Now Hiring a Director / Teacher

Summerville Parent Nursery School is looking for a dynamic educator to lead our “little school with a big heart” as the Director & Teacher. You will work with about 30 families (approximately 12 kids and 4-6 parent volunteers per day) to create a fun, stimulating, and engaging environment for kids from birth to 5 years old while promoting parent education.

The Director/Teacher is the sole employee of the school and is a 20-hour-per-week part-time position with competitive compensation based on experience. Your two roles are: 1) executive director of a non-profit parent cooperative preschool, and 2) teacher. The director role focuses on outreach to increase enrollment and funding, engaging parent members, maintaining relationships with partner agencies, and attending the monthly Parents Meeting and Board Meeting. The teacher role includes daily teaching, curriculum planning, writing a weekly newsletter, ordering classroom supplies, and planning parent education meetings. 

SPNS has operated as a parent co-op for over 50 years in a small historic schoolhouse on Tuolumne Road. As a parent cooperative nursery school, parents are welcome to attend with their children and are encouraged to help with daily activities. (Parents are required to attend with their children who are not yet toilet trained). SPNS currently operates Monday to Thursday mornings, September to June (with holiday breaks, 36 class weeks a year). We focus on child-led exploration and play, practical skills development, as well as early academic and social-emotional skills. We spend as much time outdoors as weather allows on our large outdoor campus, which includes art and sensory stations, a play structure, bike path, and garden.

We are looking for a candidate who is interested in working with us to forge a path forward as a thriving parent co-op preschool that enriches our children and generations to come. 

Requirements:

  • Experience in early childhood education

  • Three professional references

  • DOJ/FBI background check (LiveScan)

  • Current TB test

  • CPR/First aid certified (can be completed before you start)

Send resumes to spns1969@gmail.com