Infant and Toddler Teacher

JDN Early Childhood Center offers quality, full-day, year-round programming for children six weeks to five years old. In the fall of 2014 JDN became one of the first early childhood programs to earnOhio’s Step Up To Quality’s5-star rating.At JDN we foster academic readiness, confidence, self-control, creativity and a love of learning while our team of educators and staff attend to the social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs of young children.
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Position Summary: The teacher will plan and institute programs that enhance children’s growth and maintain professional relationships with both the child and their parents. Types of classrooms include Infant (6 weeks to 18 months), Toddler (18 months to three years) and Preschool (3-5 years old). Depending on Classroom, teachers must be able to perform the essential functions and the physical requirements of the position. Hours would be 7:30am- 4:30pm, Monday-Friday.

Responsibilities Include:

• Pay careful attention to the physical and emotional well being of each child within the group. The teacher should demonstrate warmth and consideration for children and parents, creating an atmosphere of acceptance in the classroom.
• Adhere to all licensing, CACFP (Child and Adult Care Food Program) and Accreditation rules.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm, be open to new teaching methods and ideas. The teacher should plan and execute a stimulating program that enhances each child’s intellectual, emotional, social and physical growth.
• Arrange the room in a way that allows for designated activity areas but also permits the teacher to keep track of each of the children.
• Develop and maintain a supportive and professional relationship with parents.
• Model care and concern for the classroom and educational materials including but not limited to meal tables, floors, toys etc. by keeping them clean and in good repair. Broken or unusable materials should be discarded; materials not in use can be rotated through other classrooms with the assistance of the assistant director.
• Care of students, which includes supervising children when using restroom, during hygiene including proper changing and disposal of diapers, and cleaning of accidents, care of sick/vomiting students, assisting students with meals, management of students’ clothes and assisting during school transition.
• Offer a minimum of 1 conference per year, which will be presented to the parent in written form, or verbally if requested. Give director(s) a copy of this report to be placed in the child’s file.
• Supervise and help train volunteers and student teachers as needed.
• Must be flexible to assist in various other classrooms as needed.
• Serve meals/snacks as needed.
• Follow opening and locking up procedures as detailed by the director.
• When part of classroom/playground ratio, attention must be paid at all times to children in room. This includes minimizing personal distractions as required by licensure.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood, or related field preferred; or CDA (Child Development Associate)
• Sensitivity in relating to persons of varying backgrounds and demonstrate ability to work with diverse groups of people possessing various strengths, aptitudes and abilities.

Life at Bellefaire:

We value our employees and their commitment to our mission and offer competitive total rewards (benefits and compensation) options to our valued employees and their families, including domestic partners. Our rich options include:

• Dental, vision and medical insurance
• Defined benefit pension plan
• 403(b) plan
• Life insurance
• Paid long-term disability
• Generous paid time off and holidays

Other perks of working with us include:

• A friendly and appreciated staff
• Working with a team committed to the well-being of others
• A beautiful campus
• Staff recognition program
• A caring environment to work in!