Job Description
Job DescriptionBenefits:
- Bonus based on performance
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Tuition assistance
- Vision insurance
We are seeking a qualified Infant/Toddler Teacher. You will provide amazing experiences that will challenge young children to grow and develop into all that God has for them.
We prefer that our candidate have a degree in ECE/Elementary Ed or related field or verifiable experience.
Our Infant/Toddler teacher must have a great love and patience for children, bright, extremely friendly and communicative with parents, staff and administrators.
Qualifications needed to teach them effectively include knowledge of best practices and a willingness to learn and develop a working knowledge of our philosophy grounded in Reggio Emilia and researchers including Emmi Pikler, Magda Gerber and Resources for Infant Educarers. You must be willing to learn our educational methods--using natural gross motor development and gentle caregiving practices-- as well as the ability to engage them and earn their trust and attention.
Our goal is to contribute to the healthy spiritual, cognitive and emotional development of each child.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate to develop a careful and creative program for children while using the Reggio Emilia philosophy and the research of Emmi Pikler, Magda Gerber and Resources for Infant Educarers
- Teach and model living out the tenets of the Christian faith
- Employ a variety of educational techniques (storytelling, educational play, invitations to play and provocations for play, etc.) to teach children
- Observe and document observations for each child to help them improve their social competencies and build self-esteem
- Engage with children using open ended questioning and narrating daily caregiving events
- Guide children to develop their artistic and creative capabilities through a carefully constructed curriculum
- Track childrens progress and report to parents
- Communicate with parents regularly using a variety of methods
- Collaborate with other educators
- Maintain an immaculate classroom consistent with health and safety standards
- Maintain our Reggio Emilia space with fidelity
- Contribute positively to our fun, supportive company culture
Skills
- Proven experience as a Infant-Toddler/Preschool Teacher
- Excellent understanding of the principles of child development and early childhood education methods
- Maintain all safety and sanitation guidelines for classrooms
- Excellent communication and instructional skills
- Ability to act as mediator between children
- Cool-tempered, friendly and reliable
- Balance between a creative mind and a practical acumen
- Maintain certification in child CPR, mandated reporting, etc...
- Maintain all Better Beginnings trainings and protocols
- Maintain all NAEYC accreditation
- Prefer BS/BA/BE in education or related field
Benefits
- Elegible for longevity bonus!
- Paid holidays (not counted towards paid time off)
- Bonus paid days*
- Bonus pay*
- Paid Vacation
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Positive school culture
- Paid planning time
- Paid Professional Development
- Support for ECE Higher Education
- Much more...