued desire to grow professionally

* Attendance and participation at all faculty and school wide community meetings and events

* Participate in other assigned duties, such as recess, lunch, and any other responsibilities deemed necessary by the Head and/or Assistant Head of the Junior School