What are the responsibilities and job description for the Young Toddler/Infant Teacher position at Kiddie Academy of Hilliard?
Join Our Team!
Kiddie Academy of Hilliard is seeking a patient, flexible, and nurturing individual to join our team as a Young Toddler Teacher. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of children and families in our community.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create a warm, welcoming environment for young toddlers.
- Develop and implement engaging, age-appropriate activities.
- Foster social, emotional, and cognitive development through play and exploration.
- Communicate effectively with children, parents, and team members.
- Collaborate with fellow educators to enhance the learning experience.
Qualifications:
- A caring and creative attitude.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience working with young children is preferred.
- A genuine love for nurturing and supporting early childhood development.
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Work Location: In person, Hilliard, Ohio. Have to have reliable transportation.
If you are motivated by smiles and hugs from children and appreciation from parents, we encourage you to apply!
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensures that the physical, social and emotional needs of the children are met daily.
- Ensures all policies and procedures to keep the children healthy and safe are being implemented.
- Creates activities and opportunities that encourage curiosity, exploration and problem solving appropriate to the developmental levels and learning styles of children through well defined interest areas.
- Assists and supervises children during all activities.
- Ensures that appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom are appropriately maintained, in accordance with the NAEYC cleaning and sanitizing guidelines.
- Completes all Academy and classroom paperwork: for example, daily notes, student accident reports, attendance reports.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings, Academy events and parent meetings, as requested.
- Prepares and implements classroom lesson plans, programs and schedules.
- Develops, plans and prepares instructional aids and/or materials for classroom activities.
- Assists children with meal times and cleanup.
- Ensures that all classroom and outdoor equipment are in good working condition and are used and maintained properly.
- Directs activities of other staff in the classroom to ensure that the classroom functions in an orderly manner.
- Interacts with parents and maintains open communication to encourage family engagement.
- Maintains the Family Information Board and other classroom bulletin boards.
- Schedules and conducts parent and teacher conferences throughout the year.
- Ensures that all licensing regulations are being followed as required by the state.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $13.00 - $17.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- Childcare: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- CPR Certification (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $13 - $17