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NAAEYC is happy to provide FREE advertising for those seeking early childhood teaching staff and administrators in the greater Nashville area. Please send an email with the job posting as you would like it to appear. Advertisements may be edited due to space limitations.

August 5, 2024

A New Leaf is looking to hire experienced early childhood educators to teach, nurture, and guide our students. The group ages are 18 - 30 months old and 3 to 5 years old.

We are licensed by DHS and work in the Reggio way. We also love to spend a lot of time outdoors in the garden and forest. We playfully and seriously learn, together as a community, about things that are real, meaningful, at times enigmatic, and always powerful! Here you are part of something greater than yourself. Together we question and improve the means and goals of education for our youngest learners.

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Qualifications needed:

  • Child Development Associate degree, or

  • Bachelor in early childhood education, or

  • Masters in early childhood education, and

  • Experience working with a group of children in childcare centers.

  • Knowledge of DHS rules, and Tennessee Early Childhood Developmental Standards.

  • Commitment to continued professional development.

  • Knowledge of the Reggio approach to education and willingness to work as co-researchers with the children to develop an emergent curriculum.

  • Ability to document and share with others the learning journey of the classroom.

  • Good verbal and written communication skills.

  • Great organizational skills.

  • Develop portfolios for each of your students.

  • Assessing student progress. Communicate progress and delays with the director and with parents.

  • Stamina to hike on a hill and endurance for bug bites, ticks, and other wildlife.

  • Ability to work in teams.

  • Patience and calm response to problem resolution.

  • Ability to teach children social-emotional awareness and skills.

  • Enthusiasm and ability to develop the outdoor classroom and to work outdoors over half of the day.

Benefits:

  • Paid planning time weekly.

  • Paid time off: 28 days.

  • Paid In-Service days: 22 days.

  • Paid personal time: 48 hours.

  • Paid sick time: 40 hours.

  • Monthly bonus of $200 to be applied to your choice of tuition, health care, or IRA.

  • Cancer insurance or Short Term Disability insurance.

  • Worker’s Compensation Insurance.

  • Accident at work medical coverage.

  • Half-price summer camps for your children.

  • Schedule: 8 am to 4 pm.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $23.00 per hour

Interested candidates should submit a resume with a cover letter that shares your teaching philosophy, highlights your hobbies and interests, and describes your relationship with the outdoors. Please send it to Mary Seppamaki at hicks.director@anewleafschool.org.

April 8, 2024

Oak Hill School

Prekindergarten Floating Assistant Teacher 7:30-11:30 Monday through Friday

Prekindergarten Assistant Teacher Oak Hill School seeks a collaborative candidate to fill a part-time floating assistant in Prekindergarten. This person will join a nurturing, Christian community committed to the School’s mission and vision for building a diverse and inclusive environment where all children learn, grow, and thrive. The candidate will demonstrate a love of working with children and the ability to work with a team of experienced prekindergarten teachers.

 

Skills and Characteristics

● Understands and supports Oak Hill’s mission, values, and culture

● A strong understanding of child development (academically, socially, and emotionally) and a passion for working with the young child

● A desire to be a lifelong learner as demonstrated by engagement in professional development  

● An ability to work collaboratively with a positive spirit and sense of humor

● Works in the classroom with the teacher

● Supports the plans of the teachers

● Assists in the preparation of materials for the classroom

● Assists teacher with individual or small group instruction and supervision of centers

● Assists teacher with classroom discipline following the lead of the teacher

● Shows initiative, including but not limited to, room appearance, bulletin boards, and grade level activities

● Escorts the students to and from enrichment classes

● Assists in the supervision of the playground Requirements

● Bachelor's Degree (required)

● Bachelor's Degree in Education (preferred)

● Prior teaching experience (preferred) 

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