Assistant Teacher

Bright Horizons • Charlotte, NC

11d • $14 - $18 • Onsite

About The Position

Bright Horizons is hiring a part-time Assistant Teacher to support preschoolers at an early education and child care center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The role works in person and is scheduled Monday through Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. The listed hourly pay is $14.45 to $17.95; actual compensation depends on factors such as experience, education, training, certifications, and geography.

The Assistant Teacher helps deliver hands-on activities tailored to children’s needs and interests, communicates daily milestones to parents, and helps keep the classroom safe and clean by following procedures and guidelines. The employee must meet mandated reporter requirements, including reporting suspected child abuse or neglect to the appropriate state agency and informing the director.

The position requires compliance with applicable immunization, employment physical or screening, and health and safety training requirements. Employees provide supervision, care, curriculum delivery, and services under Bright Horizons’ policies and applicable laws and regulations, with children’s safety as a priority. The role involves frequent lifting, carrying, or holding children weighing 10 to 40 pounds and occasional lifting, carrying, or holding of more than 40 pounds; a full range of motion; and the ability to respond to unexpected situations or emergencies while maintaining alertness and energy. Bright Horizons provides reasonable accommodations as required by law.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Have a high school diploma or GED.
• Pass required state and company background checks.
• Meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements.
• Comply with applicable immunization, employment physical or screening, and health and safety training requirements.
• Frequently lift, carry, or hold children weighing 10 to 40 pounds and occasionally lift, carry, or hold more than 40 pounds.
• Demonstrate the range of motion needed to lift, reach, squat, climb, sit, and participate in activities.
• Maintain mental and physical alertness and an appropriate level of energy to perform essential job requirements.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience working in child care, daycare, or preschool settings.
• A CDA, associate degree, or bachelor’s degree in early education or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Assist with hands-on activities that meet children’s needs and interests.
• Maintain open communication with parents by sharing their child’s daily milestones.
• Ensure a safe and clean classroom by following procedures and guidelines.
• Fulfill mandated reporter requirements, including reporting suspected child abuse or neglect to the appropriate state agency and informing the director.
• Provide supervision, care, curriculum delivery, and services in accordance with Bright Horizons’ policies, procedures, guidance, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Respond immediately and appropriately to multiple or unexpected situations or emergencies.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental bonding leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Money-saving discounts and financial planning tools.
• Career development opportunities and free college degrees through the Horizons CDA & Degree Program.
• Caregiving support and resources for children and adults in the employee’s family.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED