About us

Kaplen JCC on the Palisades is a medium business in Tenafly, NJ. We are inclusive, rewarding, collaborative and our goal is to to offer extensive, high quality programs and services to youth and adults of all ages and of all needs.

Our work environment includes:

• Wellness programs
• Growth opportunities

The Leonard and Syril Rubin Nursery School at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades is looking to creative, enthusiastic, and dedicated early childhood head teachers to create a loving, nurturing, and safe learning environment for children and their families. Our teachers have the qualifications, dispositions, knowledge, dedication to learning, and professional commitment necessary to support children and their families through their experiences at our school. Our school is open year-round, and is comprised of 20 plus classrooms with students ranging from three months old through five years olds.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to work effectively, individually and as part of a teaching team.
• Develop a positive relationship with each child, through observation and learning experience, helping to enhance his/her development and growth.
• Support the head teacher in implementing developmentally appropriate experiences for the class that align to our schools philosophy of a child centered, emergent curriculum that allows for constructivist learning.
• Support the head teacher in maintaining a safe, inviting, and appropriate classroom environment.
• Create a learning environment that provides emotional, cognitive, social, and physical growth in children.
• Good communication skills with colleagues, students and parents.
• Attend and participate in all staff meetings, including age level meetings, teaching team meetings, and full staff meetings.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Child Development Associates (CDA) required or willingness to obtain a CDA within their first year of employment.
• Knowledge of growth and development of young children including developmentally appropriate practice, emergent curriculum, and constructivist learning preferred.

The classroom is a fast paced environment and assistant teachers should have the ability to actively participate in children’s play and care, including high mobility, standing, walking, bending, and sitting on the floor. Must be able to lift and carry young children.

Salary is commensurate with previous Early Childhood experience and educational background. Hiring is subject to completion of a background check, fingerprinting, criminal history record information, and child abuse record information check.

Please send cover letter and resume to ECCjobs@jccotp.org

EOE. It is the policy of this institution to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, age, handicap, veteran status or status within any other protected group.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $24.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off

Grade levels:

• Pre-Kindergarten

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Early childhood education: 3 years (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Tenafly, NJ 07670: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person