Infant Lead Teacher - Madison

EmBe; Madison (SD); On-site; USD 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

401k Match

Supplemental Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Parental Leave

Childcare and School Age Care Discount

Tuition Reimbursement

Free Meals

Wellness Membership Reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Job summary

EmBe is seeking a Lead Teacher for the Infant Classroom to guide daily operations, support infant development, and maintain individualized care with a focus on safety and warmth. You will collaborate closely with families and mentor classroom staff to ensure high-quality caregiving.

Ideal candidates have childcare experience with infants and prefer CDA or higher education in early childhood education. This role emphasizes professionalism, compassion, and strong communication in a nurturing

Qualifications

• Experience caring for infants or young children.
• Strong understanding of child development and safety.
• Excellent communication with families and team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily classroom operations and ensure safe, nurturing infant care.
• Support infant growth and development through age-appropriate activities.
• Maintain individualized care routines and documentation for each child.
• Partner with families to share progress and concerns.
• Mentor and supervise classroom staff to uphold quality caregiving.

Skills

Infant care

Child development

Parent communication

Education

CDA

Associates in ECE

Bachelor's in Education

Job description

EmBe’s mission is to uplift the potential in children, women, and families through opportunities that empower all. Our values are curiosity, authenticity, leadership, and connection. At EmBe we compensate for education and experience and encourage professional growth.Who You Are:You play a vital role in providing a safe, nurturing, and developmentally appropriate environment for our youngest learners. As the Lead Teacher in the Infant Classroom, you are responsible for leading daily classroom operations, supporting infant growth and development, maintaining individualized care routines, partnering with families, and mentoring classroom staff. You create meaningful experiences that foster learning, exploration, security, and connection during a child's earliest stages of development. As a leader within the center, you model professionalism, positive relationships, and high-quality caregiving practices while ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of every child in your care.What We’ll Love About You:A Ensure EmBe brand, mission, vision, and values are reflected in all interactions.Demonstrate and reinforce professionalism, appropriate language, take responsibility for actions, and mentor positive behavior to all throughout the center.Implement the curriculum/lesson plans developed by the curriculum team.Support the children to develop self-regulation, emotional, and support skills.Create a stimulating learning environment.Asses a child’s development with age-appropriate milestones.Ensure the safety and well-being of each child along with treating all with dignity and respect.Participate in all aspects of the classroom such as:Oversee and interact with children’s play.Crafts, singing songs, reading books and diapering.Maintain a safe, healthy, and clean learning environment inside and outside the classroom.Maintain appropriate staff to child ratio, consult with the site manager when substitutes are needed, or children should be moved to other classrooms.Accurately provide documentation, such as meal sheets, daily sheets, accident reports, medication sheets, as well as communicate parent information daily via technology and in personEngage in parent communication such as:Warmly greet each parent and child upon arrival and departure to each classroom.Engage in child’s well-being and daily activities.Remain up to date on mandatory training hours.All other duties as assigned.Benefits/Perks:Health, Dental, and Vision.Company paid Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability.401k Match.Supplemental Insurance.Employee Assistance Program.Parental Leave.Childcare and School Age Care Discount.Tuition Reimbursement.Free Meals.Access to the pool and hot tub at no cost.Wellness Membership Reimbursement.Paid Holidays.Paid Time Off.Compensation based on Education and Experience.What It Takes:Previous childcare experience working with infants preferred.CDA, Associates in ECE, or Bachelor's in Education preferred.General knowledge of child growth and development.Occasional lifting of 20 to 40 lbs.No substantiated history of child abuse and neglect.No staff member will have a felony conviction record on file within the last 5 years.No staff member’s name will appear on the sex offender’s registry.