Career Opportunities

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Are You A Talented, Committed and Caring Individual with a Passion for Teaching??

Rainbow Academy is celebrating our 10th anniversary providing early childhood education programs for Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K and Kindergarten aged children. Whether you’re just starting a career in early childhood education, or taking the next step in an established career, we have a lot to offer!

Positions
•Asst. Directors •Lead Teachers
•Teacher Assistants •Infant Caregivers
Locations: Brick, Cranford, Flemington, Iselin, North Brunswick, Rutherford, Summit, Whippany & Woodbridge

We Are Always Seeking:
➢ Asst. Directors should have experience in childcare or preschool. Prefer a Bachelor’s Degree in Education or Business. Management experience helpful.
➢ Lead Teacher requirements vary according to program but include either a Bachelor’s Degree in Education (focus on Early Childhood preferred), CDA or DCF Group Teacher Certification. Experience in childcare or preschool required. You will be trained on implementation of the Rainbow Academy curriculum.
➢ Assistant Teachers should be articulate and dependable individuals with a professional demeanor. A high school diploma or GED is required. CDA and experience in a childcare or preschool are desired.
➢ Infant Caregivers should be caring, reliable, articulate and possess a professional demeanor. CDA preferred but High School diploma or GED required. For exceptional employees we will help you obtain a DCF Group Teacher Certification. Experience in childcare or preschool is desired.

We Offer You:
Our employees are the heart of our company and we give them the best we can offer.
Rainbow Academy is an EOE and offers competitive compensation based on experience. Our benefits package is highly unusual for the child care industry and includes health and dental benefits, a 401K plan, paid vacations, discounted child care, and incentive bonus plans for attendance, longevity and performance –

You might even “win” our Vacation Award that includes airfare allowance and accommodations to any destination in our travel network. You deserve an island vacation!

Visit us at www.rainbowacademy.com and go to “Careers” for an application or e-mail your resume to david@rainbowacademy.com or fax to 732-388-9876.

Our Newsletter

Hi Everyone!

By now, I hope you have had a chance to read our latest newsletter: http://www.rainbowacademy.com/spring_newsltr_08.pdf as well as the previous ones.

How did you like the newsletter? Were there particular sections you enjoy and or things you would like us to cover? Do you like the contests or have any ideas for future contests? Please share your suggestions….

While one of the goals of The Rainbow Academy newsletter is to help keep parents informed of what is going on in our centers, we also look forward to feedback so we can better serve your needs.

All good wishes!
Bernadette

Please CLICK HERE on COMMENTS to Ask Your Question

Hello Everyone!

Please feel free to post your questions on the COMMENTS part of this post. ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO READ WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE WORD COMMENTS BELOW THIS POST.


I look forward to hearing from you.

All good wishes!
Bernadette


PS: To see questons I have answered in the past, you will find them in BLOG ARCHIVES:
October 2007
July 10th 2007
June 19, 2006

Summer Camp Dreams

Just thinking about summer chases away the winter blues, no matter what your age! While parents start thinking about long weekends, that week or two at the beach or fun family day trips, children are dreaming of being off from school. They can’t wait to dot their last “i” or cross that last “t” on their final tests of the school year. As summer gets closer, children are thinking about all the fun they will be having and saying goodbye to schoolwork for a few months.

Although it’s always a relief not to have the responsibility of school and homework, most parents and teachers will agree that children need to reinforce skills they have learned during the year to keep them fresh.

Summer Camp can be a great way to mix the pleasures of summer fun and day trips from anywhere like the pool, park, bowling, baseball games or even a movie theater to times when children reinforce some of the skills they worked on from Sept.-June.

Rainbow Academy Summer Camps have weekly themes with fun filled activities that reinforce basic core subjects. Some of the best learning, of course, occurs when children don’t realize they are even learning. Summer campers play games, create artwork and other activities, which encourage and foster a child’s imagination and thrill them with new discoveries.

Just think way back, to when we played kickball and softball. Our gym teachers and coaches might have worried about spoiling our fun by pointing out how many skills we were learning and reinforcing in those games. “Suzy, did you know that you are using math by estimating how far the ball went and keeping and comparing scores and bases ran. You are, of course, enhancing coordination and getting exercise while building gross motor skills.”

Finally, the social skills are far too many to count. Children learn about friendly competition and good sportsmanship, along with the importance of taking turns, self and team motivation, recognition and negotiation. All of these skills are so important for them to learn and carry throughout their schooling and even into adulthood.

Another great example of learning through play happens each time a child plays at the sand or water table or takes a cooking class. Math is so easily discovered and reinforced by measuring and adding what we are making. Science skills include but are not limited to the senses. How does it feel, smell, sound and look? Motor skills are worked on simply by stirring, mixing, pouring, sifting and spreading the sand or water. Finally we can never underestimate the language and social skills that are enhanced while laughing and conversing with our friends.

Learn more about Rainbow Academy Summer Theme Camps, schedules, or day trips by visiting our website at www.rainbowacademy.com or calling any of our centers. Start dreaming…and planning! Summer is coming sooner than you think!

Share A Favorite Children's Story

On Sunday night, I'm sure many hopeful children sat beside their windows waiting for the big SNOW to hit us. Fortunately for most parents we escaped without even a flake.

Even if your child wasn't that disappointed by our lack of snow, you can always visit a winter wonderland by reading the wonderful story, "The Mitten" retold by Jan Brett.

Enjoy, through beautiful illustrations, what happens when a boy drops his mitten one snowy day. Your child will smile and maybe even laugh when all the animals climb in to get warm.

You can build and reinforce skills by counting and sequencing the animals, predicting what will happen next, retell the story and make up your own mitten type story.

