POSITION SUMMARY

Come join us as a Lead Teacher for the summer (6/3/2024-8/9/2024) at our Preschool Summer Camp where you will engage and lead our campers through the fun of daily summer activities! Lead Preschool Teachers will design play-based, emergent curriculum forour three-year-old participants, within the natural setting of BADM and Fort Baker. Teachers support and guide children’s experiences as they play, learn, and grow together!

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures the safety and supports the wellbeing (emotional, physical, cognitive, and behavioral) of all children enrolled in the program. 
• Works collaboratively with preschool camp team in thoughtful and creative planning and preparing of play-based, emergent learning activities and curriculum development.
• Maintains a fun, positive, and friendly demeanor. 
• Builds positive, supportive relationships with families.
• Participates in regular communication with families regarding the daily preschool experiences.
• Collaboratively writes regular reflections, sharing documentation of preschool experiences to serve as digital communication with all families.
• Mentor junior staff employed as Junior Camp Facilitators.
• Communicates and works collaboratively with all other museum departments.
•  Ensure each child is signed in and out each day by an adult caregiver.

Other duties as assigned.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Must enjoy working with young children in open-ended learning activities.
• LiveScan and criminal record clearance through DOJ Child Abuse Index as well as proof of absence of tuberculosis (TB) are required before starting employment.
• Minimum of 12 completed ECE units required. 
• Must be trained or commit to being trained in First Aid, CPR and AED for adult, infant, and child. 
• Superior customer service skills.
• Abides by and enforces BADM’s health and safety protocols.
• Ability to use computer equipment required (Microsoft Word, Excel, Zoom, and Google Docs) 
• Must work well with a variety of people from various backgrounds and cultures. 
• Flexible, good-humored, team player with a strong work ethic
• Ability to assess appropriate behavior and apply behavior modifying techniques when needed.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The employee is required to:

• Be able to travel to and work onsite at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. 
• Ability to move from place to place, work outdoors, bend and lift and carry up to 35 pounds short distances.
• Read and understand documents containing text and/or numbers.
• Walk and sit, as well as to lift and carry objects. 
• Grasp, handle, or feel; reach, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.
• Lift 10 pounds and may occasionally be required to lift up to 35 pounds. 
• Have the ability to work outdoors in inclement weather.
• Ability to bend, stoop, twist and lift.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Works in a combination of indoor and outdoor environments, including occasional high noise levels, widely varying temperatures, varying levels of light, and inclement weather. Will be required to perform work duties in full view of the public, while adhering to the Museum’s customer service standards.

TO APPLYQualified candidates should apply online here: https://bit.ly/2PKeCSu

The Bay Area Discovery Museum is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.We encourage those from all backgrounds to apply to allow us to build the most inclusive and creative team possible.

Please do not remove yourself from contention before you even apply. Research shows that women and individuals from underrepresented backgrounds often apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. If much of this job description describes you, then you are highly encouraged to apply.

ABOUT USAt the Bay Area Discovery Museum, we believe that providing children with the high-quality early learning experiences they need to be successful is the best investment we can make as a society.

Whether at the Museum, online, or in the community, we provide experiences that spark children’s natural curiosity for the world around them, while building their creative problem-solving skills and STEM content knowledge. Both on-site and off-site, we facilitate research-backed learning experiences that are fun and engaging for children and families. At our one-of-a-kind location at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, this includes hands-on exhibits, rich STEM and art programming, an on-site preschool, and camps and classes. Off-site, our museum educators bring hands-on STEM programming to students and families at schools and libraries in all nine Bay Area counties.

We believe that these research-backed on-site and off-site experiences should be made available to all children and families and offer a variety of access initiatives toward this goal. We are currently working our way back up to our pre-pandemic numbers: 

• 350,000 visitors each year, including nearly 100,000 with free or reduced admission

• 10,000 member families

• 26,000 children through our school and community programs

• 587 schools and 215 libraries through all nine Bay Area counties

The Bay Area Discovery Museum is committed to being welcoming and inclusive. We are continuously working toward the goal of reflecting the diversity of the Bay Area both within our organization and with those we serve. 

WHAT WE OFFER

The Bay Area Discovery Museum offers a high-energy, results-oriented, creative and fun environment. Employees enjoy reciprocal admission benefits at other museums, regular all-staff celebrations, professional development training, and more. All staff members are valued for their contributions toward creating a high-quality experience for visitors, and their work that allows us to achieve our mission. 

The museum offers 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance to all full-time employees, as well as generous paid time off starting at three weeks per year. Staff working an average of 20 hours per week are eligible for many of the same benefit plans on a prorated basis.

In addition, we offer the opportunity for each employee to make a unique impact on more than 350,000 museum visitors each year on-site, and many more in the community through the museum’s research-backed school and community programs. 

NOTE TO CANDIDATEDue to the sensitivity and requirements of our positions, you should expect to undergo and be cleared of an employment background/criminal check if extended an offer for employment. You may also be asked to provide proof of educational degree(s), licenses, credentials, or vaccinations pertinent to the position.