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Ohr Chadash Academy (OCA) is a Torah-driven Orthodox Jewish day school for boys and girls in early childhood through 8th grade, where the divine spark and unique worth of each individual are celebrated.
OCA, with approximately 325 students and over 65 faculty members in preschool through 8th grade, is known for its strong sense of community and joyful approach to learning. There is a tangible sense of warmth and care among our students, faculty, and staff.
OCA now offers a range of employment benefits for qualified employees.
If you are interested in being part of our warm, growing, dynamic school community, please submit your cover letter and resume to employment@ocabaltimore.org.
Open positions:
Director of development (F/T)
OCA is seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and data-driven full-time Director of Development. This position works actively with the Head of School, Admissions, Marketing, and Business Office teams to lead the School’s Development efforts.
Position overview:
Reporting to the Head of School, the Director of Development is responsible for providing innovative and strategic leadership for institutional advancement. The Director articulates all campaign strategies; participates in the identification, cultivation and solicitation of prospects; oversees all advancement activities; and represents the School in the community. This job is accomplished through the individual’s own direct efforts as well as through managing a team of professional staff and effectively leveraging the skills and volunteer contributions of parents and alumni, board members, and staff.
Essential duties and responsibilities
- Building a comprehensive, strategic, multi-year fundraising program to fund the operational needs and capital goals of the School.
- Overseeing Annual Campaign, special events, and grants to meet or exceed annual fundraising goals.
- Partnering with the Board of Trustees to establish and achieve fundraising goals and identify new individual and business funding prospects.
- Providing leadership and facilitating Board training to develop its capacity to fundraise on behalf of the School.
- Identifying and researching prospective donors and grants, including individuals, corporations, foundations, organizations, and governmental programs.
- Developing and overseeing strategies to cultivate, recognize, and maintain relationships with major donors, foundations, alumni and corporate funders and ensuring that timely steps are taken toward solicitation.
- Effectively leveraging the Head of School to cultivate leadership donor prospects and strengthen donor-School relationships.
- Recruiting and training parent volunteers to support development efforts.
- Working proactively with the Director of Marketing to prepare solicitation materials and development-related communications.
- Overseeing the recording of gifts in a database management system according to all IRS specifications and School policies and procedures in a timely, organized, and accurate manner.
- Overseeing the tracking, reporting, and analyzing trends in development data to evaluate current fundraising strategies and methods and recommend changes as appropriate.
- Providing updated biweekly reports of development activities to the Head of School, including individual donor gifts, events being planned, and development-related costs.
- Following up with donors regarding unpaid gifts.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Bachelor’s degree, required. Master’s recommended.
- Personable, engaging, and collaborative.
- Hard-working, persistent, innovative, and entrepreneurial.
- Highly organized, proactive, able to keep accurate records, follow through on multiple projects simultaneously, and meet benchmarks on time.
- Professional in appearance, attitude, and presentation.
- Strong oral and written communication skills; maintains active and open communication with all stakeholders: Head of School, Board of Trustees, professional and volunteer team members, donors, and community.
- Exercises good judgment and ensures the highest level of confidentiality and ethical decision making at all times; follows guidelines of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Prizmah.
- Effective management and leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to build, manage, mentor and motivate an effective team of professionals and volunteers.
- Experienced in leading a variety of development activities, including annual giving, targeted giving, planned giving, capital campaigns, and grant procurement.
- Skilled in the design and implementation of cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies for prospects capable of giving at the five- and six-figure level.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve increasing annual development goals.
Early childhood center assistant (F/T)
The mission of the Ohr Chadash Early Childhood Center (ECC) is to support the individual development of each child through a Torah-driven, developmentally appropriate, child-directed approach. Attentive to each individual child’s different abilities, interests, and needs, we use a variety of multisensory teaching tools and materials to ensure that our environment is stimulating and relevant to the growth and potential of each child. Our classrooms are equipped with centers and materials that encourage open-ended exploration within an integrated Judaic and general studies curriculum. Embracing empirically-based teaching strategies and experiential learning opportunities, our program supports children’s growth through play and small/large group activities.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma
- Experience as an assistant teacher in early childhood a plus
- 90-Hour Child Care Certification, to be completed within first year
- Basic Health and Safety, CPR/First Aid Certification, COVID Training
- Medical Clearance and Immunization Records
Responsibilities:
- Assist lead teacher in preparing an environment conducive to learning and child-centered exploration
- Assist lead teacher in creating developmentally-appropriate learning activities
- Assume teacher responsibilities if the lead teacher is absent
- Maintain ongoing dialogue with other teachers, substitutes, and parent volunteers
- Work with individual children to gauge abilities and work towards developing their abilities
- Create a calm and quiet learning environment
- Use various assessment tools to evaluate each student’s capabilities within the classroom
- Maintain classroom supplies, inventory and materials
- Support children during toilet learning
- Support and maintain classroom cleanliness and organization
The successful candidate will possess:
- Warm, nurturing, flexible, and joyful approach to working with young children
- Passion for helping nurture children’s curiosity and love of learning
- Ability to work well both independently and with direction
- Interest in learning and growing
- Ability to skillfully balance an array of responsibilities in a busy school environment
- Strong organizational skills
- Have the physical capacity to work with toddlers and preschoolers
- Ability to lift and or move up to 50 pounds as well as sit, stand, walk, climb or balance; kneel, crouch, bend, twist and reach with hands and arms
Elementary school assistant
We are seeking engaging, collaborative individuals to support classroom learning by working in concert with the lead teacher or by filling in for classroom teachers when they are absent.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma
- Experience as an assistant teacher a plus
Responsibilities:
- Assist lead teacher in preparing an environment conducive to learning
- Assume teacher responsibilities if the lead teacher is absent
- Work with individual students or small groups to support students’ success in the classroom
- Create a calm and quiet learning environment
- Prepare learning materials and maintain classroom organization
The successful candidate will possess:
- Warm, nurturing, and joyful approach to working with students
- Passion for helping nurture children’s curiosity and love of learning
- Flexible, adaptive, and positive mindset
- Ability to work well both independently and with direction
- Interest in learning and growing
- Ability to skillfully balance an array of responsibilities in a busy school environment
- Strong organizational skills
Middle school ELA teacher (P/T)
The objective of this course is to build an understanding and applicable skill-set relating to written and oral components of English Language Arts:
- Reading comprehension & analysis (through the use of fiction and non-fiction literature)
- Vocabulary (demonstrated in both oral and written form)
- Writing skills (emphasis on structure of a five-paragraph essay, fundamentals of a persuasive essay, research and documentation skills, sentence structure)
- Speaking & listening (focus on participating in an informed discussion, developing oral presentation skills)
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education or related field
- Minimum 2-5 years’ teaching experience
- Passionate about helping nurture children’s curiosity and love of learning
- Strong classroom management skills
- Creativity, flexible thinking, growth mindset
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Proficiency with technology
Responsibilities:
- Design interactive learning experiences for individual students, small groups, and the class as a whole
- Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a range of learners
- Collaborate with colleagues within and across subject areas
- Actively communicate with parents and student support team
Middle school math teacher (P/T)
Position overview:
We are seeking an enthusiastic, experienced, and supportive math teacher.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education or related field
- Warm and engaging style, passion for nurturing children’s curiosity and love of learning
- Strong classroom management skills
- Creativity, flexible thinking, growth mindset
- Proficiency with technology integration
Responsibilities:
- Design interactive learning experiences for individual students, small groups, and the class as a whole
- Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of individual learners
- Actively communicate with parents and student support team