Early Learning Center Toddler Teacher

Hope House Colorado•Arvada, CO

3h•$22 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

The Hope House Colorado (HHC) Early Learning Center (ELC) is seeking an Early Learning Teacher for its toddler program. This role is crucial for creating a safe, fun, and engaging environment where children can learn, grow, and thrive. The teacher will be responsible for the supervision, responsive care, education, and classroom management of a group of young children. This position involves developing and maintaining respectful relationships with children and families, collaborating with staff and volunteers, and planning and implementing curriculum to meet each child's individual needs across all developmental domains. The toddler teacher must be knowledgeable about Colorado Child Care Licensing and health and safety regulations, maintain records, and ensure the classroom and building are safe and well-maintained. Continuous professional development to enhance early childhood education practices is also expected.

Requirements

Meet Colorado State Child Care Licensing educational qualification standards (required)
You have a PDIS Level 3 Credential (required)
You have an Infant Nursery Supervisor Credential (required), or willing to obtain within six months of hire
You can properly lift infants and young toddlers into and out of a crib (required)
Experience working with children ages infancy through five, including lesson planning (required)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, child development, elementary education or early childhood special education or a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field with at least 36 college credit hours in early childhood education or related field (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Build a positive, trusting and working relationship with each child and family through daily communication in a warm, approachable and supportive manner.
Provide consistent, nurturing and responsive interactions with each child using positive techniques.
Provide individualized care for children to ensure children’s health and safety.
Provide daily activities based on a child’s needs and interests that stimulate learning in all areas of child development to include physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs of children.
Plan and implement engaging, fun and developmentally appropriate daily lessons using the Creative Curriculum, providing individualized support for children to meet developmental milestones across all learning domains.
Plan, prepare and implement daily Orange Curriculum to foster the spiritual development of each child, including sending weekly parent cue cards home to support family engagement.
Assess each child’s developmental needs on an ongoing basis using the Teaching Strategies Gold Assessment tool, and share frequent updates with parents.
Work in collaboration with leadership team and early intervention professionals to provide parents with referrals to early intervention services for their child when necessary.
Positively interact with classroom volunteers.
Participate in on-site, ongoing professional development to enhance individual skills as a learner to provide and ensure best practices and quality early childhood education.
Ensure compliance with Colorado Department of Human Services Licensing Regulations, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Regulations that govern Childcare facilities.
Promote Hope House Colorado’s Core Values throughout the organization and external relationships.