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Inspired by the work we do every day, the JCC is an organization centered by Jewish values and focused on creating meaningful experiences and opportunities to enrich, connect, and positively impact our community. We pride ourselves on our inclusive and welcoming workplace and celebrate the diversity of our employees. We value all members of our team in a supportive environment in which everyone is treated with appreciation and respect and positioned to do their best work every day.SUMMARY: The Stoler Early Learning Center is located at the JCC of Grater Baltimore’s Rosenbloom Owings Mills Campus. We serve 200 children from the ages of 6 weeks through kindergarten. It is our belief that each child is unique and we strive to partner with families to address their strengths, needs, and interests in a comprehensive, child-centered approach. Our educators have the qualifications, knowledge, and professional commitment needed to promote children’s development and support families. Our program is designed to enhance the development of each child as they grow to become creative, resilient, and confident thinkers by learning through exploration of the world around them and play. Our school is working towards living and breathing a constructivist inspired philosophy and embracing a spirit of innovation and experimentation to create a caring community of learners.We are currently seeking energetic, enthusiastic, dedicated, creative, and passionate educators who are committed to furthering their education and joining their students on their journey of social/emotional and educational growth. Our team prides ourselves on providing high quality education and care that reflects the goals and values of J Early Childhood. Lead Teachers are responsible for monitoring the development and learning of the children. The ideal candidate enjoys working with children as they inquire about the world, nourish their innate sense of wonder, encourage imagination, build their self-esteem, and create “edu-speriences” (hands-on, engaging, educational experiences) by developing, implementing, and reflecting upon their class community. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of child development, a willingness to ‘wonder,’ and an excitement for learning. WHO YOU ARE: 90- hour Certification. CDA, Associates, or bachelor’s degree in early childhood education; education; child development, or a related field preferred.Working knowledge of the growth and development of young children and ability to utilize this information in the classroom.Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills: oral, reading, writing. Creative, problem solver with a “can-do” attitudeExperience working in Early Childhood or Elementary Education preferred. Specifically in a constructivist, child-centered setting.Ability to be flexible, multi-task, and prioritize workload. Ability to act independently in the classroom setting and possesses a willingness to work with a team, including collaborating with classroom team, age level team, Leadership Team, and specialists.Ability to meet Maryland State Department of Education requirements for employment in a preschool setting with mandated coursework completed and drive to complete ongoing continuing education requirements as required by MSDE, MD EXCELS, and credentialing.Comfort exploring both indoors and outdoors in a variety of weather. Basic Judaic knowledge, including holidays, culture, traditions, and values and ability to integrate it into lessons and experiences or willingness to learn. WHAT YOU WILL DO:Pedagogy Provide a safe environment for all children in the school by providing active supervision at all times, this includes but is not limited to, remaining in ratio and keeping the children in sight and sound at all times.Pay close attention to children’s play, engage in reflection and discussion about children’s growth and learning, and respond to themes in children’s play and development.Consider students’ personalities, interests, developmental abilities, cultural backgrounds, family values, as well as their personal observations and dialogues with the children when facilitating learning experiences through frequent changes in centers and open-ended provocations.Document children’s play and learning, including daily reflections, journey binders, blog, weekly newsletters, and other vehicles implemented by the school.Provide a variety of opportunities targeting multiple learning styles for children’s active participation, independent choices, experimentation, and problem solving within the context of a structured setting and program. Be sensitive to individual children’s differences and needs and be willing to adjust the experiences you bring to life for the children to meet those individual needs.Use the power of joint attention and observing children’s play, conversations, and experiences to impact your facilitation.Create opportunities for social interaction, physical activity, creative expression, and Jewish experiences both indoors and outdoors. Encourage students to be responsible for their own learning. Ask high level thinking questions to enhance their reasoning skills and increase questioning strategies to promote conversation.Attend to classroom management, including flow of the day, group dynamics, and conflict resolutions. Use positive guidance and modeling to encourage children and provide them with the skills and words they need to communicate more effectively.Relate to young children and adults in an emotionally responsive manner. Nurture physical, spiritual, emotional, social, cognitive, and literary growth and development of each child.Use a variety of educational resources to plan learning experiences and lessons for the children. Building on the familiar foundation of the Creative Curriculum, Healthy Beginnings and the JCC ELC holiday curriculum, Chageinu, as well as MSDE approved Kindergarten Common Core Curriculums. Cover the required state content areas/domains: social emotional competencies, language and literacy, mathematics, sciences, social studies, physical well-being, Jewish studies, fine and gross motor development, and fine arts. Care for classroom environment and aesthetics maintaining a clean and organized environment displaying engaging and accessible documentation. Be physically and mentally present and focused on the children throughout the duration of your shift. Administrative & Classroom Create a warm, welcoming, and nurturing environment of acceptance in which the children can grow with positive self-concept. Greet families and children enthusiastically upon their arrival – and communicate briefly at pick-up. A note or phone call might be necessary if the topic at hand would be too lengthy or inappropriate to discuss in front of the child and their peers. Read and maintain children’s files including work samples, anecdotal notes, and other documentation.Complete accurate reports as directed (i.e., attendance, signing in/out, frequent, and regular Name to Face Recognition, accidents/incidents, milk, sunscreen, medication administration, ID checks, individual child meals, and diaper record keeping when applicable, etc.). Complete a beginning of the year and mid-year assessments to gather data to document children’s’ present levels of performance and track their growth. Classroom teams will complete conference forms and conduct a minimum of one conference each year with families, as well as be available for other conferences or meetings based on parental request or if concerns arise. Identify, provide, and facilitate needed additional assessment or interventions where necessary.Establish and maintain a well-organized, clean, and safe healthy environment for children. Check materials, equipment, and supplies to see that amounts are adequate and that they are in good repair. Take preventative measures against hazards to physical safety. Care for and maintain equipment within the school.Be knowledgeabl