• Develop lesson plans with your co-teacher based off a carefully created curriculum
• Employ a variety of educational techniques to teach children
• Observe each child to help improve their social competencies and build self-esteem
• Encourage children to interact with each other and help them to resolve occasional conflicts
• Organize nap and snack hours and supervise children to ensure they are safe at all times
• Track children’s progress and report to parents
• Communicate with parents regularly to help to achieve success for each child
• Collaborate with other educators - teachers must work together to achieve weekly and monthly goals
• Maintain a clean and tidy classroom consistent with OCFS standards
• Be comfortable taking and preparing the kids ( i.e. getting them dressed ) for swim and tennis classes 
• Comfortable using Class Dojo to communicate with families and Canva to create classroom displays, newsletters and engaging materials
• Ability to learn and effectively use technology to support classroom communication and organization

• NYS teaching Certification in Birth-grade 2 or NYS Teacher Assistant Certification OR working on obtaining within the next 5 years
• September - June position; additional opportunities to work summer months 
• Obtain CPR/FA certification 
• Must have a flexible schedule with the majority of our program taking place between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00
• The ability and willingness to participate in other children’s programming offered at Sportsplex-New Windsor. 
• Knowledge of common core standards and working with a curriculum.
• Ability to use classroom management to maintain a safe and productive classroom setting.
• Attend professional development classes (minimum 15 hrs per year)
• Bonus if familiar with FUNdations curriculum 

• Minimum Education Level: NYS Teacher Certification
• Preferred Education Level: NYS Teacher Certification

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