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Asheville JCC

Early Childhood Programs

Early Childhood Classroom Floater 2’s & 3’s

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Classification: Full-time, 40 hours/week, Monday–Friday

Pay Rate: $15-$16/hr

Reports To: Early Childhood Education Director 

Overview: A floater is responsible for participating as an essential member of the teaching team to implement engaging and developmentally appropriate learning experiences for the children in their care. The floater collaborates with one or more teaching teams to create a nurturing support system aimed at providing each child with the highest level of individualized care possible and the greatest opportunity for physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.  

Instruction 

  • Utilize tools and resources to execute developmentally appropriate learning experiences, classroom activities, and practices that promote the ideals and goals expressed in the Shalom Children’s Center philosophy and mission 
  • Utilize tools and resources to ensure that classroom activities are tailored to developmental continuum of children 
  • Foster strong classroom community by helping children develop empathy and conflict resolution skills

Management of the Learning Environment 

  • Help to maintain the classroom space to provide safe and engaging learning opportunities that encourage children’s participation 
  • Provide constant supervision of the children, and take care of their welfare, health and safety, being fully present and engaged with the children 
  • Maintain compliance with all North Carolina and DCDEE guidelines within the classroom and outdoors 
  • Engage in positive, developmentally appropriate interactions with children while setting appropriate limits, providing active listening, problem solving and positive redirection 

Planning and Assessment 

  • Implement classroom schedules and lesson plans as directed by the lead teacher 
  • Assist in documentation of individual children’s progress and with conferences 
  • Develop relationships with and serve as a point of contact for parents and guardians, providing timely information regarding their children’s developmental progress and activities 

Professional Growth & Responsibility 

  • Participate in JCC all staff meetings, Shalom faculty meetings, POD meetings, and supervisions with ECE Director 
  • Attend any required in-service trainings on an annual basis. All teachers are required to meet Professional Development Hours as required per school year.  

Work Experience: 

  • Minimum of 1 year experience teaching in a preschool environment 
  • Experience implementing a Reggio-Emilia inspired or emergent inquiry learning approach preferred 
  • Use of basic computer skills such as e-mail, communication apps, word documents, Zoom meetings  

Physical Demands and Work Environment: 

  • Must be able to lift and provide responsive care for a child less than 40 lbs on flat and sloped terrain, indoors and outdoors 

Education: 

  • High school diploma plus NCECC (North Carolina Early Childhood Credential) or certificate of Equivalency Exam 

Additional:  

  • Must be at least 18 years old 
  • Pediatric First Aid and CPR certification 
  • NC Qualifying Letter (criminal background check) 
  • Understanding and ability to implement early childhood best practices and comply with all regulatory policies and procedures 

To Apply: E-mail your resume to HR@jcc-asheville.org and request an application

Tiffany Hagemeyer will be JCC’s Interim Early Childhood Director

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Dear Shalom community,

Our beloved Early Childhood Director of nine years, Kate Brantley, announced her resignation in mid-February. In late February, Kate, Tiffany Hagemeyer (Assistant Early Childhood Director), and I met with representatives from the JCC Association of North America to begin designing a new leadership and administrative structure for Shalom Children’s Center based on emerging best practices from across the country. We all know what happened in mid-March, and therefore our planning began to adapt again.

I am very pleased to tell you that after consulting with Kate, Tiffany, and the JCC’s Board President Carol Wenom, we have a solid transition strategy that provides the leadership and support that our Shalom community needs during this time of crisis.

Beginning June 1, Tiffany Hagemeyer will become the JCC’s Interim Early Childhood Director. Tiffany is uniquely positioned to lead Shalom Children’s Center at this time. She has served as Assistant Early Childhood Director for 3 years and has a thorough, working knowledge of the program’s operations and needs. She is a former Early Childhood Education teacher, has an M.Ed in Educational Theory and Social Foundations, is a licensed administrator with the state of North Carolina, and is a member of the JCC Association of North America’s Sheva Fellowship.

Tiffany will be supported by two new positions who will become familiar faces to you. First, the JCC has hired a new Program Engagement Assistant who will provide administrative support to Shalom. Second, we are also hiring a Learning Community Support Specialist who will provide hands-on technical assistance and behavioral support to children, teachers, and families.

As we begin to reopen Shalom, we recognize the need for familiar, trusted, knowledgeable, and consistent leadership – Tiffany is all of those things. We also recognize the need for administrative support to assist Tiffany in navigating the existing and new hurdles of Early Childhood Education operations. We believe that this path forward will set Shalom up for success this summer and for the foreseeable future.

Because we have not conducted an exhaustive, national search, as is our practice when hiring for Director-level positions, and because our leadership/administrative model may evolve over time as we navigate Shalom’s changing needs, Tiffany will continue in the “interim” capacity. When the dust settles, and we do not know when that might be, we will revisit Shalom’s leadership needs and make any changes or adjustments we deem appropriate at that time.

Please join me in welcoming Tiffany into this new role! We look forward to celebrating when we are together again soon.

 

L’Shalom,

Ashley