Kindergarten Early Childhood Educator
- Early Childhood
- Director/Principal, Licensed Teacher, College/University Faculty, University Graduate
- Bachelor
- 1 year of teaching experience
- Early Childhood Education (3 years)
- Other Certification
What you should bring with you?
- Qualification as a state-recognized educator in germany, curative pedagogue, curative educational nurse or graduate of diploma, bachelor's or master's degree courses in early childhood education or social work or comparable degrees
- Interest in progressive pedagogical concepts and the desire to apply them in practice and to continuously improve them in everyday
- Very good powers of observation to be able to document the development of the children in a differentiated manner
- Excellent communication and reflection skills
- Fluent knowledge of either German or English, and basic knowledge of English or German
- Experience in nursery and/or kindergarten is an advantage
There will be no housing provided but we have a special "welcome to Germany" package with lots of useful information and we are always happy to help you!
What do we offer?
- A lively, bilingual and international working environment with colleagues from up to ten different countries
- Above-average care ratio
- Time to prepare and follow up on the content of the work
- Financial support for part-time language courses in English and German
- Further education and training opportunities
- Scope for the implementation of the pedagogical concept and the opportunity to bring your own personality into your daily work
- up to 34 vacation days
- Job ticket | alternatively, a mobility grant worth € 40 per month
- Company pension scheme starting after 1.5 years of employment
Rainbowtrekkers is a bilingual English-German kindergarten and daycare catering for children from 1 year to 6 years in Cologne (Köln). We work according to guidelines presented by various progressive educational concepts such as Montessori and Reggio Emilia. We are convinced that a respectful attitude towards the child's personality must be the starting point of all education. The rainbow stands for the variety of children who visit our kindergartens. Trekkers, as in ‘trekking’, suggests that education is a continual, fluid process - a journey into life on which we accompany the children in our kindergartens.
We are looking for new colleagues to expand our international team:
- full-time (40 hours/week)
- for whom the loving treatment of children is an affair of the heart
- that create an environment in which children feel safe and secure and in which they can develop optimally
- who have a sociable, sunny and creative personality and are happy to bring them into the team
- who cater to children individually and take their needs and personalities into account
rainbowtrekkers Kita gGmbH is an independent provider of bilingual day care centers in Cologne. We care for 160 children in three facilities in English and German between the ages of 1 and 6. At rainbowtrekkers we have a so-called "eclectic" approach, i.e. our approach is made up of different pedagogical action concepts from all over the world. We base our pedagogical work on these ideas. A respectful attitude towards the child's personality must be the starting point of all education.
The rainbow stands for the diversity of the children who visit our day care centers. Trekkers come from the English word for the journey (trekking) and indicate that education is a flowing process - a journey into life on which we accompany the children in our daycare centers.