Early Childhood Educator II
- Employer
- Drexel University
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Jan 16, 2025
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Education, Other Education, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Human Development, Administrative, Academic Affairs, Other Academic Affairs
- Employment Type
- Part Time
Job Details
The Academy of Natural Sciences was founded in 1812 for "the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences". Since then, it has sponsored global expeditions, conducted pioneering environmental and systematics research, and amassed remarkable collections containing more than 18 million specimens from around the world and a peerless library and archive. Since 2011 its academic enterprise has been further strengthened through its affiliation with nearby Drexel University – a leading private non-profit research institution that focusses on innovation and entrepreneurship and provides a unique cooperative education program for its undergraduate and graduate degree students.
Today the Academy is one of the most important natural science institutions in the world. However, the world is changing fast and the Academy – directed by its Strategic Plan 2019-24 - is changing with it. Over the next five years the Academy will become a “force for nature” and advance its mission: “to understand the natural world and inspire everyone to care for it”. In so doing the Academy will build on its fundamental belief that diversity and inclusion generates better ideas, inspires creativity, and is essential to building a positive workplace so that in time it can become an institution that is of, by and for all Philadelphians.
Job Summary
The Academy of Natural Sciences seeks an Early Childhood Educator to join its Education, Learning, and Development team which is part of the Community Learning Division.
This position will help implement the Academy's early childhood programs. The educator will assist in providing professional development workshops, mentoring and coaching for early childhood centers, for home-based providers, and in informal settings outside of school time hours, throughout Philadelphia. Program staff will also teach children of all ages.
Essential Functions
- Assist in providing training, mentoring and support for home-based early childhood providers to enhance quality in all areas of early childhood development including an emphasis on literacy and language, math and science.
- Work as member of team, collaborating with other staff in preparing training activities based on the Science and Literacy for Success model.
- Help home-based early childhood providers implement science content.
- Assist with all grant-funded programming.
- Understanding of developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood education and the ability to support its use in early childhood centers. -
- Assume other responsibilities at the request of the Manager of Early Childhood Education.
- Other duties as assigned, including assisting other education projects when necessary.
- Mentor other staff as appropriate.
- Associate's Degree in or the equivalent combination of
education and work experience.
- Please review the Equivalency Chart for additional information.
- Minimum of 1 to 3 years of teaching in early childhood learning setting
- Demonstrated knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices, child behavior practices, and early childhood education gained through experience in early childhood field.
- Ability to prepare, present, and facilitate meaningful educational activities for children.
- Ability to prepare, present, and facilitate meaningful educational activities for adult learners.
- Tact in providing technical assistance, coaching, mentoring and guidance.
- Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
- Ability to represent the Academy of Natural Sciences to the outside world in a professional manner.
- Must be sensitive to various cultural and socioeconomic groups.
- Computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook required.
- Must pass all child abuse clearance and criminal background checks.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and successfully pass a motor vehicle records (MVR) check.
- Must be available weekday mornings.
- Child Development Associates (CDA) credential preferred
- Typically sitting at a desk/table
- Typically standing, walking
- Typically bending, crouching, stooping
- Typically running, climbing
- Lifting demands > 50lbs
- Center City - Philadelphia, PA
This position is classified as a Part time Exempt. Please note the salary range for a full-time position in this grade is I $41,120.00 - $61,680.00 The offered salary is based on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience, department budget, and an internal equity review.
For more information regarding Drexel’s Professional Staff salary structure and Compensation Guidelines & Policies, please visit the Compensation and Salaries website .
For information about benefits, please review Drexel’s Full-Time Faculty Benefit Fact Sheet or Part-Time
Faculty Benefit Fact Sheet.
Special Instructions to the Applicant
Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.
A review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.
Advertised:Jan 16 2025 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:Feb 16 2025 Eastern Standard Time
Company
Founded in 1891 in Philadelphia, Drexel is a comprehensive global R1-level research university with a unique model of experiential learning that combines academic rigor with one of the nation’s premier cooperative education programs.
Drexel University is an urban research university that integrates education, scholarship, diverse partnerships, and our global community to address society’s most pressing challenges through an inclusive learning environment, immersive experiential learning, external partnerships, transdisciplinary and applied research, and creative activity. We prepare graduates of diverse backgrounds to become purpose-driven professionals and agents for positive change
- Website
- http://www.drexel.edu/
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