Description: This position is responsible for supporting the Director and Owner is all aspects of running the school, with a specialized focus on Curriculum and Instruction (faculty performance and development, curriculum development and implementation). We can sponsor OPT and H1-B Visas.Bilingual (English/Spanish, English/Mandarin) a plus. The Goddard School of Maplewood is a trilingual preschool that teaches English, Spanish and Mandarin from birth through Pre-K in a Reggio-Emilia style.

Essential Functions:

• Support the school’s mission and make it central to all decisions and actions.
• Ensure outstanding implementation of school’s mission and vision in every layer and aspect of the school, its people, and business operations.

Education Program in conjunction with the School Director and Owner:

• Develop goals for each classroom, including academic goals
• Develop the curriculum’s scope and sequence to meet those goals
• Create month-at-a-Glance schedules for each class
• Compile planning materials into monthly Curriculum Binders for each class
• Digitally upload and organize all materials via Google Drive.
• Maintain Curriculum Binders and resources throughout the year
• Identify, gather and distribute any materials teachers require to complete their lesson plans with excellence
• Serve as the main supporter of the implementation of the School’s curriculum.
• Make rounds first thing in the morning to check with each faculty member – “do they know what they will be teaching today, do they have the resources they need, do they have any questions, comments or concerns?”
• Serve as the main driver of the daily spot-check evaluations (using the school’s current H.R. evaluation framework) necessary for the Annual Review.
• Visit classrooms to perform daily spot checks and formal and informal coaching sessions addressing any need the teacher or classroom may have.
• Mentor, coach and support faculty in conjunction with School Director and Assistant Director of Operations, modeling best practices as needed.
• Support the maintenance of classroom organization and appearance, including the organization of the closets.
• Check and maintain classroom closet organization and the school supplies closet.
• Collaborate with the Director and Assistant Director of Operations to schedule teacher’s lesson planning time and any professional development trainings/lunch and learns.
• Develop age-appropriate assessments for each class and for each language.
• Administer and review semi-annual assessments of student’s progress.
• Develop and implement trilingual curriculum and achieving a clear scope and sequence.
• Support the accreditation process for Grow NJ Kids and as an International School.
• Provide teacher coverage (bathroom breaks, lunch breaks, absences, assigned by Director or Owner)
• Substitute in, actively support, and lead classes as needed.
• Anything else as assigned by the Director of and/or Owner.