Employer The Language Garden Job Description, Responsibilities and Required Qualifications or Skills The Language Garden is looking to hire a Preschool-Kindergarten Educator. The position is 26 hours per week, 8:30am-1:30pm plus a one-hour staff meeting each week. We are a nature-immersed, play-based preschool that values and supports the development of the whole child. Qualifications:• Has experience working with and caring for groups of young children• Enjoys working with children outdoors and enjoys bringing a sense of wonder and joy about nature to children. • Is comfortable preparing for and adapting to all types of weather, actively keeping the children’s well-being in mind with appropriate dress and gear.• Is comfortable building relationships with parents, communicating regularly about child’s processes and development• Is comfortable working collaboratively with co-teachers, maintaining the values and mission of TLG• Has a general and ever-growing understanding of early child development, the importance of play, and nature • And having a background in nature education is a plus! Job requirements, but not limited to, the following: Attending to the safety and welfare of all the children in the class by: • Arriving promptly to work each day, ready to greet the children with a calm, attuned and warm presence each day. • Creating a daily and weekly rhythm with co-teachers, upholding that rhythm throughout the year, understanding and valuing the importance of that consistency for the child’s sense of safety and well-being. • Understanding developmentally appropriate levels of freedom and boundaries in group dynamics of children• Working closely with co-teachers and the director to maintain a consistent form of conflict response to navigate and build social/emotional skills and regulation, and following up conflicts with repair in consistent and agreed upon forms.Attending to the outdoor classroom and how children interact with the space by: • Planning and implementing a nature-based morning circle each day that changes and shifts with the seasons.• Caring for the classroom environment, maintaining ordered, clear and simple forms of invitation and wonder throughout the space• Planning and implementing a balanced pedagogy based on the observations and reflections of children’s play and/or alongside the natural affordances of the environment• Writing short, weekly communication pieces to families at the end of each week and sharing small pieces of documentation Attending to professional growth by: • Identifying professional development goals yearly with the director• Taking part in some optional professional development through the school year • Participating in staff meetings with feedback and thoughts---Please email your resume and cover letter to leahcauley@gmail.com. Job Field: Other Job Type: Part Time Location Detail: East Atlanta Application Deadline: Sun, 05/31/2026 - 12:00pm
