Preschool Teacher (Classroom Support)

Are you passionate about providing excellent early childhood education?
Do you seek a consistent, positive, supportive culture that values you as an educator and puts the children first?

The School of Imagination is one of a kind!

• A nonprofit, mission-driven team committed to bringing out the extraordinary in every child.
• Work from a beautiful, custom-designed center in the Dublin Hills
• Tailored roadmap to success for every student
• Highly trained & passionate educators and staff
• Award-winning 'Happy Talkers' program onsite providing support
• Continuous skill development
• Amazingly small class sizes and low student-to-teacher ratios ensure each child’s needs and potential are met.
• Our highly trained staff and cutting-edge curriculum make SOI a premier preschool program.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Premium health, dental and vision plans beginning your first day with 100 percent employer-paid options available
• PTO accrual and paid holidays beginning your first day
• 401k, FSA, life insurance, and college savings plan, among other benefits
• Reimbursement for CEUs, license fees, professional dues, CPR/first aid certification
• Low classroom ratios, with multiple educators to each classroom

Our Mission
The School of Imagination and Happy Talkers is committed to bringing out the extraordinary in every child. We offer groundbreaking early-childhood education programs, cutting-edge intervention services, and a full-inclusion preschool that empowers special-needs children to excel along with their typical peers, giving all children the foundation for success in learning and life. We truly do appreciate your interest in helping us accomplish this mission in serving more than 350 children each week at our beautiful Schaefer Ranch campus high atop the Dublin hillside in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information about the School of Imagination, please visit www.soi4kids.org or follow along on Twitter and Facebook @soi4kids.

Position Summary
The Preschool Teacher (Classroom Support) is responsible for providing a warm, positive, nurturing and organized environment for preschool children to learn through developmentally-appropriate activities and interactions. This position will consult and collaborate with other members of the interdisciplinary team to develop an understanding of each child’s unique individual needs, and to develop effective curriculum and instructional strategies, which promote social/emotional development, communication and language development, intellectual and cognitive development, visual-spatial processing, sensory-motor function, and executive functioning. In addition, the position must maintain professional communication with all team members, families, and the community. The Assistant Preschool Teacher (Classroom Support) works collaboratively with each family and other team members to ensure that each child is provided with the highest quality educational program for optimal success educationally, socially, and emotionally.

Duties and Responsibilities Highlights

• Serves as a member of a multidisciplinary team consisting of educators and therapists.
• Implements developmentally appropriate classroom activities

Qualifications:
A minimum of 12 ECE (Early Childhood Education) units and related experience. An Associate's, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree is preferred.

• Experience working with children with special needs in a classroom setting.
• Knowledge of child development, various instructional and inclusion strategies appropriate for children with a variety of disabilities, and developmental models of intervention, including but not limited to the Early Start Denver Model and the DRDP assessment tool.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills able to manage competing priorities and workflow.
• Ability to work independently and as a member of various teams and committees.
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm.

School of Imagination is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

School of Imagination believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Employment at the School of Imagination is based on merit, competence, and qualifications, and we are committed to providing equal opportunities for training and advancement for all employees. School of Imagination is also committed to making our application process accessible to individuals with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request.