Full Time Preschool Teacher

Temple Beth Shalom in Needham is looking for a passionate, flexible, nurturing preschool teacher for our early childhood program. We seek an experienced professional with a collaborative spirit who can create a rich learning environment with children ages 1-5 years.

If teaching young children brings you joy and you are curious about the child’s perspective, come join our team!

Mondays through Fridays from 10:15pm-6:15pm includes paid time for planning, family communication, and documentation. 

WHAT MAKES YOU GREAT FOR THIS ROLE

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

• Teaching young children brings you joy. You value and promote children’s play and are curious about the child’s perspective. You look forward to active days of creativity and learning.
• You understand child guidance in a developmental context and are alert to the learning process for each child.  Your working knowledge of the growth and development of young children brings an ability to utilize this information in the classroom
• You ask for help, accept suggestions, and offer guidance to others.  
• Communication with families is important to you and you seek to teach adults as well as children. You are committed to being a positive source of guidance for children and families. 
• Flexible by nature, you listen to children, adapting the curriculum to their needs and interests. You adapt your teaching style to the needs of the school as a community system.
• You are diligent about health and safety, offering emotional and physical comfort and caring to your young students.
• Learning is in your nature and you are a lifelong learner yourself, taking time for regular reflection and self-examination. You seek to expand your perspective and the perspectives of 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.
• You have a teaching certificate from the Department of Early Education or the credentials needed to obtain one.