Child Care Lead/Associate Qualified Floater

Role: Child Care Lead Teacher / Associate Teacher
Reports to: Director of Programs
Type of Employment: Part or Full Time – Non-Exempt

About Marguerite’s Place
Marguerite’s Place empowers New Hampshire families to thrive. Family homelessness is a challenging, multi- faceted issue with both dire, immediate impacts, and long-term generational effects. The combination of Marguerite’s Place whole family services and individualized supports provides the opportunity for families to transition from crisis to stability, achieve sustainable success, and to lead happy, healthy lives. Over our 29-year history, we have supported thousands of low-income Nashua families through residential and community-based programs.

About our Child Care Program:
Our Child Care program serves both families living within our transitional housing programs as well as community-based families. The program is designated Licensed Plus, a quality rating system that recognizes NH childcare programs for efforts to improve the quality of care for young children and rewards programs that strive to improve their practices and staff qualifications. We focus intentionally on a social-emotional curriculum, incorporation of the NH Early Learning Standards, as well as trauma-informed care. Our childcare program is offered for children 6 weeks – pre-school.

The role:
Marguerite’s Place is seeking an Early Childhood Professional who is Lead or Associate Teacher qualified for our preschool classroom.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide programming that meets social-emotional, physical, language, and cognitive needs of all children within the program.
• Develop weekly lesson plans based on developmentally appropriate and social emotional curriculum; prepare necessary materials
• Assess children’s growth and development twice yearly using the Ages and Stages assessment tool
• Establish appropriate communication with families, building relationships to build trust and share experiences related to children
• Interact with children and encourage their involvement in activities/experiences
• Provide a warm, nurturing, and safe environment where children can trust and learn; maintain a classroom environment that is child-centered, inviting, positive, and professional
• Work collaboratively as part of Child Care team, contributing and supporting colleagues when appropriate
• Respect diversity and foster an inclusive environment in your classroom, and amongst your teammates.
• Respect confidentiality of children, families, and staff.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or Equivalency
• At least 18 years old
• Lead Teacher requirements: 18 College Credits in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or Elementary Education
• Associate Teacher requirements: 9 College Credits in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or Elementary Education
• Respectful, collaborative, and professional. Demonstrates maturity and is a “team player”
• Experience working with children in a Child Care program

Compensation: $19-20/hr, based on ECE-Qualification Level.
Benefits: Health Insurance, Child Care Discount, Generous Vacation time, Sick, Holiday, and Personal Time. Paid First-Aid and CPR training, Paid annual ECE-related trainings.

To apply: Send your Resume to Candace Gordon, Director of Programs at cgordon at margueritesplace.org, or apply using Indeed

Marguerite’s Place is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Early Childhood General Education Teachers: 2 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person