Preschool/Early Learning Teacher - Full-time

Job Overview And Requirements
Are you a teacher who is passionate about creating a safe and fun environment for a child’s first learning experience? Do you thrive when working in a positive group setting with like‑minded teachers? Sportsplex is offering a fantastic opportunity for someone who desires to join our well‑established & outstanding Tot Time School! Not only do we have top‑notch teachers and an excellent curriculum, we have an incredible facility in which we offer children swim and tennis lessons incorporated into the program.

Sportsplex is looking to add Full‑time UPK teachers to our current team of teachers in our highly sought‑after program. The ideal candidate is energetic, fun‑loving, creative and a good team player. Our preschool services children ages 2 through 5 years old with both full day and half day options. Located within a state‑of‑the‑art multi‑sports health and fitness facility, Tot Time Preschool combines education and play for our youngest learners.

What you will be doing

Develop lesson plans with your co‑teacher based on a carefully created curriculum

Employ a variety of educational techniques to teach children

Observe each child to help improve their social competencies and build self‑esteem

Encourage children to interact with each other and help them resolve occasional conflicts

Organize nap and snack hours and supervise children to ensure they are safe at all times

Track children’s progress and report to parents

Communicate with parents regularly to help achieve success for each child

Collaborate with other educators—teachers must work together to achieve weekly and monthly goals

Maintain a clean and tidy classroom consistent with OCFS standards

Be comfortable taking and preparing the kids (i.e. getting them dressed) for swim and tennis classes

Comfortable using Class Dojo to communicate with families and Canva to create classroom displays, newsletters and engaging materials

Ability to learn and effectively use technology to support classroom communication and organization

Essential Requirements

NYS teaching Certification in Birth‑grade 2 or NYS Teacher Assistant Certification, or working on obtaining within the next 5 years

September-June position; additional opportunities to work summer months

Obtain CPR/FA certification

Must have a flexible schedule with the majority of our program taking place between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM

The ability and willingness to participate in other children’s programming offered at Sportsplex‑New Windsor

Knowledge of common core standards and working with a curriculum

Ability to use classroom management to maintain a safe and productive classroom setting

Attend professional development classes (minimum 15 hrs per year)

Bonus if familiar with FUNdations curriculum

Compensation And Benefits

$18-$22 hourly rate commensurate with experience and education

Paid Sick Time and snow days

401 K and health benefits

Paid training

Free health club membership

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