Early Learning Associate Teacher

Vanderbilt Health; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking passionate Early Learning Associate Teachers to join their dedicated team in Nashville. This role involves supporting the growth and development of children in a nurturing environment while fostering partnerships with parents. You will play a vital role in creating engaging, age-appropriate activities and ensuring a safe, stimulating classroom setting. With a commitment to excellence, this organization offers a collaborative atmosphere where your contributions make a real difference in the lives of children and families. If you are enthusiastic about early childhood education and looking to thrive in a supportive community, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

403b with company match

Paid Time Off (PTO) starting at 25 days per year

Tuition Assistance

Qualifications

• Experience working with children ages 6 weeks - 5 years in a professional setting.
• Ability to assist in curriculum planning and maintain communication with parents.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning and implementing age-appropriate curriculum and activities.
• Provide attentive supervision and maintain ongoing communication with parents.

Skills

Curriculum Planning

Training & Development

Customer Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization: VUMC Child Care - Patterson

Job Summary: The Early Learning Associate Teacher assists in the classroom by promoting academic, social-emotional growth and development of children. In addition, they assist with developing partnerships with parents/caregivers and engage and encourage parent participation in the programs with regular guidance.

We are currently seeking experienced early childhood associate teachers for all four of our childcare center locations.

Department Summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center Child and Family Centers offer early childhood care and education for the children of VUMC employees. The childcare program serves children, from six weeks old to age 5. The centers are licensed by the Tennessee Department of Human Services. The Child and Family Centers provide quality care and education in a safe, nurturing and engaging environment. We have four locations that provide services to Vanderbilt Medical Center's employees:

• Belcourt Child and Family Center 2140 Belcourt Avenue
• Patterson Child and Family Center 1817 Patterson Street
• Knob Child and Family Center 5701 Knob Road
• Dakota Child and Family Center 4108 Dakota Avenue

The Associate Early Learning Teacher supports all classrooms in promoting academic, social-emotional growth and development of children and of partnerships with parents/child's caregivers to engage and encourage parent participation in program with minimal guidance. The Associate Early Learning Teacher assists in age-appropriate curriculum and activities to nurture and stimulate all domains of children's development in their care and provides a developmentally appropriate classroom environment that reflects the children's learning and growth. They also maintain ongoing, open communication with parents/caregivers and plan and implement support for nutrition routines. The Associate Early Learning Teacher will provide attentive supervision of children.

Minimum Requirements*

• Experience working with children ages 6 weeks - 5 Years Old in a professional early childhood setting.

Benefits:

• Competitive Pay based on experience*
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 403b with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) starting at 25 days per year
• Tuition Assistance

* It's important that all candidates, internal or external, please upload an updated resume that includes the start and end dates (month & year) of any relevant positions you have held. Your resume should be in a Word or PDF format.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists in the planning and implementation of age-appropriate curriculum and activities to nurture and stimulate all domains of the children's development in their care.
• Provides a developmentally appropriate classroom environment that reflects the children's learning and growth.
• Performs on-going developmental evaluations of children as required by DHS and develops lesson plans and follows curriculum implementation that addresses the individual needs of each child.
• Maintains ongoing, open communication with parents/caregivers.
• Implements and supports nutrition routines.
• Provides attentive supervision of children: knows classroom enrollment, constantly scans classroom/playground to ensure safety, and closely monitors children by constantly taking attendance.

Technical Capabilities

• Curriculum Planning & Design (Fundamental Awareness): Curriculum Planning & Design refers to the courses of study offered by an organization, as well as a group of related courses, often in a special field of study.
• Training & Development (Fundamental Awareness): Has demonstrated an understanding of the basic characteristics and needs of effective delivery: use of visual aids, demeanor, oral skills and program support requirements. Has had training in course delivery. Observed instructors in course preparation and delivery.
• Planning (Fundamental Awareness): Establishes realistic personal work goals and objectives. Demonstrates ability to anticipate basic resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work for own assignments.
• Customer Communication (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency in demonstrating customer service communication skills such as smiling, greeting, tone of voice, eye contact and body language. Practices excellent communication skills with patients/guests such as listening acknowledgement, empathy and solution-based thinking.

Core Accountabilities:

• Organizational Impact: Performs clearly defined tasks and methods described in detail to achieve standardized solutions that impact own performance with regular guidance.
• Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Follows a well-established process to solve routine problems where solutions are clearly prescribed.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Has basic job knowledge of systems and procedures that are common to own job.
• Team Interaction: Individually contributes to the team.

Core Capabilities:

• Delivering Excellent Services: Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
• Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
• Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality: Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
• Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond.
• Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively: Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
• Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
• Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation: Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
• Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
• Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:

Less than 1 year

Education:

High School Diploma or GED

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.