Early Childhood Co-Teacher

Position Overview

St. Philip’s seeks an experienced, passionate educator to join our team as an Early Childhood Co-Teacher. Co-teachers at St. Philip’s must be able to collaborate in designing and implementing curriculum, differentiate instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners, and communicate effectively with parents and colleagues. Our ideal candidate is industrious, cheerful, cooperative, and knowledgeable about educational best practices and child development.

Key Responsibilities

• Work in support of the mission of St. Philip’s to create an excellent educational experience in a safe, caring community.
• Attend to the intellectual, spiritual and physical needs of students as outlined in our mission.
• Provide a warm, inviting classroom community and a positive and productive learning environment.
• Identify and respond to individual students’ learning differences and create varied enrichment opportunities.
• In collaboration with fellow teachers, identify and respond to individual student’s academic and social-emotional needs.
• Collaborate with teaching team to plan, deliver and enhance instruction in core subjects including Language Arts, Math and Social Studies.
• Establish classroom routines and expectations with a positive and effective behavior management system.
• Use a variety of teaching techniques and strategies to engage students in learning, including varied instructional methods that engage the students with different modalities – auditory, visual, kinesthetic, etc.
• Monitor student progress and develop effective support and/or intervention as needed.
• Foster strong family partnerships through consistent, effective communication, modeling a spirit of hospitality and responsiveness in all interactions.
• Collaborate with special area teachers to plan and integrate units of study.
• Utilize technology to enhance teaching and learning.

• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field.
• Experience working with young children in a classroom setting.
• Knowledge of child development and educational best practices.
• Ability to communicate effectively with parents and colleagues.
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach to teaching and learning.