Infant Teacher

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE); Cary, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition discounts for your children

Professional development opportunities

Education reimbursement and partners

Job summary

Chesterbrook Academy seeks an Infant Teacher to provide safe, nurturing care for infants and to support developmental growth through responsive routines and engaging activities.

You will collaborate with families and school leaders, plan sensory and language experiences, maintain a clean classroom, and follow licensing requirements while building trusted relationships with families and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or related field is preferred.
• Completed Child Development Associate credential in Infant/Toddler care or equivalent.
• At least 30 college credits with six credits in ECE/Child Development and one year licensed child care experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan and provide developmentally appropriate experiences for infants.
• Support infants' physical, cognitive, language and social-emotional growth.
• Document daily care and developmental milestones for families.

Skills

Patience

Strong communication

Relationship building

Reliability & collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education

Child Development Associate (CDA) Infant/Toddler

30 college credits with 6+ in ECE/Child Development

Job description

Chesterbrook Academy is a multi-location school group with campuses in Florida, Illinois, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia offering outstanding private education to preschool and elementary students. Our preschools offer the perfect balance of learning and play, while our elementary program provides a challenging and robust curriculum, innovative instruction, and a vibrant school community. A career with Chesterbrook offers opportunities in education, summer camps, before and after school programs, and regional management with the support of our parent company, Spring Education Group.

Infant Teacher – Chesterbrook Academy

Teaching preschool at Chesterbrook Academy offers you the opportunity to create a purposeful and nurturing experience for our youngest students. Our teachers are encouraged to be creative and intentional when planning developmentally appropriate activities and responding to each infant’s individual interests, routines, and needs. You will collaborate and build meaningful relationships with fellow teachers, school leaders, families, and the broader school community.

What We Offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to our full-time employees, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid holidays and sick days
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Tuition discounts for your children
• Professional development opportunities
• Education reimbursement and partnerships

About the Role

As an Infant Teacher at Chesterbrook Academy, you will create a safe, nurturing, and responsive classroom where infants receive individualized care and meaningful opportunities to explore and develop. You will support each child’s physical, cognitive, language, sensory, and social-emotional growth through attentive caregiving, consistent routines, and developmentally appropriate interactions. You will also build trusted partnerships with families by communicating regularly about each infant’s care, routines, experiences, and developmental milestones.

You Will Also

• Plan and facilitate developmentally appropriate sensory, language, music, movement, and early-learning experiences
• Provide attentive and responsive supervision throughout classroom activities, floor play, feedings, diapering, rest periods, and transitions
• Follow each infant’s individualized feeding, diapering, and sleep schedule
• Prepare and provide bottles, food, and snacks in accordance with family instructions, school policies, and licensing requirements
• Follow all applicable safe-sleep practices and maintain an environment that supports infant health and safety
• Support the development of secure attachments through warm, responsive, and consistent interactions
• Encourage emerging communication, motor development, sensory exploration, and social-emotional growth
• Observe and document daily care activities and developmental progress
• Create classroom resources and maintain a physical environment that supports safe exploration and learning
• Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary classroom, including the regular sanitization of toys, equipment, and learning materials
• Collaborate with fellow teachers and school leaders to provide consistent, high-quality care
• Communicate professionally with families regarding feedings, diapering, sleep, classroom experiences, and developmental milestones
• Follow all school policies and applicable licensing requirements related to health, safety, sanitation, and student supervision

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field; a completed Child Development Associate credential in Infant/Toddler care; or at least 30 hours of college credit, including a minimum of six hours in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or a related field, and one year of previous experience working in a licensed child care facility
• Previous experience caring for infants in a licensed child care setting preferred
• Knowledge of infant development, individualized care routines, and safe-sleep practices
• A patient, nurturing, attentive, and highly responsive approach to infant care
• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with families
• Reliability, collaboration, and a commitment to providing high-quality care and education
• Ability to successfully pass state and federal background checks
• Compliance with all applicable state education and licensing standards

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In general, this position requires an individual to frequently walk, stand, sit, squat, stoop, reach, kneel, rise from the floor, twist, listen, read, write, and speak the English language. In addition, this position often requires an individual to carry, lift, use repetitive or fine hand movements, and occasionally push, pull, or bend. This position is regularly required to hear and use clear vision with or without correction. Spring Education Group, including, but not limited to SEG Inc., and their affiliates (collectively “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment and employees are provided equal employment opportunities, including in recruitment, hiring, and assignment, without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion and religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. The Company expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee or student harassment or discrimination.