Part Time Sunday Program Teacher

POSITION TITLE: Sunday Program Teacher   

PROGRAM: Recreation

SUPERVISOR: Director of Recreation

POSITION SUMMARY:

Keshet is seeking a passionate and engaging Sunday School Teacher for its Chai School program serving adolescents. This role involves leading fun, hands-on, and developmentally appropriate activities that foster social interaction, Jewish connection, and personal growth. The teacher will create a welcoming and safe environment for participants each Sunday from 10:00am–12:00pm in Highland Park, beginning September 14th through April 26th. Additional hours may be available as a program aide in other Keshet programming. Join us in turning Sundays into meaningful and enriching experiences!

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implements Jewish curriculum (including stories, Hebrew, etc.) while highlighting our core values
• Uses expertise to modify basic curriculum provided
• Creates lesson plans
• Communicate with Program Manager on Weekly Basis
• Assess and Evaluate student’s needs and modify curriculum accordingly
• Delegates to and works with Teacher aides
• Arrive on time, prepared and ready to work; be reliable in attendance

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of Jewish History and Culture
• Basic Hebrew language preferred
• Experience with developmental/intellectual disabilities
• Valid driver’s license and safe driving record

Keshet offers a robust Employee Benefit Program which includes:

• Affordable healthcare plans
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance
• 401k plan with employer matching contributions
• Holiday Pay
• Paid Sick Time
• PTO 
• Tuition reimbursement

ABOUT KESHET

Keshet is a one-of-a-kind organization that brings classroom experiences, camps, sports, residential, social, and vocational activities for 600 people with disabilities each year. From the very start, Keshet has grown alongside our participants, creating a community of belonging where people of all abilities learn, play, work, live, and grow together. 

Today, Keshet continues to flourish, with over 75 programs in the Chicago and Wisconsin area, four residential homes, 200 dedicated staff and lay leaders, dozens of community and corporate partners, and thousands of engaged donors around the world. Nurtured by respect, creativity, tenacity and unconditional love, Keshet makes a powerful difference in the lives of each child and adult with disabilities, their families, the community and beyond.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties may be assigned at any time by CEO.  Keshet is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment practices are in accordance with the laws that prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran’s status, marital status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable law.