Job Title: Associate Teacher
Department: Nursery School
FLSA Status: Full Time - Salary Exempt
Schedule: Monday–Friday
Reports to: Nursery School Director
Salary Range: $49,000 -$52,000
Background
Congregation Emanu-El offers a warm and majestic environment to congregants while also acting as a bold leader in the greater New York Jewish community. The synagogue features a top-rated nursery school, an award-winning religious school, the Stettenheim Library, the Herbert & Eileen Bernard Judaica Museum, and the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center with Judaic, cultural, and socio-political adult educational programming.
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York is the oldest Reform synagogue in New York City, grounded in a rich history of Jewish communal leadership in the city and beyond. Our congregation is dynamic and forward-looking, and as our current membership of 2,470 families grows, we remain committed to ensuring that new and current members of varied ages, backgrounds, and interests continue to have the highest quality of experience in all aspects of synagogue life.
Associate Teacher Position
Seeking candidates who love to work with young children. Candidates must be empathetic, kind, energetic, and willing to work with all colleagues across the school and the director as a team. Candidates should also demonstrate organization, patience, temperament, flexibility, initiative, spontaneity, and enthusiasm.
Candidates will participate in all aspects of the classroom and the life of the school.
Core Job Functions
- Teaching within the classroom daily to support the cognitive, social, and emotional growth of the students
- Collaborating with fellow teachers and the school’s administration
- Understanding and supporting the school’s play-based educational philosophy
- Developing warm and caring relations with students, colleagues, and parents
- Helping maintain the classroom and create a positive environment for learning
- Ensuring the physical safety of the students
- Contributing ideas to the curriculum
- Participating in parent-teacher conferences, under the guidance of the head teacher
- Attending Parents’ Night and other school-wide events, staying after school hours occasionally
- Helping document student interactions and behaviors for conferences and reports
- Stepping in for the head teacher if there is an absence, and running the classroom
- Participating in professional development workshops
- Keeping your medical forms and professional development certifications up to date
Physical Job Requirements
- Bending
- Standing
- Stretching
- Lifting (minimum 40 lbs)
Educational Requirements
Degree in early childhood education or a Baccalaureate or higher degree in one of the following:
- Child Psychology must have 12 credits specific to early childhood
- Child Development must have 12 credits specific to early childhood
- Elementary Education
- N-6 Elementary Education
- Special Education, Students with Disabilities (B-2) or Students with Disabilities (1-6)
- General Education, so long as the person has 12 credits specific to early childhood
For teachers who are fully certified, NYS Certifications in the areas below are acceptable:
- Nursery – 6th Grade
- Early Childhood (Birth – 2nd Grade)
- Childhood Education (Grades 1-6)
- Special Education-N-12th Grade
- Students with Disabilities Birth – 2nd Grade
- Students with Disabilities 1st-6th Grade
- Pre-K – 2nd Grade
Candidate Requirements:
- DOH Background Check, including fingerprinting
- CBC + SCR Clearance
- Be flexible, punctual, organized, and able to embrace change
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent writing skills
- Open to feedback
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint), Zoom
DOH Medical With All Immunization Requirements:
- All applicants are to be fully vaccinated according to the DOH Medical Guidelines
Please send a cover letter and resume to Gabrielle Savoldelli, [email protected]
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The Congregation does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.