Please share your child’s favorite story in the comments section below this thread. It would be wonderful to build and share ideas right here that promote learning.

A Winter Guide to Addressing Your Child’s Sneezes and Sniffles

With the temperatures quickly falling, this is the time of the year when parents are in an all-out war against the common cold. Children are coming home from childcare or school with the sneezes and the sniffles; parents need to know when it is appropriate for their children to stay home.

It is certainly a constant struggle balancing an ill child’s needs with job responsibilities and other daily commitments that adults must deal with. Of course, it is important to note, that sick children should be seen by a pediatrician. Below are some suggestions that should be used simply as a guide to help answer the age-old question: “My child is sick. What do I do?”

• Listen if your child says he does not feel well enough to go to school, especially if he is always eager to attend.

• If your child is sick at school and needs to come home, develop a back-up plan if you can’t pick her up within an hour.

• Stockpile a couple of sick days or vacation days in case you need to stay home with your child.

• When your child needs to be home, and you need to be at work, see if a friend or relative can be relied upon to watch the little one.

• Make sure your child has enough sleep, as it helps ward off illness and speeds recuperation.

• Dress your children adequately. Several thin layers will keep them dry and warm. Clothing for children should consist of thermal long johns, turtlenecks, one or two shirts, pants, sweater, coat, warm socks, boots, gloves or mittens, and a hat.

• Follow proper hygiene, such as frequent and thorough hand washing, sanitizing toys and doorknobs, etc.

• Inform your child’s teacher if you gave her any medication before school.

• Tell your child’s teacher if he is on a new diet or had eaten food that could cause stomach problems.

Don’t send your child to school if he has severe pain or a temperature above 101.5 degrees, or has any flu-like symptoms, such as vomiting, a sore throat and severe coughing. Other ailments, such as acute diarrhea, yellow eyes with discharge, infected, untreated skin patches, rapid breathing, skin lesions that are weeping or bleeding, and blood in the urine, calls for an immediate visit to a pediatrician.

And, never, ever send your child to school with over-the-counter medication without a doctor’s prescription and or prescription medication that has not been prescribed for the current illness. Staff will not be able to administer any medicine without up-to-date/current authorization from your child’s doctor.

Whether this winter brings severe storms, light dustings or just cold temperatures, I hope these tips will help keep your child safe, warm and healthy. And, perhaps, give you a little peace of mind.


**Reminder: it is important to note, that sick children should be seen by a pediatrician.

Please CLICK HERE on COMMENTS to Ask Your Question

Hello Everyone!

Please feel free to post your questions on the COMMENTS part of this post. ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO READ WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE WORD COMMENTS BELOW THIS POST.


I look forward to hearing from you.

All good wishes!
Bernadette


PS: To see questons I have answered in the past, you will find them in BLOG ARCHIVES:
October 2007
July 10th 2007
June 19, 2006

Have Fun And Learn From Your Halloween Candy

“How long is it until next Halloween?” While children undoubtedly would love Halloween to be an everyday occurrence, after costume changes, extra trips to school, parties, trick-or-treating and giving out candy, most parents are relieved it’s still a year away. ☺

It sure is fun getting and eating all that candy, but once it is put in the big bowl way up high over the refrigerator, many parents can feel overwhelmed by what to do with it all and how to make sure their child doesn’t over indulge.

Here are some fun ways your child can learn from his or her candy:
Math:
1. Separate and sort candy by types (chocolate, lollipops, gummy bears etc. If you have an abundance of candy you can do it by actual candy names… Snickers. Reeses, Milky Way etc.)
2. Count each category of candy and compare. Which is more, less or the same in amounts?
3. Add your ideas here.
Science:
1. Use your 5 Senses to describe the candy? How does it look, smell, taste, feel and sound when you are eating it?
2. Do an M&M experiment. Take a guess as to whether or not they’ll melt in your hands. Predict how many seconds it will take to melt them in your hands and test your predictions.
3. Add your ideas here.
Art and Language:
1. Discuss and write down your findings from the M&Ms experiment in a couple of sentences.
2. Using your imagination take a trip to a land made of only candy. Write a story about it together and draw pictures.
3. Add your ideas here.
Social:
1. Enjoy your time together building and sharing ideas, having fun and making memories.
2. Add your ideas here.

** Word of caution smaller candy may be a choking hazard. I would not recommend small candy for very young children.

I hope these ideas encourage all the different ways we learn using your Halloween candy. Please feel free to add your ideas to the comments section of this thread.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

October 8, 2007

Dear Rainbow Academy Parents:

As you know, our goal is to continuously improve and expand our services. That’s why we are so excited to make this announcement… Our new website is launching on Friday, October 12th.

It has a great new look, is user-friendly, educational, fun and filled with valuable information! Here are just a few of the NEW features:

Rainbow Resources –
o Helpful Links (Websites on Parenting, Early Childhood Education, Family Resources, etc.)
o Rainbow Recipe Exchange
o Fun for Kids (On-line coloring book)
o Rainbow Newsletter
o At-Home Learning Tools (Reading Readiness resources, Sign Language chart)

Show Me A Rainbow Day –
o Developmental Milestones
o Rainbow Academy curriculum

Locations -
o Virtual Tours of all of our centers
o Announcement “Stickies” for each center

IMPORTANT: The login for ParentView has changed. To log into your account, simply go to the website at www.rainbowacademy.com and follow these instructions:
o Go to “Parent Login” (this is the button on the lower left-hand side of the home page)
o Select your center location
o Login as usual

Look for continuous updates on a regular basis. And, as always, we welcome your suggestions on what you would like to see included.

Thank you for choosing our family at Rainbow Academy to nurture and grow your precious child.

Best regards,
Guy Falzarano
President and CEO