Preschool Floating Substitute Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

Leila Day is seeking a teacher to serve as a full-time substitute teacher in our exceptional outdoors-based preschool, kindergarten and afterschool program. If you are a curious and nurturing individual with some experience working with and caring for young children, a preservice early childhood educator who is looking for fulltime work, or a more experienced teacher looking for the opportunity to work and learn at an outstanding, well established preschool, this is the job for you. We are looking for a person who is reliable, with a growth mindset, who works well with a team, and who enjoys spending time outside with children supporting their growth, development, and learning. If you were hired you would have a schedule where you worked in different classrooms over two week periods and filled in whenever necessary in specific classrooms. We will provide the right person with the opportunity to grow and learn as an educator and become part of a collaborative community of educators who make a meaningful impact on children's lives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist Teacher(s) with implementation of activities, experiences and curriculum
• Develop open communications with all colleagues, administration and staff and both maintain and nurture a cooperative and professional relationship with all colleagues .
• Work with individuals and groups in a manner that is consistent with Leila Day values and philosophy
• Contribute to a safe, healthy and active learning environment.
• Care for the needs and well-being of the total group as well as each individual child, including awareness of and sensitivity to issues of equity and implicit bias
• Help with the maintenance of the classroom and outdoor spaces, including stocking of supplies and organizing instructional materials.
• Care for materials and equipment to ensure the indoor and outdoor spaces are properly tidied and organized at the close of each day
• Relay messages to and from the teachers as necessary.
• Be willing to learn and pitch in in all classrooms, and be flexible in terms of classroom assignments day-to-day
• Engage in on-going professional learning opportunities to remain current with early childhood research and best practices.
• Other duties as assigned or necessary.
• Attend staff meetings, school wide events, professional development trainings, and other activities outside of regular hours as deemed necessary by the administration.

• 2 years experience caring for and educating young children
• High School Diploma
• Be interested in pursuing the appropriate certification in early childhood education
• Must adhere to all CT State guidelines and Leila Day policies regarding immunizations, physical exam, and required health and safety training such as CPR, First Aid, and Administration of Medications
• Must have the physical ability to participate in activities that may include lifting, moving or holding children from 20-60 pounds as well as walking, squatting, climbing and sitting on the floor.
• Must have desire and ability to regularly spend as many as 4 hours per day outdoors.
• Must be able to maintain mental and physical alertness, appropriate level of energy and respond quickly to emergencies or unexpected situations.

A Bachelors Degree

ECE credits

Experience in outdoor education and activities

Creative arts background

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Sick Leave
• Professional Development

• Be paid at the top of pay scale for early childhood teachers in Connecticut

  Be a part of a collaborative learning community made up of some of the finest, progressive early childhood educators in Connecticut

  Get to work outdoors a lot

  Be respected as teacher researchers, reflective practitioners, and transformative intellectuals who are committed to making a difference in

  children's and families lives, and making the world a better place to live in.

  Work, learn and grow in a culture of supportive accountability where we all support one another in our different roles and we are all individually responsible for doing our best and being consummate professionals in our day to day work here at Leila Day

Leila Day is an accredited, nonprofit child care center serving children of working families from diverse economic, racial and cultural backgrounds from New Haven and surrounding towns. In operation since 1878, this celebrated program's mission is to foster children's social, emotional, intellectual and physical development within a warm and nurturing environment built on sound

principles of child development. Leila Day emphasizes nature and outdoor education. The children and teachers spend time learning outside every day.