Cranbrook Educational Community

Early Childhood Teacher - Long Term Substitute. Comprised of a graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, Center for Collections and Research, House and Gardens, Institute of Science, and more than 1,600 students attending our Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory Schools, Cranbrook welcomes thousands of visitors and students to its campus each year.. The campus is located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, about 20 miles north of downtown Detroit.. The Vlasic Early Childhood Center (ECC) is seeking an Early Childhood Teacher for a Long Term Substitute Teacher position.. A Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education, and experience working with young children.

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<h5>Description </h5> Early Childhood Teacher - Long Term Substitute 
Founded by Detroit philanthropists George and Ellen Booth in 1904, Cranbrook Educational Community is one of the world's leading centers of education, science, and art. Comprised of a graduate Academy of Art, contemporary Art Museum, Center for Collections and Research, House and Gardens, Institute of Science, and more than 1,600 students attending our Pre-K through 12 independent college preparatory Schools, Cranbrook welcomes thousands of visitors and students to its campus each year. Critics have called Cranbrook "the most enchanted and enchanting setting in America" and in 1989 it was designated a National Historic Landmark. The campus is located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, about 20 miles north of downtown Detroit. For more, please visit our website: www.cranbrook.edu.
The Vlasic Early Childhood Center (ECC) is seeking an Early Childhood Teacher for a Long Term Substitute Teacher position. The anticipated assignment period is January 2024 to June 2024.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
<ul>
<li>Planning, supervising, and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum in accordance with the philosophy of Brookside School:</li>
<li>Attend all team planning meetings.</li>
<li>Prepare a daily, well-planned environment with appropriate, meaningful, and interesting activities which stimulate children's involvement and learning.</li>
<li>Facilitate children's learning and play in a non-directive, positive, and flexible manner, knowing when and how to step in, shift gears, and adapt activities to promote cognitive and social growth.</li>
<li>Establish and maintain a print rich environment, varied socio-dramatic and sensorimotor opportunities, with activities to foster learning in math, literacy, science, social studies, music, and art.</li>
<li>Help children become aware of their roles as integral members of a group.</li>
<li>Gearing the program, expectations, and responses, to the needs of individual children with concern for their interests, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, handicaps, special talents, and individual style and pace of learning.</li>
<li>Treating all children and their families with dignity and respect, maintaining positive discipline using nonjudgmental language and tone of voice.</li>
<li>Sharing responsibility for the ordered arrangement of the learning environment, arrival, dismissal, snack, lunch, and playground supervision.</li>
<li>Assessing children, conducting parent/teacher conferences, preparing progress reports, and providing parents with regular classroom updates.</li>
<li>Maintaining open and positive communication among team members.</li>
</ul>
Secondary Job Responsibilities:
<ul>
<li>Serving on Early Childhood and/or Brookside committees.</li>
<li>Attending faculty meetings, team meetings, committee meetings, Open Houses, Admissions Open Houses, and Saturday Testing Days.</li>
<li>Providing opportunities and encouraging parental school involvement.</li>
<li>Maintaining current CPR/First Aid Training.</li>
<li>Participating in recommended in service, training programs, and other aspects of professional growth.</li>
<li>Participating in set-up and take-down of classroom each year.</li>
</ul>
Requirements: 
<ul>
<li>A Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education, and experience working with young children.</li>
<li>Must be a sensitive and mature individual who is able to relate well to both children and adults.</li>
<li>Requires the personality and ability to provide leadership and stability for program continuity.</li>
<li>Responsibilities must be fulfilled in accordance with Brookside's philosophy.</li>
</ul>
For consideration, interested candidates should submit a cover letter explaining your educational philosophy, a resume, copies of college transcripts and teacher certifications if applicable, along with contact information for at least three references. Please be sure all documents are uploaded at the time you submit your application.

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