Early Learning Center Toddler Teacher

Hope House Colorado • Arvada, CO

107d • $44,720 - $51,688

About The Position

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a positive impact in the lives of children and families? This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our inaugural staff in our brand-new, beautifully designed early learning center with a focus on year-round, play-based education for infants through Pre-K children. The Hope House Colorado (HHC) Early Learning Center (ELC) is for children of Hope House teen moms and staff. As an early learning teacher at the ELC, you will be creating a safe, fun and engaging environment where children can learn, grow and thrive. You will create and maintain relationships with children and families to foster trust and work with other amazing staff to make the HHC Early Learning Center a great place to work, have fun and make a positive impact.

Requirements

• 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)
• Meet Colorado State Child Care Licensing educational qualification standards (required)
• Have a PDIS Level 3 Credential (required)
• Have an Infant Nursery Supervisor Credential (required), or willing to obtain within six months of hire
• 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

• Consider applying even if you don’t quite meet all the educational requirements; a professional development plan can be discussed

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

Benefits

• Health Benefits: Employees may elect medical, dental, vision & life insurance plans.
• Simple IRA: Employees may choose to make salary reduction contributions through HHC’s Simple IRA plan and HHC will match the employee’s contribution up to a maximum of 3% of the employee’s annual salary.
• Vacation: Upon hire, employees earn 4.62 hours of vacation per paycheck up to 120 hours (3 weeks) in a year.
• Holidays: HHC observes twelve (12) holidays throughout the year. Hourly employees who work on actual holidays will be paid time and one-half.
• Sick Leave: HHC provides eligible employees with Paid Sick and Safe Leave (PSSL) and Public Health Emergency Leave (PHEL) in accordance with the requirements of Colorado's Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA).
• Mental Health Days: Employees are given two (2) mental health days per year to use at their discretion.
• Employer Based Childcare: Full-time (40-hours per week or more) Hope House Colorado employees are eligible to enroll their children in the Hope House Colorado Early Learning Center.
• Hope House Colorado is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree