Preschool Teacher

Spring Education Group•Elk Grove, CA

18h•$20 - $23•Onsite

About The Position

As an Infant Teacher at Merryhill School, you will provide attentive, nurturing care in a safe and stimulating classroom environment. You will support each infant’s individual feeding, sleeping, and developmental needs while creating meaningful learning experiences that encourage early cognitive, language, social-emotional, and growth. Through responsive caregiving and consistent communication with families, you will help establish a strong foundation for each child’s continued development and success. You will also create and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans and learning activities, plan and facilitate arts and crafts, games, outdoor play, and hands-on educational experiences, provide attentive supervision during classroom activities, outdoor play, meals, snacks, and transitions, support children with potty training and other age-appropriate personal-care routines, encourage language development, independence, positive peer interactions, and emotional growth, maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary classroom environment, collaborate with fellow teachers and school leaders to provide a consistent and positive student experience, communicate professionally with families regarding classroom activities and student development, and follow all school policies and applicable licensing requirements related to health, safety, and student supervision.

Requirements

12 semester (or 18 quarter) units in Early Childhood Education, including coursework in child development, curriculum, and family/community
High school diploma or equivalent required
Ability to meet all state childcare licensing and training requirements
Current infant and child CPR and First Aid certification, or willingness to obtain certification before or shortly after hire
Ability to successfully complete state and federal background checks
Strong communication, collaboration, organization, and relationship-building skills
Ability to lift and carry infants, sit on the floor, bend, stoop, and remain actively engaged throughout the day
Commitment to maintaining a safe, nurturing, inclusive, and dependable learning environment
Frequently walk, stand, sit, squat, stoop, reach, kneel, rise from the floor, twist, listen, read, write, and speak the English language.
Often carry, lift, use repetitive or fine hand movements, and occasionally push, pull, or bend.
Regularly hear and use clear vision with or without correction.

Nice To Haves

Early childhood education coursework, Child Development Associate credential, associate degree, or bachelor’s degree preferred
Previous experience caring for infants in a licensed childcare or preschool setting preferred
Knowledge of infant development, responsive caregiving practices, and age-appropriate learning activities

Responsibilities

Create and implement developmentally appropriate lesson plans and learning activities
Plan and facilitate arts and crafts, games, outdoor play, and hands-on educational experiences
Provide attentive supervision during classroom activities, outdoor play, meals, snacks, and transitions
Support children with potty training and other age-appropriate personal-care routines
Encourage language development, independence, positive peer interactions, and emotional growth
Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary classroom environment
Collaborate with fellow teachers and school leaders to provide a consistent and positive student experience
Communicate professionally with families regarding classroom activities and student development
Follow all school policies and applicable licensing requirements related to health, safety, and student supervision