Early Childhood Assistant Teacher

Job Description

J Los Angeles is looking for energetic, open-minded assistant teachers to help foster curiosity, exploration, and respect with young children. Candidates should love working with children and believe that preschoolers are competent individuals worthy of a loving, engaging environment. Judaic values and traditions are incorporated into everyday learning.

The assistant teacher will have the opportunity to dramatically impact the lives of young children and families while growing into the teacher they want to be. We provide many professional development opportunities for teachers to learn and grow.

• Interacting and connecting with children, families, and J Los Angeles partners in ways that support strong relationships, respect, and collaboration.
• Working in a team to maintain a healthy, safe, and engaging classroom environment, develop curriculum and care for a group of 12-18 preschoolers.
• Supporting a rich play-based curriculum based in Judaic values and traditions and a strong view of children as learners and thinkers.
• Approaching conflicts as opportunities to learn and coaching children to be problem solvers.

• A minimum of 12 ECE units
• At least 1 year of experience working with young children in a school or center setting
• Excellent communication skills
• Willingness to work collaboratively and problem solve
• Ability to be self-directed, manage time and complete projects
• Open to learning, ability to self-reflect regularly
• Able to meet the physical demands of the position (i.e., care for active young children, repetitive bending and lifting)
• Current pediatric CPR/First Aid certification (Must be willing to obtain)

$35,000 - $45,000

J Los Angeles's Early Childhood Center (ECC) is a community-based school with Jewish values at its core. The ECC supports the community in which it sits and, as such, our educators are supported as they take their students on journeys to explore concepts such as kindness, equity, social justice and more!

J Los Angeles is an equal opportunity employer committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunity and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. Our policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, veteran status, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.