Job Title: Head Teacher, Two Year Old Class
PVN ID: GS-1903-002995
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: The GRADUATE CENTER

Job Description

General Description

The CUNY Graduate Center Child Development and Learning Center is committed to providing a full-day, play-based early childhood education for the preschool children of Graduate Center students, faculty and staff. The Center provides children many opportunities for exploration and discovery with an emphasis on supporting each child's social and emotional development. We have an opening for a head teacher in the 2's classoom, which will have an enrollment of up to nine children. The Center also serves as a lab school for GC students and faculty conducting early childhood related research.

Other Duties

Responsibilities include:

-Ensure the safety and well-being of the children by providing close supervision at all times.

-Plan and implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities that support the entire group as well as each child's individual development.

-Partner with parents to promote understanding of the growth and development of their child.

-Prepare twice yearly progress reports for each child and conduct parent teacher conferences and meetings.

-Maintain a portfolio on each child based on observations, anecdotal records and children's work.

-Attend weekly staff meetings, professional development workshops and required trainings.

-Share in the supervision and mentoring of classroom assistants, student teachers and interns.

-Work collaboratively as a member of a team.

Qualifications

Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education or currently enrolled in MA program.

NYS Teaching Certification (Initial or Permanent)

Experience in a preschool classroom

 

 

 

Start date August, 2019

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Child Development Center
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$46,000.00 - $52,000.00
Closing Date
Jun 26, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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