Flex Academy, Jr. Kindergarten Educator

HCOS: Flex Academy is a new JK-12 campus school in Kelowna, BC that opens for student enrollments in January 2023 and is set to be in session for September 2023.

In this Christ-focused, campus-based program, we are combining the best of classroom experience with the versatility of online tools to develop a hybrid model of education that makes education as expansive and flexible as possible. We are building a dream team of teachers, support staff, and administrative leaders that exemplify innovative thinking, relational drive, and courageous connection.

Flex Academy, a division of HCOS, has an opening for a Jr. Kindergarten Educator. This is an onsite, part-time to full-time position. The purpose is to carry out the day-to-day educational program of Flex Academy’s Junior Kindergarten.

As the Jr. Kindergarten Educator your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Provide a loving, safe environment that is joyful and creative for 3-5 year old students
• Promote and engaging environment of community collaboration with personalized education
• Teaching junior kindergarten so that students are prepared for primary school
• Collaborate with primary level teachers to ensure literacy and numeracy levels are met
• Maintaining timely and supportive communication with families
• Participate in professional development
• Ensure safety and ethics standards are upheld according ECEBC and HCOS

We are looking for someone who has the following qualities:

• Demonstrated commitment and lifestyle reflective of KCCS Foundational Beliefs
• Must have a valid Early Childhood Education (ECE) certificate
• Must have a valid First Aid certificate (e.g., Emergency Child Care First Aid & CPR)
• Ability to manage, change, and adapt to varied workloads in a start-up environment
• Demonstrate alignment with the following attitudes and attributes:

• • Alignment with our Biblical Attributes & demonstrates a commitment to, and a lifestyle reflective of, the KCCS Foundational Beliefs
  • Collaborative and team-oriented
    • Demonstrated alignment in supporting team goals over individual aims
    • Teachable, humble, self-reflective, and encouraging
  • Creative and Innovative
    • Intrinsically motivated, diligent, adaptable, and solutions-oriented
    • Eager to think beyond traditional modalities of education to be a part of creating something new
  • Relationally Competent
    • Demonstrated strength in emotional intelligence and interpersonal awareness
    • Alignment with our HCOS Teacher Profile Attributes

• Understanding Attachment-Theory in child development
• Skilled in conflict-resolution and problem-solving
• Excellent relational communication as well as verbal and written skills
• Flexible, creative, and supportive attitude toward innovation and change
• Technologically proficient in or willingness to learn: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook), Google Workspace

What we offer:

• 20-40 hours per week
• Competitive wage $22.75 – $28.06 (with additional government subsidy as available)
• Benefits:

• • Life Insurance & Dependent Life Insurance,
  • Long Term Disability
  • Extended Health and Benefits
  • Health Spending Account
  • Employee and Family Support Program
  • RRSP Match program

Please apply online JK Educator application or by copying and pasting the following link into your browser  https://forms.kccnet.ca/view.php?id=708017 

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.