Full Time Kindergarten Teacher

Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island (JCDSRI) Kindergarten Teacher Position - available immediately Enjoy Great Work/Life Balance! Great Benefits! Amazing Colleagues & a Supportive Environment! JCDSRI is a progressive and stable elementary school (serving 3 yrs. to 5th grade) that fosters a love of learning through the creation of nurturing relationships and meaningful experiences. Our Core Values: Respect, Kindness, Responsibility, Community, and Social Justice Are you joyful and passionate about learning and teaching? Do you thrive in an open-hearted and open-minded environment where intellectual curiosity, kindness, and a respect for yourself and others is prioritized? Then JCDSRI might be right for you! As our Kindergarten teacher, YOU will: ❖ Develop and maintain a developmentally appropriate, playful, creative, and joyful classroom along with your co-teacher and assistant teachers ❖ Engage students in active, multisensory, and engaging learning ❖ Provide instruction and support in foundational skills, such as social emotional competencies, problem solving, self-advocacy, and community-building ❖ Recognize and support each student’s strengths, needs, and ways of learning ❖ Partner with families, including offering home-visits, creating weekly newsletters, and reaching out with personalized communication ❖ Demonstrate a commitment to continuous life-long learning ❖ Participate in weekly faculty meetings, in-house professional development days, and special events ❖ Receive consistent support from our amazing Principal and Educational Leadership Team JCDSRI is the right place if YOU: ❖ Have a high level of respect for young children, embrace a student-centered, “whole-child” approach, and are committed to early childhood educational best practices ❖ Have a positive community spirit, effectively and enthusiastically collaborate with colleagues, and have strong communication skills ❖ Are committed to integrity, excellence, JOY, and are an ethical & respectful teacher ❖ Have experience in early-childhood education and developmentally appropriate practice ❖ See yourself as a life-long learner; you embrace feedback & productive challenges The Rewards of working at JCDSRI: We know that our greatest strength is our passionate & hardworking team, so we make sure that we reward our employees who work hard with an employee friendly and family-supportive work environment, as well as benefits, including: ● Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance ● Defined contribution pension plan 403(b) ● Generous (paid!) vacation days, including school, Jewish, and U.S. holidays ● Paid Professional Development opportunities ● Early dismissal on Fridays (2:30) ● Opportunity for advancement! ● Mentoring from highly experienced teachers & educational experts ● Tuition Discount for employee children enrolled in JCDSRI Comfortable Work Schedule: 7:30am – 3:30pm Monday – Thursday, with 2:30pm dismissal for students on Fridays If interested in joining our amazing team, please send your resume and a cover letter to Meredith Friedman, Executive Assistant, at jobs@jcdsri.com JCDSRI explicitly seeks to build a diverse staf and all are encouraged to apply.

Salary : $35,000 - $45,000