The Early Childhood Education Designer for pre-K and Kindergarten will be charged with evaluating and designing learning experiences for beginning early childhood educators in Chicago-Northwest Indiana.
This person will work to create an arc of high quality learning experiences across a year that:
- Align to teachers’ development that they receive at Summer Training and their University coursework
- Are grounded in culturally responsive teaching practices, and build corps members’ knowledge, skills, and mindsets in leading their students to strong academic and personal growth
- Enable corps members to reflect on their identity and develop as culturally competent leaders in the movement towards educational equity
This is a part time position that starts in January and ends May 31st.
Areas of Responsibility:
The ECE Designer will work with the Director, Corps Member Learning as well as other Chicago-Northwest Indiana staff members. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Evaluate and Design Early Childhood Education Resources (80%)
- Evaluate existing resources for alignment and design new learning experiences for Early Childhood corps members:
- Analyze and evaluate current content and curricular resources that exist and determine alignment to current vision/goals
- Develop a scope and sequence of learning experiences for early childhood corps members across a year that is aligned to the regional vision and goals for ECE and their University coursework
- Design catalytic learning experiences (in person and virtual) that build teachers’ knowledge, skills, and mindsets around key pedagogical practices in ECE
- Create resources that support and enhance the development of early childhood corps members
- Stay on top of ECE research, pedagogy, and trends to support the development of the above
- Collaborate with staff members and partners to ensure programmatic alignment for early childhood corps members
Engage in Ongoing Development (20%)
- Commit to learning about Teach For America’s Position on Adult Learning and embedding it into learning experiences
- Engage in ongoing professional development through the reflection and analysis of staff feedback and monitor progress towards goals
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience. Advanced degrees in education preferred
Skills/Experience:
- Minimum of 3-5 years of professional work experience
- Quantifiable success as an early childhood (pre-K/K) setting for a minimum of 2 full years and five or more years of experience highly preferred. Experience as a Teach For America corps member helpful, but not required.
- Experience teaching in low income community preferred
- Previous experience in designing and delivering high quality professional development to teachers
- Ability to place the end user at the center of design
- Deep expertise in early childhood pedagogy for pre-K and K , including a deep understanding of and ability to apply current research and theory of early childhood
- Strong understanding of culturally relevant pedagogy; ability to develop curriculum and learning experiences that are rooted in culturally relevant pedagogy and support all learners
- Strong understanding of the Common Core State Standards, as well as a deep understanding of existing research and best practices in teaching this content area
- Ability to design effective learning experiences for adults
- Desire to learn constantly, and apply feedback and lessons learned to continuously improve work
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Ability to build strong relationships with others in challenging situations
- Exceptional strategic and critical thinking skills
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Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Dec 17 2018
Active Until:
Jan 17 2019
Hiring Organization:
Teach For America
industry:
Nonprofit