Kindergarten Specialist

The Belmont After School Enrichment Collaborative (BASEC) seeks a Kindergarten Specialist with a deep understanding of early childhood development and experience developing and implementing a welcoming and engaging classroom that inspires children to connect, play, and learn.

The Kindergarten Specialist leads the kindergarten classroom at its Green Meadow Elementary School site during the school year and the BASEC @ Maynard Vacation Camps (Feb, Apr, Summer). BASEC is a non-profit, out-of-school time organization that offers innovative programs in a setting intentionally designed to foster young people’s cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development.

As a Kindergarten Specialist, you will have the opportunity to inspire creativity, problem solving, collaboration, and agency in students. You will be responsible for creating units, lessons, and activities that foster Social Emotional Learning and develop age-appropriate skills and understandings across a wide range of domains and themes. You will nurture relationships with students founded on consistency and trust, through which you will teach students about being successful and contributing members of BASEC’s inclusive out-of-school time community.

Among other responsibilities, as a Kindergarten Specialist at BASEC, you will:

· Design and implement rich out-of-school time programming;

· Lead BASEC programming for students every day;

· With the Site Director, serve as a contact for parents regarding students’ skill-building and developmental growth achieved through participation in BASEC learning experiences;

· Participate regularly in developmental programming to remain current on trends in the field;

· Contribute to the site’s culture and play a key role in building an environment where children thrive.

We are seeking an experienced and creative candidate with a passion for working with kindergarten-age students to join our tenured teaching team. Additionally, an ideal candidate would be/have

· Energetic and compassionate;

· A growth mindset and openness to embracing feedback;

· Willingness to create and collaborate with BASEC colleagues;

· Strong organization skills;

· A sense of humor;

· An education background and/or experience in out-of-school time field;

· Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred;

· Computer literacy.

BASEC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military service, veteran status, age, ancestry, genetic information, or disability in the provision of or access to services, employment, and activities. This is in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws.

Compensation:

This is a full-time, salaried position. The compensation package begins with a salary ranging from $50,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year based on prior experience and qualifications.

Benefits package includes:

· 27 paid days off per year, accrued monthly. 12-13 paid holidays.

· Optional membership in our health insurance group with BASEC contribution of 75%

· Optional membership in our dental insurance group with BASEC contribution of 50%

· Employer-paid life, long-term, and short-term disability insurance

· HRA membership that includes reimbursement of 50% of all health insurance deductibles

· Optional FSA membership

· Optional 401K

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $52,000.00 - $58,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Maynard, MA 01754 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $50,000 - $52,000