Position: Advancement Associate

Description:
Located in Foster City, Ronald C Wornick Jewish Day School is a pluralistic community day school for students from TK until 8th grade. We are a warm and welcoming community with a collaborative team focused on bettering our school, supporting our students and welcoming our families. Our Advancement Associate will work within both the development and admissions departments and will play an essential role in securing our school’s future. We are searching for a collaborative team member who is a creative self starter, can meet deadlines and is willing to pitch in as needed. 

Interested Candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to info@wornickjds.org

Position start date: Early December

Salary Commensurate with Experience

Essential Duties:

• Implement short and long-term development, marketing, admissions, and communication strategies to support the advancement of the school’s mission, vision, philosophy, and events.
• Promote programs that enhance the public perception of the school, interest parents to send their children, and encourage donors to contribute to Wornick Jewish Day School.
• Develop publications and materials to support fundraising campaigns and donor relations.
• Achieve brand consistency, coordination of messages, and the highest standards for external and internal communications. 
• Support public relations for school events which may include, but is not limited to photography, production of newsletters, press releases for publication and working with media contacts.
• Create marketing content consistent with Wornick's overall messaging.
• Photograph events and produce video clips; maintain media archives.
• Assist with the ongoing communication of school calendar and weekly updates.
• Welcome prospective families to the campus warmly. Acts as an enthusiastic ambassador of our program to all current and potential stakeholders. 
• Assist with recruiting and admissions activities, including, but not limited to, open house, preschool academies, events off campus, parent education opportunities and shadow days for student applicants.
• Support recruiting and admissions processing by using recruiting and admissions technology.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the administrative team.

Website:

• Collaborate in the creation and update of web content and related protocols. 
• Ensure the website design flow adheres to branding specifications and is conducive to a user-friendly find/view pattern.
• Advance marketing strategy by tracking and analyzing website data.

Print Materials:

• Collaborate in the design and production of printed materials for educational, fundraising, admissions, and administrative operations. 
• Manage creation and selection of photography for print and electronic communications.
• Support the development and execution of collateral materials for major organizational initiatives.

Social Media and Media Relations:

• Promote school and parent association events via e-communications on a weekly basis. 
• Maintain the school’s Facebook page and continually update all social media. 
• Write and distribute press releases; pitch the local media to secure media placement.
• Actively monitor the school’s online reputation.

Internal Communication:

• Update lobby monitor with daily activities. 
• Coordinate e-communications for staff promoting school and on-campus community events.

Required Qualifications:
Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in marketing, English/journalism, public relations, computer science, or a related communications field preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Publisher, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, and Illustrator, InDesign, and Mac platform. 
• Working knowledge of web development languages, content management systems, current browsers and other emerging web technologies.
• Knowledge of the Jewish Community and Jewish Day Schools a bonus!
• Non-profit experience preferred but not necessary.
• Must be able to clear a background check and history indicating ability to work with children.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Outstanding organizational skills, high attention to detail; creative thinking and problem solving skills.
• Marketing communications experience in copywriting, graphic design, or public relations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; compose, edit, and proofread text with accuracy. 
• Proficient and comfortable as a collaborative team member and as an individual contributor.
• Able to prioritize and balance a variety of projects simultaneously and meet critical time deadlines.
• Quickly learn new platforms (email marketing software, website, etc.).
• Comfortable with social media platforms.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with parents, donors, the public, vendors, contractors, and staff is essential.
• Candidates should be highly discreet, with great respect for confidentiality and the dignity of young children.

Contact: Adam Eilath, aeilath@wornickjds.org

Position: Hebrew Teacher

Description:
Located in Foster City, Ronald C Wornick Jewish Day School is a pluralistic community day school for students from TK until 8th grade. We are a warm and welcoming community with a collaborative team focused on bettering our school, supporting our students and welcoming our families. Wornick Day School is seeking a Hebrew Teacher for the 2020-2021 school year to join our team and help develop a love for Hebrew and fluency in the language for our students.

The Hebrew Teacher will:

• Teach five (5) sections of Hebrew to our lower school students (K-5)
• Develop lesson plans that meet grade level standards
• Differentiate for students with a variety of learning needs and differences
• Engage students with multiple modes of instruction
• Instill a love for Israel through the teaching of Hebrew
• Attend all faculty and grade level meetings
• Participate in all school events including; open houses, student performances, back to school night, parent teacher conferences and similar events
• Fulfill other duties as assigned by the Principal and Hebrew Coordinator
• Serve on committees at school to improve school culture and support the professional community
• Maintain communication with parents and supervisors in support of student learning
• Contribute positively to the professional culture at Wornick
• Support and occasionally lead Tefillah and Jewish Holiday programming

