Substitute Teachers for a Nature Preschool

About This Role

Turtle Island Children's Center, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, is a year-round play and nature based early childhood program, serving infants through pre-Kindergarteners. We are located on magnificent grounds along the North Branch River in the Capital City of Montpelier, Vermont. Early childhood is a time of wondrous intellectual development as well as social and emotional learning. Children are explorers and investigators. As caring educators, we provide a diverse, natural environment for their pursuits.

We spend most of our days outdoors. Our operating hours are 8:00-3:30.

Turtle Island is looking for playful substitute teachers with diverse levels of Early Childhood Education degrees/certifications/licenses and/or professional experience working with young children, infants through Pre-K.

If you have been searching for a challenging yet rewarding experience, the opportunity to develop your skills as part of a warm, playful community of professionals, and the chance to contribute your own ideas during an exciting time of vision and growth for our center, Turtle Island Children's Center is now the place for you!

What You'll Do

We work with the various schedules of our substitute teachers, which allows you to be flexible in your availability.

Responsibilities of this position will include but are not necessarily limited to the following:

• Provide young children (birth to age 5) with a nurturing, safe, and healthy environment to help them develop socially, intellectually, physically, and emotionally in a manner developmentally appropriate and in relationship to the overall goal of social competency.
• Work collaboratively and as a team with fellow teachers to ensure they are following state and program guidelines, regulations and expectations.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the team to create and maintain a safe, responsive and healthy physical environment that fosters the physical, emotional and cognitive development of young children.
• Proactively communicate effectively, professionally and respectfully with team members, administrators and families.
• Actively supervise and engage with children while keeping them safe at all times.
• Create and maintain an environment that is clean, organized, responsive, inviting, welcoming and safe for all children and families
  
  

Requirements

Core Qualifications:

• Demonstrate basic understanding of the developmental needs of children from birth to six years old; responsiveness to the intellectual, emotional and social needs of children; ability to work with groups of children
• Show flexibility to work as a team member and a part of a learning community.
• Love and respect for children, teachers and the important work of early childhood education
• Must be at least 18 yrs. of age.
• Be able to kneel, bend, squat, lift, push, pull, and carry children up to 70 lbs
• Meet annual professional development requirements, per Vermont state regulations.
• Willingness to continue professional education in Early Childhood Education or related field.
• Have current First Aid/CPR training or willing to complete upon hire