Career opportunities at Joyce

current opportunities

There are no current opportunities at Joyce. If you would like to submit your resume for consideration for a future position, please e-mail your resume and letter of interest to [email protected].

who we are | what we do

Joyce Preschool, a nonprofit two-year preschool, provides a high-quality, two-way immersion preschool experience. Our preschool, located in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, serves about 90 students and 125 parents annually. In the 2012-13 school year, Joyce plans to open a satellite classroom at Windom Dual Immersion Elementary, increasing the number of students and families served by approximately 25.

The mission of Joyce Preschool is to provide children from diverse ethnic, linguistic and economic backgrounds with developmentaly and culturally appropriate preparation for success in school and lifelong learning.

The vision of Joyce Preschool is to become a recognized leader in offering bilingual and multicultural early childhood education, offering its model for replication to local and regional early childhood educators.

The values that guide us toward fulfillment of our mission and vision are:

• quality of educational staff as paramount
• quality of staff and staff development as key to program success
• balanced enrollment of students with Spanish/English as first language
• need-blind admission policy, with a commitment to 40 to 60% scholarship
• balanced staff with Spanish/English as first language
• strong Latino community relationships and partnerships
• collaborations and partnerships as a means of extending our reach
• maintaining and valuing the quality of the school environment

how to apply

Posted positions list specific application instructions. (In most cases, e-mail your resume and a cover letter to [email protected] to apply.)

Please do not e-mail staff members directly.

• For positions on our development team, please address your cover letter to Laura Tompkins, our development and communications director.
• For positions on our program team (teaching staff), please address your cover letter to Kristin Dykstra, our program director.

career FAQs

Does Joyce offer internships?
Yes! Most internships will be posted on our Careers webpage alongside our job openings.

How do I know when a position has been filled?
In a perfect world, we'd e-mail you — but it's not a perfect world. Once a position has been removed from our Careers webpage, it indicates the position has been filled or that we are no longer accepting applications for the position. If you'd like to follow up with us, we encourage you to send us an additional e-mail or send us a tweet (@JoycePreschool).

What if I have other questions?
E-mail [email protected] or send us a tweet. You can also call our offices at (612) 823-2447, but we tend to prefer e-mail.