EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT OCA

Starting early October, for 6-8 weeks.

Represents the public face of the school and plays a vital role in the safety and security of students, faculty, and staff. Assists administrators, teachers, staff, and students throughout the day. Reinforces and upholds school rules and expectations.

Qualifications: 

• Associate’s degree or equivalent
• Warm, welcoming presence
• Eagerness to help others; likes to be busy
• Takes initiative to identify what needs to be done
• Professional in demeanor; maintains strict confidentiality
• Flexible thinking, creativity, takes pride in one’s work
• Detail oriented, able to initiate and follow through on tasks independently
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Skilled in Excel, ParentLocker, database management

Responsibilities:

• Greets & opens doors for visitors, staff, students
• Monitors security cameras
• Screens visitors and outside contractors using Raptor
• Signs in late-arriving students and keeps track of early pick-ups in ParentLocker
• Assists in the operations of the school
• Assists principal with projects and managing daily/weekly schedule
• Schedules meetings for teachers, parents, and administrators
• Tracks attendance throughout the day and follows up with teachers when attendance is not taken
• Arranges for subs when teachers are absent
• Assists with planning events (e.g., field trip, Shabbaton)
• Creates spreadsheets, word documents, surveys, etc.
• Copies and prints color work for teachers
• Answers the phone and responds to emails, directing inquiries to the appropriate person
• Supervises students when sent to office for discipline issues if principal or SE team member is not immediately available
• Calls parents when students need to be picked up, when they need clothing or other items brought to school, etc.
• Tracks office supplies, and calls for copy maintenance if necessary
• Maintains organization and tidiness of office suite
• Relays maintenance and IT issues to the correct person 
• Supports building-level hot lunch logistics
• Provides nursing duties such as administering medication (if nurse is not present), giving out bandaids, taking temperatures, etc. 
• Checks bathrooms for students in case of fire drill
• Checks classrooms for open windows and HVAC units left on at end of the day

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
• Supports and maintains 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

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education or content-related field
• Experience teaching elementary school ELA, math, social studies
• Passionate about helping nurture children’s curiosity and love of learning
• Strong classroom management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency with technology integration
• Knowledge of differentiated instruction or UDL preferred

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
• Support students in developing organizational and problem solving skills
• Collaborate with colleagues within and across subject areas
• Actively communicate with parents and student support team
• Engage in ongoing professional development
• Participate in and/or assist in offering electives, student activities, assemblies

The successful candidate will: 

• Value joining a warm, mutually supportive, collaborative, and creative faculty culture 
• Be familiar with current teaching best practices and child/adolescent development
• Create a stimulating, challenging, and supportive learning environment for all students according to their current skill level and abilities
• Provide a safe learning environment in which students freely take intellectual and creative risks and see failure as a critical part of the learning process
• Develop lessons that engage students in higher order thinking
• Create an environment that fosters a growth mindset
• Be self-reflective and committed to professional growth
• Demonstrate fluency with technology integration

We are seeking a passionate, dynamic, professional educator to join our elementary school staff.
Qualified candidate should be a reflective learner and innovative practitioner able to implement best practices to help students achieve success.

Ohr Chadash Academy is seeking a part-time learning specialist or special educator to work with our upper elementary school team. The candidate will support students in the classroom through push-in and pull-out services, and work collaboratively with administrators and teachers to assess, monitor, provide direct instruction to and program for the academic needs of students.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree, master’s preferred
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience, preferred
• Experience in current research-based learning and instructional approaches
• Warm, flexible, and creative approach to working with students
• Proficiency with technology integration
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Strong organizational skills

Responsibilities:

• Working with students 1:1 or in small groups to support development of academic skills and reinforce
  class content
• Designing and providing modifications and accommodations for students
• Establishing and maintaining effective data collection methods and adjusting instruction based on data
• Communicating with colleagues about students’ progress and performance
• Assuming lead teacher responsibilities if the lead teacher is absent

If you are interested in being part of our warm, growing, innovative school community, please submit your cover letter and resume to employment@ocabaltimore.org

Position Overview:

Ohr Chadash Academy, an empirically-based, Torah-driven Orthodox Jewish day school for boys and girls, is looking to hire a warm, creative, and energetic part-time elementary science educator who can design interactive learning experiences that will inspire curiosity and exploration in science.

Time commitment is 12 hours/week teaching time.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in education or science
• Passionate about helping nurture children’s curiosity and love of learning
• Strong classroom management skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Responsibilities: 

• Design hands-on 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

The Successful Candidate Will: 

• Value joining a warm, mutually supportive, and innovative faculty culture
• Be self-reflective and committed to professional growth
• Possess an understanding of current teaching best practices and child/adolescent development
• Demonstrate fluency with technology integration
• Create a stimulating, challenging, and supportive learning environment for all students according to their current skill and abilities
• Develop a strong rapport with students
• Establish excellent classroom culture incorporating the use of fair and consistent standards
• Develop lessons that engage students in higher order thinking
• Provide a safe learning environment in which students freely take intellectual and creative risks and see failure as a critical part of the learning process
• Create an environment that fosters a growth mindset