Job Title: Lead Teacher
Department: Emanu-El Downtown
FLSA Status: Salary Exempt
Schedule: Tuesdays & Wednesdays
Reports to: Director Emanu-El Downtown
Day Rate: $225
Hours: 8:30am to 12:00pm
Summary
Congregation Emanu-El offers a warm and majestic environment to congregants while also acting as a bold leader in the greater New York Jewish community. The synagogue features a top-rated nursery school, an award-winning religious school, the Stettenheim Library, the Herbert & Eileen Bernard Judaica Museum, and the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center with Judaic, cultural, and socio-political adult educational programming.
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York is the oldest Reform synagogue in New York City, grounded in a rich history of Jewish communal leadership in the city and beyond. Our congregation is dynamic and forward-looking, and as our current membership of 2,200 families grows, we remain committed to ensuring that new and current members alike, of varied ages, backgrounds, and interests, continue to have the highest quality experience in all aspects of synagogue life.
In Fall 2022 the Temple launched Emanu-El Downtown, a space for families with young children to play, explore, and learn. A hallmark of our program is the Let’s Play! class for children ages 18 months-26 months that will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
Lead Teacher Position
- Seeking a candidate who loves working with young children. Candidates must be empathetic, kind, energetic, and engaging
- Candidates should demonstrate organization, patience, even temperament, flexibility, initiative, spontaneity, and enthusiasm. Candidates will participate in all aspects of the classroom
- Collaborate with Emanu-El colleagues, both uptown and downtown
- Familiarity with or interest in learning about Jewish community and culture
Core Job Functions
- Teaching within the classroom to support the cognitive, social, and emotional growth of the students. Adapt teaching methods and materials to meet the interests and learning styles of children
- Write lesson plans and collaborate with fellow teachers and Emanu-El Downtown director to implement lesson plans
- Understanding and supporting the program’s play-based educational philosophy
- Developing warm and caring relations with students, colleagues, and parents
- Maintaining the classroom and create a positive environment for learning
- Ensuring the physical safety of the students
- Create an adaptable curriculum
- Keeping medical forms and professional development certifications up to date
- Ability to play music/sing, a plus
Physical Job Requirements
- Bending
- Standing
- Stretching
- Lifting (minimum 40 lbs.)
Requirements
- Master’s Degree, or master’s degree in process in a field related to child development including but not limited to Early Childhood Education, Speech Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, etc.
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The Congregation does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.