Pre-K Master Teacher - Full-time

pspan style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongJOBTITLE/strong: Pre-K Master Teacher/spanbr /span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongCLASSIFICATION/strong: Academic/Full-time/Non-Exempt/spanbr /span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongPAYRATE/strong: Grade 5 ndash; 19.71 per hour ndash; Associates degree in Early Childhoodbr /Education Grade 6 - $21.05/$25.03 per hour depending on certification/spanbr /span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongPOSITION/strong strongGRADE/strong: 5/6/spanbr /span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongJOB HOURS/strong: 40 hours per week; Monday - Friday; 7:00am-3:30pm; occasional/spanbr /span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"evening and weekend meetings and trainings required/spanbr /span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongJOB/strong strongLOCATION/strong: 37.5 hours per week. Occasional evening and week-end hours required/spanbr /br /br /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"strongJOB SUMMARY:/strong The Master Teacher II is responsible for teaching and maintaining a safe, healthy, andnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"developmentally appropriate pre-school classroom with the support of a Teacher Assistant and Teachernbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"Aide. This person is accountable for preparing and implementing lesson plans for classroom activities, asnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"well as other duties necessary to provide a quality UPK program for 18 preschool children./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"strongEDUCATION:/strong Associates degree in Early Childhood Education. Preferred NYS Certification in Birth-2 ornbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"Special Education; or a Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education with a 5-year plan to obtainnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"certification./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"strongEXPERIENCE:/strong Previous experience in an early childhood education setting preferred./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"strongSKILLS:/strong Knowledge of child development and the ability to work with young children; strongnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"communication, organizational and time management skills. The ability to maintain confidentiality ofnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"program and agency related information; maintain accurate detailed records, serve as an advocate fornbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"children and families; and cooperate with all staff to provide quality programming for Pre-K children andnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"families./spanbr /strongspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"OTHER:/span/strongbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"bull; All employment is conditional pending satisfactory medical exam and TB test; and receipt ofnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"fingerprint clearance at the time of hire./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"bull; Employee will be required to sign an affidavit annually which states that he/she has not beennbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"indicated in a child abuse or neglect case within the past year./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"bull; Preference is given to qualified in-house candidates./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"bull; Must have medical insurance or will be required to utilize agency fringe benefit for health insurancenbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"coverage./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"bull; Must be able to provide independent transportation to perform job responsibilities./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"bull; CAPC is a Substance-Free Workplace. Employees are subject to random, post accident andnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"reasonable suspicion drug testing./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"strongBENEFITS:/strong Agency Fringe Benefit Package, academic schedule, paid school vacations, and unemploymentnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"benefits during the summer./spanbr /span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"strongTO APPLY:/strong Submit updated resume, CAPC application form, transcript and certification to Communitynbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"Action Planning Council, 518 Davidson Street, Watertown NY 13601, Fax 315-785-0892, or emailnbsp;/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"scolligan@capcjc.org. Application Form available at www.capcjc.org./span/p