Details
Posted: 04-Apr-22
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Preferred Education: 4 Year Degree
Salary: $40,000-56,000
Categories:
Early Childhood
Friends School Boulder is a progressive co-educational Preschool - Grade 8 day school serving students from the Boulder area. Friends offers a challenging curriculum guided by strong values of collaboration & creativity, mindfulness and social & emotional learning, cross-curricular & project-based instruction, and diversity, social justice & service learning. Faculty and staff are highly engaged and enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and a collaborative working environment.
Friends seeks a Preschool Teacher who possesses a deep understanding of child development and progressive pedagogy, appreciation for the importance of practicing mindfulness and actively teaching social & emotional skills, and a commitment to diversity social justice & service learning and a demonstration of cultural competency. The successful candidate is devoted to the School’s mission and program and possesses passion and imagination they will bring to our school community.
The Preschool Teacher reports to the Preschool Program Head and is a member of the Preschool team. Preschool Teachers are charged with creation and implementation of curriculum, assessment of and reporting on student progress, communicating student progress and partnering with families. The Preschool Teacher should have experience with developmentally appropriate practice, play-based learning, and guiding social emotional learning.
Qualification Requirements:
- Deep respect, understanding, and application of child development - cognitively, affectively, and socially
- View children from a strengths (not deficit) perspective
- Possess joy, a growth mindset, and a sense of humor and commitment to working collaboratively
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience in a preschool classroom
- Proven success at working collaboratively
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Excellent organizational and presentation skills
- Technologically knowledgeable and skilled
Salary Range: Salary range is $40,000-$56,000 and pay is commensurate with experience, degree, and position. Friends School offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental, life insurance benefits, 403b plan and generous paid leave.
How to Apply: Send cover letter and resume to jobs@friendsschoolboulder.org. Please indicate the position you’re applying for in the subject line.
- Deep respect, understanding, and application of child development - cognitively, affectively, and socially
- View children from a strengths (not deficit) perspective
- Possess joy, a growth mindset, and a sense of humor and commitment to working collaboratively
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience in a preschool classroom
- Proven success at working collaboratively
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Excellent organizational and presentation skills
- Technologically knowledgeable and skilled