Assistant Preschool Teacher

Do children bring you joy? Are you looking for a job where you can make a difference? Temple Beth Shalom Children’s Center seeks assistant teachers for our preschool classes for children ages 12 months to 5 years.

WHAT MAKES YOU GREAT FOR THIS ROLE

The following statements feel like they were written to describe you:

• You value and promote children’s play. You are eager to get down on the floor to build with blocks or join in for a game of tag on the playground.
• You are curious about the child’s perspective, seek to understand child guidance in a developmental context and are alert to the learning process for each child. You understand that young children are learning from the world around them.
• You ask for help, and accept suggestions. You are eager to learn about young children and how they develop.
• You maintain confidentiality and are diligent about health and safety, offering emotional and physical comfort and caring to your young students.
• You are a mature role model who sees and promotes the good in others.
• You are able to participate actively in children’s learning. Our hands-on, active approach to learning includes frequent reaching, stooping, sitting on the floor, bending, occasional lifting and carrying, and supervising children’s active play.