Child Development Teacher

Intermountain Health; Town of Ogden (NY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital is seeking a Child Development Teacher to provide caring, developmentally appropriate activities for infants to preschoolers. The role emphasizes safe environments, nurturing interactions, and ongoing documentation of each child’s progress.

The position requires CPR/First Aid within 60 days, a Food Handlers Permit within 60 days, and at least six months in an early childhood setting. Hours are full-time, with a rotating schedule and no weekends.

Qualifications

• Six months experience in an early childhood program.
• Pediatric CPR/First Aid Certification within 60 days of hire.
• Food Handlers Permit within 60 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Establishes a developmentally appropriate room environment that is safe, welcoming, and nurturing.
• Provides direct supervision of children at all times.
• Interacts with children using approved early childhood standards and attends to their needs.
• Completes required training and maintains records per state licensing.
• Organizes engaging activities and daily schedules meeting developmental goals.
• Communicates progress to parents with formal conferences twice yearly.

Skills

Child development

Caring for children

Patience & empathy

Conflict resolution

Organization

Customer service

Communication

Emergency response

Education

Associate degree in ECD/Education

CDA – Child Development Associate

Tools

Outlook

Microsoft Word

Internet navigation

Documentation upload

Job description

Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital

Full time

R183015

Job Description

The Child Development Teacher promotes an environment of care for children that is safe and nurturing. The Child Development teacher interacts with children using developmentally appropriate practice to support their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development.

Posting Specifics

• Pay Rate: Based on Experience.
• Shift Details: Full-time (36 hrs/wk) Monday - Friday (no weekends) This position follows a rotating schedule, with shifts running from 6:00 am to 6:30 pm.
• Located at the McKay-Dee Hospital Child Development Center
• Additional Details :This role involves providing continuous hands‑on care for young children, including frequent floor‑level interaction , diaper changing , and supporting their daily needs throughout the day.The caregiver will provide support in classrooms serving infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children.

Minimum Qualifications

• Six months experience working in an early childhood program
• Pediatric CPR, First Aid Certification within 60 days of hire
• Food Handlers Permit within 60 days of hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree in Early Childhood Development/Education or a closely related field (Elementary Education, Family-Life Studies, Child Psychology). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• Certificate in Early Childhood Development (CDA – Child Development Associate)

Essential Functions

This position works under broad guidelines dependent on the age, development, and classroom regulations for each group of children. Teachers must have great flexibility in providing care and activities for children.

• Establishes a developmentally appropriate room environment that is safe, welcoming, clean, nurturing, and that stimulates learning and discovery.
• Provides direct supervision of children at all times.
• Warmly interacts with children using approved early childhood education standards and immediately attends to their physical and emotional needs.
• Follows all regulatory standards and best practices as outlined by Utah Department of Health, Child Care Licensing. Completes 20 hours of training to review these required standards annually.
• Accurately and professionally maintain daily records as required by State Licensing including incident reports, attendance sheets, and daily record sheets.
• Organizes engaging and educational activities, materials, and daily schedules that meet the developmental goals for each child in care.
• Maintain observation notes, conduct formal assessments, and provide other portfolio documentation to assess children’s progress in achieving developmental milestones and behaviors. Information on each child’s development will be shared with parents regularly, with two formal parent conferences annually.
• Observes and recognizes obvious difficulties individual children are having mastering developmentally appropriate milestones or behavior and discusses follow-up actions with leader and parents if needed.
• Is a team player and a continuous learner

Skills

• Knowledge of child development and experience caring for children
• Love children. Flexibility to follow children’s interests/needs, have patience and be kind.
• Ability to proactively resolve conflict and keep calm under stress
• Good organizational skills and time management
• Excellent customer service
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to react quickly in emergencies to keep children safe
• Basic computer knowledge (Outlook Email, Microsoft Word, Internet navigation, uploading documentation) to maintain records, complete required training, communicate with parents/staff, plan curriculum

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employees to see and read information, documentation, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and to be able to assess children’s needs.
• Frequent interactions with children, colleagues, clients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes manual writing, frequent use of computer/tablet (typing, documenting), performing routine care duties (changing diapers, sanitizing/cleaning, preparing/serving food, medication/bottle preparation), and engaging with children in fine-motor play. Dexterity and strength of hands and arms is needed to frequently lift and carry children up to 35 pounds.
• Expected to utilize full range of movement to safely care for children. Full range of movement includes the ability to walk, bend to retrieve, push, pull, and lift/carry children and equipment weighing up to 35 pounds. Employees must interact with children at the child’s level, which requires the ability to frequently lean over, bend, squat/crouch, kneel, work on hands and knees, get down and back up from floor level, and sit on the floor or at a low level.
• Expected to be able to quickly respond to an emergency by running after a child in danger and perform all CPR/First Aid actions.

Location

Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital

Work City

Ogden

Work State

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$18.76 - $24.38

We care about your well‑being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Intermountain Health’s PEAK program supports caregivers in the pursuit of their education goals and career aspirations by providing up‑front tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution. The program offers 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates. Caregivers are eligible to participate in PEAK on day 1 of employment. Learn more. (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/working-for-intermountain/employee-benefits/peak-program/)

The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and equitable rate of pay for this classification. Only those key duties necessary for proper job evaluation and/or labor market analysis have been included. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.

All positions subject to close without notice.

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