Job Description

The Country Day School is seeking full-time teachers for the 2025-2026 school year.

The ideal candidate should have experience working with preschool-aged children.

CDS teachers are responsible for facilitating a warm and welcoming class environment. Prior teaching experience in a NAEYC-accredited program is valuable. Teachers are responsible for teaching a class of children in a manner consistent with the philosophy and the goals of the center. This includes:

• Treating each child with dignity and respect
• Planning activities which will encourage each child’s growth in the areas of emotional, social, cognitive, and physical development
• Recognizing and considering the individual needs of each child in relation to cultural and socio-economic background, disabilities, special talents and interests, style and pace of learning.
• Helping children learn to think creatively, to solve problems independently, and to respect themselves and others.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Being responsible for the arrangement, décor, and learning environment in the classroom.
• Construct curriculum (HighScope/Reggio Emilia) using developmentally-appropriate practices (DAP) as guidelines to meet the needs of the class and individual children, using prescriptive programming.
• Based on school wide assessments administered by the school psychologist, establish goals for each child in the areas of social, emotional, cognitive, creative, and physical development.
• Maintain on-going anecdotal records on each child.
• Prepare two written progress reports per year, prior to a fall and spring Parent-teacher conferences. Enter these into the child’s permanent file.
• Maintain a daily curriculum planning book as well as monthly plans which demonstrate strategies for meeting the developmental goals for the age-level in the class.
• Communicate regularly on an as-needed basis with parents regarding each child’s behavior and performance in school.
• Maintain all records and forms on each child in an up-to-date manner.
• Communicate and collaborate with co-teacher on classroom responsibilities such as lesson planning, newsletters, parent e-mail communication, Blackbaud, snack preparation, conference reports, etc.
• Establish classroom expectations and rules for children and utilize positive discipline strategies.
• Plan field trips where appropriate that are integrated into the curriculum and pre-approved.
• Attend all-hands meetings, age-level meetings, individual meetings.

Teachers must have earned a B.A. degree in early childhood education or a related field, a B.A. degree in a non-early childhood education field plus 12 college credits in courses related to early childhood education, or a CDA credential. 

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