Kindergarten Teacher - Greater Boston Academy

Greater Boston Academy (GBA) is seeking a caring, enthusiastic, and dedicated Kindergarten Teacher to join our school community. The ideal candidate will have a passion for Adventist education and a desire to help young learners grow academically, socially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Some of the responsibilities of the Kindergarten Teacher is to create a plan and implement engaging, developmentally appropriate lessons aligned with curriculum standards and school learning goals. The classroom should be a positive classroom environment that promotes curiosity, creativity, independence, and a love of learning. The teacher is responsible for teaching foundational literacy skills, including phonemic awareness, phonics, letter recognition, early reading, and writing. The teacher will also help develop foundational math skills, including number recognition, counting, number sense, patterns, and problem-solving. The teacher will integrate Bible stories, prayer, worship, and 7th day Adventist principles into daily classroom instruction and routines. The teacher will also implement assessments on student progress and use observations and data to guide instruction and communicate growth. The teacher needs to feel comfortable in maintaining consistent classroom routines, clear expectations, and developmentally appropriate behavior-management

practices. As well as communicate professionally verbally or written on a regular basis, with

parents and guardians about student progress, classroom activities, and areas of need.



Required Qualifications and Experience:

● A genuine commitment to Adventist education and a willingness to support the mission and values of Greater Boston Academy.

● A bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or a related field is preferred.

● Appropriate teaching licensure or certification is preferred

● Experience working with kindergarten or early elementary students is preferred.

● Knowledge of early literacy development, foundational mathematics, basic social studies and science, basic music concepts such as rhythm and simple songs, and developmentally appropriate teaching practices.

● Strong classroom-management, communication, organization, and collaboration skills.

● Ability to differentiate instruction to meet the diverse academic, social, emotional, and developmental needs of young learners