Kindergarten Prep Teacher
About The Position
Bright Horizons is hiring a Kindergarten Prep Teacher for its Hall Boulevard Center in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The teacher works in person in an early education and preschool child care center, providing supervision, care, curriculum delivery, and related services in accordance with Bright Horizons policies and guidance and applicable laws and regulations. The role focuses on children ages 4 and 5 and includes guiding a teaching team, planning activities, communicating with parents, and maintaining a safe and clean classroom. The teacher must meet applicable health, safety, background-check, education, and experience requirements, including mandated reporter obligations.
Requirements
- Be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma or GED.
- Have college-level early education coursework or a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential.
- Demonstrate knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) for children.
- Pass required state and company background checks and meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements.
- Comply with applicable immunization, employment physical or screening, and health and safety training requirements.
- Meet the physical requirements of the role, including frequently lifting, carrying, or holding children weighing 10 to 40 pounds and occasionally more than 40 pounds; demonstrating a full range of motion; responding appropriately to unexpected situations or emergencies; and maintaining mental and physical alertness.
Nice To Haves
- An associate or bachelor’s degree in early education or a related field.
- One year of professional teaching experience in child care, daycare, or preschool settings.
Responsibilities
- Guide a teaching team in creating plans and goals and leading hands-on activities that meet the needs and interests of children ages 4 and 5.
- Maintain open communication with parents and share children’s daily milestones.
- Maintain a safe and clean classroom by following required 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, and guidance, and applicable laws and regulations.
- Follow applicable immunization, employment physical or screening, and health and safety training requirements.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave.
- Paid 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.
- Free college degrees through the Horizons CDA & Degree Program.
- Caregiving support and resources for children and adults in the employee’s family.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
