Early Childhood Co-Lead Teacher

Posting Details

Posting Details

Title
Early Childhood Co-Lead Teacher

Posting Number
S01106JP

Department
Childrens Center

Job Summary

The Co-Lead Educator position at Bowdoin College Children’s Center offers early childcare professionals a dynamic opportunity to work in a college campus center with staff who provide care to children in a professional atmosphere. The climate at the Children’s Center leads our staff toward calm, organized, and engaged work with children and each other. Our teams work collaboratively and in consort with each other meeting weekly to discuss practices and concerns as well as meeting weekly to plan curriculum for the children.

Our practices are driven by training on addressing children’s emotional needs to bring learning and growth through attachment and secure relationships. Our nature-based programs focus on generous amounts of uninterrupted outside time for children to play, explore, and experiment. All of this work is in the context of a NAEYC accredited center that is deeply and actively engaged in anti-bias and anti-racist work offered by consultants and professional development trainings throughout the year to support our growth as individuals and a staff.

The Co-Lead Educator holds responsibility of ensuring the safety and well-being of all the children in the program and supporting the mission and philosophy of the Center, while participating in providing a nurturing environment and developmentally appropriate curriculum that meets the needs of young children in all domains. Co-Lead Educators are mentors to our Educators to help them prepare and step into a Co-Lead role should they be interested. In the infant and toddler program we practice continuity of care for the first three years of a child’s life. This entails building relationships with families as well as children that will be sustained for this three-year journey.

The Co-Lead Educators will work with the infant and toddler classrooms.

• Pay rate: $22.00 – $24.00/per hour + eligible for overtime.
• Sign-on bonus! – New employees will receive a $500 Sign-Bonus (½ paid at first check and ½ paid after 90 days of eligibility requirements are met).

Education/Skills Requirements

Required:

• Bachelors’ Degree in Early Childhood Education or a Bachelor’s Degree an unrelated field with commitment to complete nine college level credit courses in Early Childhood Education to meet NAEYC standards.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in early childhood education, or a related field, with experience working with children birth – 8 years old.

Experience Requirements and/or Equivalents

Required:

• A valid Driver’s license and the ability to meet the requirements of the College’s Motor Vehicle Use Policy
• Current CPR /First Aid certification (or obtain certification within 1 month of employment)
• Upon hire, new employees must sign a Child Abuse Policy statement and complete the College’s OSHA bloodborne pathogen training and show proof of Hepatitis B vaccination (or submit a written declination statement).
• Excellent interpersonal skills as well as oral and written communication skills
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and internet research for classroom planning
• Ability and willingness to learn additional programs
• A genuine commitment to the field of early childhood education.

Preferred:

• Experience working with emergent curriculum or Reggio Emilia inspired programs as well as an interest in working in play-based and nature-based environments

Standard Work Days and Hours

• 40 hours/week between hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:45 pm
• Monday – Friday
• This position is a full-time year round position (1.00 FTE )

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About Bowdoin

Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students, faculty and staff—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors.

We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We value a community in which individuals of all backgrounds are warmly welcomed and encouraged to succeed.

Founded in 1794, Bowdoin has maintained its commitment to the liberal arts for well over 200 years. Bowdoin’s reputation as a preeminent liberal arts college rests on the excellence of its faculty, students, and staff; intimate size; strong sense of community; and connections to the people, history, and natural beauty of Maine.

Bowdoin’s campus is situated in a beautiful natural setting. Located in Brunswick, Maine, a town of approximately 20,000, the College is a short drive from the Maine coast, twenty-five miles from Portland and 120 miles from Boston.

Shift

Employment Category
Full Time Year Round

FTE
1.00

Benefits Eligible
Yes

Pay Type
Hourly

Background Check Package Requirements
Support Staff + MVR

Is driving a vehicle (e.g. Bowdoin vehicle or off road vehicle, rental car, personal car) an essential function of this job?
Yes

Is a pre-placement physical required for this position?
Yes

Posting Date
05/26/2023

Applications Accepted Until

Open Until Filled
No

Type of Posting
Internal/External

Special Instructions to Applicants

EEO Information

Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses.
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Applicant Documents
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1. Resume / Curriculum Vitae
2. Cover Letter

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