Job Description
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South-East Asia Center (SEAC) is a vibrant full-service not-for-profit community organization well-known for its high-quality social service, senior services, and education. Since its founding in 1979, SEAC has maintained a high level of idealism, friendliness, warmth, and integration with the community.
We are growing and expanding our Bridge International School that serves children ages infant through 6th grade in a diverse Chicago northside lakefront community location. With a largely immigrant population, our vanguard approach to education is focused on Cross-Cultural Learning designed to be of benefit to those with Euro-centric and non-Euro-centric family traditions.
There are a number of immediate full-time and part-time teaching positions available at various levels. If you have completed course work related to Early Childhood Education (ECE) or experience working with children 0 through 12 years of age. Tell us about yourself. EEO. We love experience and embrace diversity. New graduates, retirees and empty nesters looking to reenter the workforce are all welcome.
Qualifications for Infant/Toddler & Pre-K Child Development Teachers: BA preferred will consider 60 Semester Hours with a minimum of 6 Hours in elementary school education.
Teachers with 1 year (1550 clock hours) of child development experience in a nursery school or kindergarten, or licensed daycare center and 30 hours (or 45 quarter hours) of credits from an accredited college or university with 6 semester hours (or 9 quarter hours) related to school-age child care, child development, from birth to age 6, will also be considered.
Interested and able to work with infants to 3-year-olds is very desirable.
Must have or be willing to obtain Gateways ECE training as needed. At least Level 1 but Level 5 is a plus.
All of our teaching positions require a high level of reliability and ability to work during public school vacations (other than seven major holidays). Must be willing to read, digest, implement and adhere to DFSS, ISBE, DCFS, ExceleRate Illinois, and SEAC standards.
Competitive compensation, paid holidays/sick/personal/vacation days, health insurance, $200/month bonus, professional development opportunities, multicultural environment, and free parking or CTA accessible locations.
Please share your resume with transcript (official or unofficial) or a list of appropriate course work and experience teaching children.
If you have trouble with the online form send resume and transcript to: seacchildcare@se-asiacenter.net