Early Childhood Education Teacher

The UCDS Infant/Toddler Education Program, an innovative Reggio inspired program, is seeking an educator to join our collaborative teaching team.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a growth mindset and desire to learn and grow. Candidates must honor individual learning styles, be able to work as part of a team, demonstrate excellent communication skills, and be inspired by children’s wonder and natural curiosity about the world around them. All Infant/Toddler Education Program teachers work as part of a teaching team with designated group and individual planning time each week. Qualified applicants should have experience documenting children’s growth and using classroom observations to develop curriculum. Experience working with children younger than 3 years old is preferred.

A UCDS Teacher:

           Communicates

·     Interacts with others with respect and equality

·     Communicates thoughtfully to everyone

·     Reflects

·     Reads subtleties and acts appropriately

·     Speaks honestly with purpose and intent

·     Articulates and incorporates personal and school philosophies

           Collaborates

·     Facilitates discussion

·     Models teamwork and decision-making

·     Demonstrates flexibility

·     Eagerly shares ideas and thoughts on curricula, students, parents and professional issues

·     Supports others professionally

           Facilitates

·     Reflects, assesses, plans and implements a process in order to achieve and extend goals for each student, the class and him/herself

·     Challenges individual students by setting high expectations

·     Inspires each student to go beyond his/her self-imposed limits

·     Promotes complex thinking by asking probing questions

·     Supports students with specific and constructive feedback

           Innovates

·     Integrates ideas across thematic curricula

·     Invests in emergent curricula

·     Models discovery and inspires others to question

·     Celebrates “the well built hypothesis”

·     Reveals possibilities

·     Embraces and continues his/her own learning process

           Creates Balance

·     Considers the social, emotional, physical and intellectual development of each student

·     Supports diverse learning styles

·     Enriches and individualizes the learning process

·     Creates a safe and supportive environment while promoting exploration, discovery and risk taking

Our Approach to Education:

From the youngest age, infants and toddlers tap their natural curiosity and begin to learn through play and investigation. Our program draws from current research that supports the idea that young children need meaningful experiences and relationships to learn and grow. The program is student-centered and designed to celebrate each child as unique. Teachers use observations about children to design curriculum, giving students the assurance to explore, discover, connect and create on their own and in collaboration with others. 

Designed to be flexible, our curriculum puts children at the center. Learning emerges from children's theories and ideas as they experiment, investigate, question and explore. The curriculum uses extended blocks of time for discovery, play and group projects that feed and inspire children's curiosity. 

This teaching position begins in August and is a salaried position with full benefits. Further compensation details will be discussed during the interview process. We are currently scheduling interviews from this position.