Mill Creek Early Childhood Program Hiring for Elementary Teacher Job at Batavia, IL Full Time

Think of this: No more than 8-10 children in your classroom, no pre-planned lesson plans, learning based on the students interests, spending hours outdoors, a flexible schedule that YOU create based on your students, and getting back to the reason you became a teacher….the children.

Here are the details:

Mill Creek ECP is guided by the Reggio Emilia-inspired principles and believes that children are natural learners and investigators, and need time to explore and discover their world. As a Reggio inspired K-1 Program, our teachers partner with student to dive deeper into big questions with curiosity and creativity. Our teachers are learning architects and facilitators, who use the environment as the third teacher, engage research based practices and infuse the arts and academic standards into passion-driven questions and curiosities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with co-educators to create a vibrant student centered Reggio-inspired experience and participate in advancing the school vision.
• Empower students to create questions and develop projects that lead them to create, invent and express their thinking.
• Create a student-centered classroom environment where student passion and interest is valued and empowered, where relationships serve as the foundation of the community.
• Design individual and small group academic instruction based on each student’s abilities and needs, to demonstrate mastery of core knowledge and skills.
• Build a classroom community where social/emotional/behavioral development is built on relationships and a mindset for growth.
• Apply research-based teaching strategies to the design of instruction, accept growth feedback with positivity and continually pursue refining teaching skill.
• Curate documentation (floorbooks, child portfolio’s, and brightwheel) of student thinking and creative process and coach student projects and monitor progress through evidence of mastery.
• Collaborate with co-educators, Pedagogista, and others to develop driving questions, problems and design challenges based on academic standards.
• Collaborate with colleagues to collect and use data to identify goals, assess effectiveness and promote organizational learning.
• Seek to continually grow as a Reggio inspired educator, an innovator and accomplished instructor by engaging in consistent goal setting, research, and growth towards the practice and craft of teaching and learning. (minimum of 15 hours/yr)
• Ensure safety and supervision of the children while allowing developmentally appropriate risk assessment.
• Establish and maintain relationships with children, families, and Co-Educators
• Complete observations for individual portfolios (2x’s a month), authentic assessment tool (3x’s a year) and parent-teacher conferences (2x’s a year).
• Attend monthly school meeting and participate in Mill Creek ECP family/school events.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements

· Member of Gateways to Opportunity

· Bachelors in Education or related field

· Meet all IL DCFS licensing requirements

· CPR/First Aid certified for infant through school age

· Have a growth mind-set and commitment to continuous improvement and professional learning.

· Collaborative and team-oriented

· Strong oral and written communication skills

· Ability to lift and carry children up to 70 lbs.

· Passion for working with and engaging children in student-driven learning experiences.

· Demonstrate organizational and multitasking skills

· Deliver required paperwork on time and to completion

· Knowledge, education or experience in one or more of the following; Reggio Emilia inspired education background or experience, Inquiry driven, Project-based learning and/or design thinking, Student-centered instruction, Research-based instructional strategies

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $15.50 – $16.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Disability insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Following CDC guidelines

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Teaching Certification (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• No