The Successful Candidate will:

• Have 3+ years experience teaching Hebrew in a formal setting
• Have a BA or related degree
• Have experience in recognized standards of of language instruction (ACTFL)
• Have experience in effective methods in second language assessment
• Demonstrate an ability to teach Hebrew in a relevant, age appropriate manner
• Be familiar with the TAL-AM and Ulpan Or curriculums
• Have experience in lesson planning and curriculum design
• Be able to receive feedback from supervisors and communicate effectively with administrators
• Be collaborative in nature
• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to Adam Eilath at aeilath@wornickjds.org

Position: Jewish Studies and Hebrew Director

Description:
Located in Foster City, Ronald C Wornick Jewish Day School is a pluralistic community day school for students from TK until 8th grade. We are a warm and welcoming community with a collaborative team focused on bettering our school, supporting our students and welcoming our families. Wornick Day School is seeking a Director of Jewish Studies and Hebrew to join our leadership team in the summer of 2020 to help create a vision for Judaic Studies and Jewish Life at our school.

The Director of Jewish Studies and Hebrew will:

• Work with the Head of School to create short and long term goals for Jewish Studies Curriculum and Jewish Life at Wornick
• Develop a scope and sequence for Jewish Studies from Kindergarten through 8th grade
• Support teachers in identifying the resources and trainings to support their classroom goals
• Work with other leading Jewish educators at the school to collaboratively create holiday, tefillah and other life cycle/ritual programming
• Teach two Jewish Studies classes
• Lead morning Tefillah on a regular basis and help design innovative Tefillah programming for the entire school
• Work in partnership with the Head of School to strengthen partnerships with local Jewish institutions, synagogues and preschools
• Attend community events like the open house, recruiting events, parent teacher conferences and back to school night
• Serve on committees at school to improve school culture and support the professional community
• Work collaboratively with the Advancement Department to curate Jewish programming that welcomes new families and engages the support of our larger community
• Lead weekly meetings for Jewish Studies Teachers
• Work with our Hebrew teachers to successfully integrate Hebrew education within the larger framework of Jewish education at our school

The successful candidate will:

• Have 5-10 years of experience in Jewish Educational Leadership
• Be fluent or near fluent in Hebrew
• Have an MA in Jewish Education, Jewish Studies or Rabbinic Ordination
• Have experience supervising and mentoring educators
• Be seasoned in the planning and execution of large programs
• Be collaborative and willing to work with a diverse staff
• Have experience working in a Jewish Day School setting (we will also consider candidates with extensive religious school experience)
• Possess strong communication skills and an ability to speak to diverse populations
• Experience leading Tefillah and Jewish ritual and holiday celebrations a plus
• Songleader abilities a plus

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to Adam Eilath at aeilath@wornickjds.org

Position: Jewish Studies Teacher

Description:
Located in Foster City, Ronald C Wornick Jewish Day School is a pluralistic community day school for students from TK until 8th grade. We are a warm and welcoming community with a collaborative team focused on bettering our school, supporting our students and welcoming our families. Wornick Day School is seeking a Jewish Studies Teacher for the 2020-2021 school year to join our team and create powerful Jewish learning opportunities for our students.

The Jewish Studies Teacher will:

• Teach 4-5 sections of Jewish Studies classes in the Elementary and/or Middle School
• Work to develop curriculum with the support of the Principal and Judaic Studies Director
• Work collaboratively with the Jewish Studies department to infuse holidays and the Jewish life cycle into the curriculum
• Differentiate appropriately for students with different learning styles and experience with Judaism and Jewish texts
• Support and lead Tefillah on a daily basis
• Fulfill other duties as assigned by the Principal
• Attend all faculty and grade level meetings
• Participate in all school events including; open houses, student performances, back to school night, parent teacher conferences and similar events
• Serve on committees at school to improve school culture and support the professional community\
• Regularly assess students and report home appropriately to parents on student progress
• Help develop a love of Torah, Jewish Learning and Israel in partnership with the school

The successful candidate will:

• Have a BA in Jewish Studies or have extensive Jewish learning experience (Yeshiva, Day School, Beit Midrash etc)
• Have experience teaching Jewish texts to elementary aged students
• Demonstrate an ability to make Jewish text, tradition and history relevant to a diverse group of students and families
• Be collaborative in nature and work well in teams to design curriculum, holiday programming and school rituals with the Jewish Studies team
• Be able to receive feedback from supervisors and communicate effectively with administrators
• Have a proven track record of engaging with parents and families
• Have excellent writing skills
• Have experience differentiating for a group of diverse learners
• Song leading/guitar playing a plus!

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to Adam Eilath, aeilath@wornickjds.org