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San Francisco, CA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: $ 1 - 1
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Wu Yee Childrens Services believes nothing is more essential than excellent child care and education for all our children right from the start.

Wu Yee Childrens Services believes nothing is more essential than excellent child care and education for all our children right from the start. Every day we partner with parents as well as countless individuals and organizations across San Francisco to provide a network that strengthens and connects a diverse resilient community around our children.

The Mentor or Journey Worker supports the incumbent teacher apprentices with guidance and mentorship. This role models effective teaching practices supports professional growth and contributes to a collaborative learning environment.

Primary key Responsibilities :

  • Observe the Apprentice:Observe the incumbent teachers in the classroom and document their teaching practices
  • Model and mentor: Join the incumbent teacher in the classroom for at least 30 minutes every week to demonstrate and support them in teaching practices.
  • Provide Reflective Support: Meet with program participants for 30 minutes every other week to reflect on classroom observations.
  • Guide Activity Development: Support apprentice in designing and implementing activities with children.
  • Foster a Supportive Environment: Create and maintain reflective and supportive classroom and center
  • Collaborate with Peers: Participate in a bi- monthly community of practice to share strategies and collaborate with other mentor/journey workers.
  • Engage in Professional Development: Participating in ongoing training and professional development activities as needed.
  • Efeective Practice:Demonstrate exemplary teaching practices for Apprenticeship Program in the classroom.
  • Provide Reflective Support: Meet with program participants for 30 minutes every other week to reflect on classroom observations.
  • Guide Activity Development: Support participants in designing and implementing activities with children.
  • Foster a Supportive Environment: Create and maintain a classroom atmosphere conducive to professional growth and exemplary practice.
  • Collaborate with Peers: Participate in a monthly mentor teacher seminar/community of pracitce to share strategies and collaborate with other mentor teachers. Chose 1 month a year to co - faciliate

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of one) year of employment with Wu Yee Childrens Services
  • Bachelors degree or higher in Early Childhood Education or a related field or 30 ECE units or more
  • Currently serving as a Lead Teacher or in a higher position.
  • Current Wu Yee employee
  • Minimum of 5 years of lead teacher or supervisor experience
  • Have an incumbent teacher enrolled in the IRISE program in their center

Compensation & Benefits:

  • Position pays $1.79 - $1.88 on top of your salary.
  • Health Insurance & Benefits provided

Wu Yee Childrens Services conforms to all the laws statutes and regulations concerning Equal Employment Opportunities and Affirmative Action. We promote diversity and urge women minorities individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records to apply for any open position in which they feel qualified. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin disability status genetic information and testing family and medical leave sexual orientation and gender identity or expression protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Wu Yee Childrens Services is an equal opportunity employer.

Wu Yee Childrens Services believes nothing is more essential than excellent child care and education for all our children right from the start.Wu Yee Childrens Services believes nothing is more essential than excellent child care and education for all our children right from the start. Every day we ...
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Key Skills

  • Developmental Disabilities Experience
  • Behavior Management
  • Computer Skills
  • Conflict Management
  • Autism Experience
  • Case Management
  • Teaching
  • Curriculum Development
  • Child Protective Services
  • Experience with Children
  • Mentoring
  • Word Processing

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San Francisco's biggest Head Start and Early Head Start provider, with child care services available in 14 neighborhoods and 5 languages.

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