Job Description

At Kido River North, we bring a world of early childhood excellence right into the heart of your neighborhood. At Kido International Preschool, we combine the best global practices to create a truly unique learning experience for children and families.

Inspired by the philosophies of Reggio Emilia and Montessori, our classrooms are designed to spark curiosity, creativity, and confidence at every stage of development. Here in River North, your child will explore, discover, and grow in a thoughtfully prepared environment that nurtures a lifelong love of learning.

What will you do?

As Curriculum Coordinator, you’ll work closely to support the people in your school providing coaching and mentorship. In addition, you will have accountability for the following:

• Support teachers through training and ongoing mentorship; holding accountable for meeting Kido expectations
• You’ll help ensure learning spaces are organized, clean, and inviting
• Be hands-on helping to deliver a great learning experience for our children and support the team to meet curriculum aims and objectives. Work closely with teachers in other classrooms to model effective teaching techniques.
• Curriculum – help to deliver the best and most up to date curriculum for our children. You’ll provide support for both the Assistant Director and the teaching staff by gathering resources, making copies, and suggesting best practices for curriculum implementation.
• Relationships – You will encourage open lines of feedback and communication between colleagues, parents, and children. You’ll create meaningful relationships within your team and with parents to provide the best service for our families.
• Willingness to jump in and celebrate successes with teachers and ability to also acknowledge areas of growth and provide appropriate coaching and support for the team to meet their goals.
• Any other duties as reasonably requested by the school management
• Collaborating with the team to ensure that we are providing the best possible care and education to the children and families we serve.
• Offering recommendations about how we can improve our offerings and always push the boundaries of excellence.

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries and opportunity for advancement
• Free tuition while you work for your children ages 18 months to 5 years
• Stocked teacher lounge with healthy snacks for you
• Stocked teacher supply Cabinet with options to order any additional supplies you need bi-weekly
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development - we provide you with all the training you need, and we’ll help you develop a plan to meet your professional goals.
• Comprehensive paid training, including two training days where we shut down the school to spend the day investing in continued education for our team
• And as a thank you for our team when they send us another great team member… $500 refer-a-friend bonus after the person you’ve referred has completed a certain amount of employment.

Full time employees ALSO get:

• The day OFF to celebrate your birthday
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid holidays
• Comprehensive health care, vision and dental - with generous subsidies to make it affordable
• FREE Short-term disability (STD) and life insurance
• Annual bonuses based on length of tenure with our school

Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:

• MUST be Director Qualified per state of IL 407 Requirements
• You must have 4+ years of experience in a licensed child care facility working with children ages 6 weeks to 5 years.
• Ideal candidates will have some ability to speak Spanish to support with our Spanish curriculum.

As part of our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children in our care, the successful candidate is expected to undergo an enhanced fingerprint-based background check.

Kido is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Type: Full-time