Rainbow Kids Learning Center is searching for a nurturing infant/toddler teacher to ensure that the basic and educational needs of our students are met. As a toddler teacher, you must prepare and deliver classroom activities, communicate with staff and parents, and ensure that the learning environment remains safe at all times. You should also be an excellent role model for our students.
To be successful as a toddler teacher, you should be creative, energetic, and able to encourage self-expression. Top candidates will thoroughly understand the contextual factors that shape early childhood development.
Toddler Teacher Responsibilities:
- Planning and delivering lessons designed to facilitate students' social, emotional, and cognitive development.
- Encouraging self-expression through understanding, flexibility, and behavioral reinforcement.
- Tending to students' basic needs by feeding and dressing them.
- Mediating conflict between students.
- Modeling appropriate behaviors, even when not on duty.
- Ensuring that the classroom remains safe and conducive to learning at all times.
- Liaising with families to gain insight into students' home lives.
- Tracking and informing parents of students' progress.
- Attending parent and staff meetings.
Toddler Teacher Requirements: * MA EEC Teaching Certification and a BA degree in Early Childhood Ed.
- Clear criminal record.
- Prior experience working with young children, preferably within a similar setting.
- Basic first aid training is advantageous.
- Physically fit and able to lift up to 70 pounds.
- Warm, approachable disposition.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work during evenings and on weekends, as required.
- A passion for early childhood development.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.00 - $19.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Early Childhood General Education Teachers: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- CPR Certification (Preferred)
- MA EEC Teacher Certification (Required)
Work Location: In person