Job Summary:
We are seeking an energetic and experienced Substitute Teacher to join our team! As a Substitute Teacher, you will supervise classes and work with teacher assistants and or Co-Leads. Your goal is to create a welcoming learning environment and provide students with the tools they need to reach their full potential. The ideal candidate is compassionate, creative, and highly organized. This position is an on-call, hourly, part-time, or full-time shifts; we require flexible candidates. Shifts that may need coverage are 8-4:30 pm, 9:00-5:30. 9:30-6 pm, 12:00-6:00 pm, or 3:00-6 pm.
Responsibilities:
- Arrive in sufficient time tothe assigned classroom, ready to work.
- Follow lesson plans
- Be an active supervisor, but at the same time an active participant in children's play.
- Prepare any necessary learning materials
- Become familiar with NY State Child Care Regulations and Center Policies.
- Present a pleasant and helpful presence to the families of the children we serve.
- Complete mandated trainings of 30 hours every 2 years
- Report behavioral incidents
- Be a team player
Benefits:
- Opportunities to grow into a different role, based on performance
- 3 personal days after 1 year of employment
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 18 years of age and a high school diploma
- Previous experience with children between 18 month-5 years old
- Understanding of child development principles and best practices in education and classroom management
- Knowledge of classroom health, safety, and sanitation guidelines and the ability to closely adhere to the guidelines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
About Us
Pelham Children's Center is a full-day preschool childcare center in the town of Pelham, NY. The Center operates the preschool in the RJ Daronco Townhouse and the before/after school program in the Hutchinson Elementary School.
Our Philosophy
As a learning community, we base our educational practices on what is currently known about how young children learn. Children learn and remember best when they interact with materials and people in their environment and when they have opportunities to make choices. With the thoughtful guidance of knowledgeable teachers, the children at the Center explore and play with materials and ideas. Play is essential: while they play, they continually re-examine their understanding of the world in which they live. Through play, they develop social, physical, emotional and intellectual skills they will need in order to be successful in school and beyond.
Our Mission
The Pelham Children's Center offers high quality and developmentally appropriate childcare, education and enrichment programs to a culturally and economically diverse group of children. Our program fosters children's intellectual, emotional, social and physical development. The Center strives to make its program affordable to families varying financial means and, to this end, provides tuition assistance for many children.
Non-Profit
We are a small non-profit Early Child Care and Education Center in the town of Pelham, NY. Incorporated in 1970, the center provides full-day services to preschool children ages 18 months to 5 years old at the RJ Daronco Town House and before/after school programming at the Hutchinson Elementary School. Both programs are licensed by the Westchester Office of Children and Family Services.