Kid Angles: The Early Education School is a play-based, Reggio Emilia-inspired facility, where educators work alongside children and families to provide provocations and experiences based on children's interests and developmental needs. Kid Angles is looking for the right candidate who is passionate about their career in the Early Childhood Education field to fill a Team Teaching position in our licensed home, working with children 6 weeks -1 years of age. We are hopeful to find a Team Teacher who is dedicated to the families served at our facility by providing high-quality care, nurturing learning environments, and stimulating activities throughout the day, all the while giving them the love and care they deserve.
This position is Monday-Friday, 7:30 am-4:30 pm.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, all the requirements listed below.
Professionally prepared as an educator of young children, especially in the field of early childhood education and/or child development, meeting the requirements of licensing agencies and accrediting organizations. A warm, sensitive, mature individual who relates to children and adults.
Play and learning at Kid Angles is about the process, not the product. Children are able to reach their potential in each domain of development through our play-based, Reggio Emilia-inspired practices. We believe that children are capable of complex thinking, curious, independent, full of possibilities, and competent. They are capable of exploring and constructing their own findings. Children are wonders: they question everything, develop a deeper understanding, make predictions, and communicate their discoveries. The environment is meant to be a third teacher, playing an important role by sparking a child’s interest and inspiring wonders. The environment will provide learning experiences in response to children’s interests with intentional materials that promote deeper thinking skills. The materials provided will enrich the environment by allowing them to bump into literacy and math throughout the day.
An educator’s role in this type of classroom may look very different than most. (And it takes some time to get used to this idea!) Said by Loris Malaguzzi, “Stand aside for a while and leave room for learning, observe carefully what children do, and then, if you have understood well, perhaps teaching will be different from before.” This quote says it all. An educator’s role is to work as a partner in learning. We are to provoke children’s ideas, model questioning and researching attitudes, and listen.
The Director’s role in our facility is to manage day-to-day operations, working closely with educators and families to ensure a successful program. The Director adjusts and implements effective policies and procedures that promote the program's philosophy.
The Classroom Mentor’s role in our facility is to onboard and guide educators in classroom management, curriculum development, and implementation of Reggio Emilia-inspired practices.
