Description :
Primary responsibilities include teaching and advising up to 18, 4-5-year-old students in a co-teaching environment. The Pre-Kindergarten curriculum is ever-evolving as topics of study come from students’ interests and curiosity. Through hands-on projects and active discovery, students are encouraged to notice and wonder, form their own hypotheses, ask questions, and initiate explorations that fuel learning.

Classroom teachers participate in all required school meetings, activities, and Primary School community responsibilities. Classroom teachers work collaboratively with their grade-level team members, the Student Support Team, and students' families to forge strong partnerships in student learning.

As guided by its Strategic Plan, MKA is committed to promoting multicultural education grounded in equity, anti-bias education, and social justice. Multicultural education is a process of inquiry, reflection, and engagement that honors students’ narratives, provides a safe environment to explore and discuss multiple perspectives, and helps transform students and faculty, school culture and curriculum, community, and
society. We actively seek candidates who share our commitment to this process.

Reports to : Head of Primary School
Contract : 10 month

Qualifications :
- A Bachelor's / Master's degree in Early Childhood Education
- A minimum of three years of classroom teaching experience at the early childhood level
- Experience teaching reading, writing, social studies, and mathematics at the early childhood level
- Experience with the following curricular and social-emotional learning frameworks preferred: Reggio Emilia Approach, integrated literacy and math instruction, Responsive Classroom and Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (Dr. Ross Greene)
- Understand technology integration practices and the use of digital tools to enhance teaching and learning, for example, the use of iPads for learning and assessment

Skills :
- Passion, enthusiasm, and energy for working with young children
- Commitment to a welcoming, inclusive learning environment for all students
- Ability and desire to establish a strong rapport with students and engage classes in developmentally appropriate lessons using various modalities and materials
- Practical knowledge of child development and early childhood/elementary education pedagogy
- Strong interest and proficiency in planning and implementing a child-centered, hands-on curriculum
using varied modalities and materials that meet student needs and interests
- Understand the power and importance of play and collaboration for children’s learning and development
- Awareness of different learning styles and experience differentiating instruction for students in one classroom
- Interest in the development and implementation of a multicultural curriculum that includes diversity, inclusion, and social justice lenses
- Knowledge of how to assess students’ progress and growth over time, how to communicate this growth to parents, and how to use formal and informal assessment data to help inform a child's next steps for growth
- Application of effective, supportive strategies for classroom management
- Desire and ability to work as a member of collaborative teams
- Commitment to lifelong learning and a desire to continually reflect, grow, and share this learning with others
- Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills, including communicating effectively in writing
- Willingness and ability to engage with colleagues to shape the Primary School programming and community (including performing supervisory duties, as needed).

Application : Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter by Thursday, April 25 to:

Yungjin Oh
Head of Primary School
Montclair Kimberley Academy
224 Orange Road
Montclair, NJ 07042
yoh@mka.org

About Montclair Kimberley Academy

Montclair Kimberley Academy is one of New Jersey’s leading co-educational independent day schools, with over 1,000 students, on three campuses in Montclair. As guided by its Strategic Plan, MKA is committed to promoting multicultural education, grounded in ideas of equity, anti-bias education, anti-racism, and social justice. We see multicultural education as a process of inquiry, reflection and engagement that honors students’ narratives, provides a safe environment in which to explore and discuss multiple perspectives, and helps transform students and faculty, school culture and curriculum, community and society, and we seek candidates who share our commitment to this process. It is MKA's policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons regardless of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, or disability not related to the requirements for being a successful employee at MKA.

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Pre-Kindergarten Classroom Teacher (Advisor)