Child Care Provider

Acquire4Hire; Clarksville (TN); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted childcare tuition

Paid training

Tuition assistance

Monthly attendance bonuses

$1,000 sign on bonus

Paid Holidays (after 90-day probation)

Job summary

Grandmama's House in Clarksville, TN seeks a dedicated Child Care Provider to create a nurturing, educational environment for young children. You will develop engaging lesson plans, lead group activities, and maintain a safe, healthy classroom that supports each child's development.

Collaborate with families and teammates to foster strong relationships, communicate progress, and uphold all center policies and state regulations.

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• High energy and the ability to work well with staff, children, and parents.
• Good understanding of child development.
• Must clear full background check and health screening.
• Ability to take frequent walks and assist with activities that require bending or kneeling.
• Vision and hearing abilities required for classroom safety.
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement educational curriculum with developmentally appropriate activities.
• Lead by example to support teaching team success through coaching.
• Plan age-appropriate activities to promote social, cognitive, and emotional growth.
• Maintain open communication with parents through discussions, progress reports, and conferences.
• Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.
• Maintain a healthy classroom environment with hygiene and safety standards.
• Supervise teacher assistants and volunteers to ensure activities and safety.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Invest in ongoing professional development.

Skills

Communication skills

Computer skills

Team orientation

Child development knowledge

Job description

About This Role

Under the supervision of the childcare center's management, the Child Care Provider will be responsible for providing a nurturing and educational environment for young children. This will involve developing engaging lesson plans, leading group activities, and maintaining a safe and healthy classroom environment. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of child development, allowing them to tailor their teaching approach to meet the individual needs of each child. Effective communication skills will be essential for building strong relationships with children, parents, and colleagues.

Under the supervision of the childcare center's management, the Child Care Provider will be responsible for providing a nurturing and educational environment for young children. This will involve developing engaging lesson plans, leading group activities, and maintaining a safe and healthy classroom environment. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of child development, allowing them to tailor their teaching approach to meet the individual needs of each child. Effective communication skills will be essential for building strong relationships with children, parents, and colleagues.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate and implement educational curriculum by developing classroom activities based on developmentally appropriate practices and early learning standards
• Lead by example; encourage teaching team success through modeling and coaching.
• Plan individual and group age-appropriate activities to actively engage children and encourage social, cognitive and emotional growth.
• Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions, progress reports, and parent-teacher conferences.
• Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.
• Ensure a healthy classroom environment - including maintaining appropriate hygiene and cleanliness standards and safety and security of children.
• Supervise teacher assistants and classroom volunteers to ensure they are following planned activities, hygiene and safety standards.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

• Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
• High energy and the ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment.
• A strong understanding of child development.
• Must clear full background check and must pass health screening.
• Requirements include the ability to take frequent walks, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels. May also be required to kneel, bend, squat or crawl.
• A specific vision ability will be required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

• Professional childcare experience.

Benefits

• Discounted childcare tuition
• Paid training
• Tuition assistance
• Monthly attendance bonuses
• $1,000 sign on bonus
• Paid Holidays (after 90-day probationary period ends)

About Us

Our mission at Grandmama's House is to provide high quality child care to the Clarsksville community and the surrounding areas. Grandmama's House offers many programs of enrollment to meet the needs of each family. Grandmama's House has been opened offering 3 star quality care for Clarksville residents since 2002.