Early Childhood Education Teacher

Hope House Colorado • Arvada, CO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Hope House Colorado is hiring an Early Childhood Education Teacher, referred to internally as an Early Learning Teacher (ELT). As an ELT, you will be responsible for maintaining a warm, welcoming, loving, educational and orderly environment while providing responsive care to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and occasional support for school-aged children implementing activities that provide children opportunities to practice developmental milestones.

Requirements

• Availability between 8am-8pm Monday-Friday, with two shifts per week ending at 8pm

Nice To Haves

• Child Development Associate (CAD), or associate or bachelor’s degree in early childhood education
• Experience in early childhood education, preferably with infants and toddlers
• Experience working with children and families in at-risk populations
• Knowledge of early childhood education and child development principles and practices

Responsibilities

• Working within the Early Learning team to provide care for up to 10 children of various ages, ranging from 3 months to 8 years, individualizing care to ensure children’s health and safety
• Utilizing a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate curriculum to help children meet objective targets and providing daily activities based on children’s needs and interests that stimulate learning in all areas of child development
• Implementing a Bible curriculum into daily activities to enhance the spiritual growth and development of the children in Early Learning
• Screening and tracking children's development using ASQ-3; engaging teen moms in the screening process and providing a follow up parent teacher conference to discuss developmental growth
• Committing to Hope House Colorado’s Core Values and continually working towards the HHC mission

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Simple IRA plan with up to 3% company match
• Vacation time (earns 4.62 hours per paycheck, up to 120 hours/3 weeks in a year, with potential to increase based on tenure)
• Twelve (12) paid holidays
• Gifted week off between Christmas or New Year's
• Paid Sick and Safe Leave (PSSL) and Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL)
• Two (2) mental health days per year
• Employer-based childcare at the Hope House Colorado Early Learning Center for full-time employees (exceptions may be considered for part-time staff)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree