Early Childhood Education Assistant Teacher

Clubhouse For Kids; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid sick leave

Excellent retirement plan

Job summary

Eagle’s Wing Child Care and Education Programs on the UW-Madison campus invites an Assistant Teacher to join the infant and toddler teaching team. The role emphasizes a multicultural, inclusive, and anti-bias approach within a play-based learning environment, supporting children from 6 weeks to 8 years old.

Eligible candidates have at least one year of ECE experience or an Associate’s Degree in ECE, and will work a 40-hour week with a benefits-rich package including vacation, holidays, and

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year working in full day play-based Early Childhood Education environments.
• Completion of Early Childhood Courses “Introduction to the Child Care Profession” and “Fundamentals of Infant and Toddler Care.”
• Successful completion of an Associate’s Degree or higher in Early Childhood Education.

Responsibilities

• Assist lead teachers in infant and toddler classrooms.
• Support developmentally appropriate learning through play-based activities.
• Contribute to a diverse, inclusive, and anti-bias learning environment.

Skills

Play-based learning

Team collaboration

Cultural responsiveness

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education

Job description

Early Childhood Education Assistant Teacher

Eagle’s Wing Child Care and Education Programs

University of Wisconsin – Madison, Division of University Housing
https://www.housing.wisc.edu/

Eagle’s Wing Child Care and Education Programs is looking for a passionate assistant teacher to join our infant and toddler teaching team!

Eagle’s Wing is a highly diverse childcare center on the UW-Madison campus that provides early-childhood, 4K, and school-age programs for children from 6 weeks to 8 years old. We offer a high quality, child-initiated and play-based learning environment, and are known for our multicultural, international community. Our dedicated educators work in a supportive work environment, teaming with other teachers and UW student staff to role-model a multicultural, inclusive, and anti-bias approach to learning and educational environments.

As part of UW-Madison, we provide excellent benefits including generous paid vacation and personal holiday time, additional paid sick leave, nine (9) paid legal holidays, and excellent retirement and benefits plans.

Work Schedule:

• Primary schedule for this position is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, during the center’s hours of operation.
• Work schedule will be set with selected finalist(s) at time of offer.

Compensation:

• The starting hourly wage is $19.00 or higher based on qualifications, with a competitive retirement and benefits package, including vacation, holidays, and paid time off.
• Benefits information can be found at https://hr.wisc.edu/benefits/

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of one (1) year working in full day play-based Early Childhood Education environments and completion of the Early Childhood Courses “Introduction to the Child Care Profession” and “Fundamentals of Infant and Toddler Care”

OR

• Successful completion of Associate’s Degree or higher, in Early Childhood Education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Training in High Scope, Pyramid Model, and/or Conscious Discipline
  Bilingual (English/Spanish)