Afternoon Preschool Educator- Part Time

If you want to be a part of a growing organization and make a difference in the community, come work for Shalom Austin!

Compensation

• We’ll pay you an hourly rate of $16.00 to $18.00.

About the Job

We need you to fill the role of an Afternoon Extended Care Educator. This is a part-time, hourly position. It’s an exciting opportunity for a creative educator eager to collaborate with like-minded professionals in a progressive, mission-driven, non-profit organization. You’ll wow us by masterfully performing the following key duties and responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other education professionals in a variety of early childhood age level classrooms as needed.
• Demonstrate flexibility, organizational strategies, and critical thinking skills.
• Value each child as capable, resilient, and rich with both wonder and knowledge and instinctively discover with the children in their curiosity and investigations about the world.
• Implement time-management and behavior management strategies to adhere to daily classroom schedules including individual and group activities, classroom and playground times, enrichment projects, toileting/diapering, snacks/lunch, and rest/nap periods.
• Use open-ended questioning strategies and positive redirection, as well as provide facilitative classroom skills.
• Implement daily lesson plans and creative, hands-on activities using sensory and natural materials and based upon the interests of the children rather than simply based on designated themes.
• Document individual and group activities and social, emotional learning based upon observations of children's interactions and moods.
• Partner daily with parents, infusing values in all classroom interactions and activities.