Full Time JRK Lead Teacher for Fall 2024

  • Natick
  • The Tobin Family Of Schools

The Tobin School is seeking a warm, nurturing early childhood Lead Teacher to join our our Jr. Kindergarten Full Day classroom team to begin in late August 2024. This is large, sun-filled classroom of 20 children per day with a teaching team of three full time teachers (at least one a Lead Teacher), and an afternoon assistant. This is a 40-hour per week position with 8-hour shifts between 7:15 am and 5:45 pm. This educator will help guide and work collaboratively with this teaching team to ensure child supervision, extensive curriculum planning, assessment, parent communication, and ensuring adherence to all safety and sanitation protocols.

The JrK classroom is a unique opportunity created for those children who have completed a PreK program but miss the kindergarten cutoff. This classroom affords these children the chance to challenge themselves with continued individual growth in skills such as reading, writing and numeracy development as well as foster social emotional mediator/leadership skills. This is a full-time, full-year position: Teaching in JrK Full Day from September to the end of June and working in our Summer at Tobin Jr program with similar group size, ages, and operating hours in July and August. 

JrK focuses on creating an engaging, enriching, developmentally appropriate curriculum that includes kindergarten readiness skills. We utilize Wilson Fundations, focus on social emotional literacy and utilize the Teaching Strategies Gold assessment tool.  Teachers are encouraged to be creative in their curriculum planning as we help our students grow!

Qualifications:

  • Candidate must be EEC Lead Teacher certified for PS/PreK age group.
  • Experience teaching PreK, JrK or Kindergarten
  • Candidate must be successful working in a teaching team.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills with both children and adults

Who We Are:

Headed into our 20th year, The Tobin School provides a variety of experiences and activities designed to encourage children to learn about themselves, their friends, and their surroundings through small and large group experiences, quiet times and active play, as well as indoor and outdoor activities. JrK Full Day is one of four classrooms here at The Tobin School, including Preschool, PreK, and JrK School Day.

The Tobin School has an excellent reputation in our area, and is a Boston Parent's Paper Family Favorite 6 years running. The Tobin School and The Tobin Children's School (right next door) are the only NAEYC accredited programs in Natick, MA. We offer a large, air-conditioned facility with beautiful outdoor play spaces.

Why Work at Tobin? :

  • We put the needs of the children first!!
  • Competitive hourly rate based on experience and education
  • Paid 1/2 hour break on work days over 6 hours
  • Stand alone classrooms don't combine during the school day
  • Full complement of health benefits, medical, dental, optional vision & Aflac.
  • 401K with employer match after one year
  • Paid Time off benefits increase with longevity
  • Full time employees are paid for July 4th all-school closure week without use of PTO
  • 12 paid holidays per year
  • Paid CPR/First Aid annually
  • Significant employer provided professional development through TECPA (www.tecpa.org)
  • Students attend all five days a week

Come join our small, community learning environment here at Tobin! We'd love to help you learn more about this professional opportunity!

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