Infant/Toddler Teacher

Huffman Family Brands; Bowie (MD); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Continuing Education Units

Career Development

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

401K Plan

Onboarding Cost Reimbursement

Employee Referral Bonuses

Monthly Team Building Initiatives

Free Uniform Items

Job summary

Celebree Schools in Bowie, MD is seeking a dedicated early childhood educator to manage classrooms and ensure compliance with state and internal standards. You’ll create engaging lesson plans, maintain orderly, inviting spaces, and regularly update parents on progress and events.

The role emphasizes teamwork, positive guidance, and strong communication with families. A rigorous credential path is outlined, with educational requirements and state credentials emphasized.

Qualifications

• AA degree (or college credit equivalent) in Early Childhood Education or higher preferred.
• 90 clock hrs in Child Development and Curriculum Planning plus 45 clock hrs Infant/Toddler Training OR 90 clock hrs Infant/Toddler Development and Curriculum.
• MD state credential Level 5 and ability to meet regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manages classroom ensuring compliance with MSDE-OCC regulations, company standards, policies and procedures.
• Provides a welcoming and friendly classroom environment for all children, parents and visitors.
• Maintains attractive displays and a Parent Board updated regularly.
• Creates and implements lesson plans aligned with weekly themes and Celebree’s curriculum; manages transitions.
• Assists and supervises children; counsels with positive discipline techniques.
• Ensures appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom.
• Completes daily reports, accident reports, attendance records.
• Communicates with parents with greetings, updates on development and classroom happenings.
• Identifies opportunities or problems and works with staff to resolve.

Skills

Classroom management

Parental communication

Team collaboration

Positive discipline

Education

AA in Early Childhood Education

90 clock hrs in Child Development and Curriculum Planning

45 clock hrs Infant/Toddler Training

9 clock hrs staff/parent communication training

Job description

Description

At every Celebree School™, our mission is to protect, educate, and nurture the children in our care. Child

care jobs with our School family are life-changing ones. We say Celebree Schools are a place where we

grow people big and small because we all learn from each other, every day. At Celebree Schools, we

are committed to offering qualified educators rewarding child care jobs. We encourage staff members

opportunities to become increasingly proficient in their position with the chance to grow within the

Celebree Organization. To those ends, we have developed and implemented our Employee Investment

Cycle.

Full Time (30+ hour per week) Benefits Offered:

• - Free Continuing Education Units
• - Tiers Program
• - Career Development
• - Short Term Disability
• - 401K Plan
• - Health Insurance
• - Dental Insurance
• - Life Insurance
• - Employer Assistance Program
• - Paid Holidays
• - Paid Time Off
• - Child Care Discounts
• - Orientation Program
• - Employee Referral Bonuses
• - Monthly Team Building Initiatives
• - Onboarding Cost Reimbursement
• - Free Uniform Items

**not an all inclusive list**

Job Duties:

• Manages classroom ensuring compliance with all MSDE-OCC regulations, company standards, policies and procedures.
• Provides a welcoming and friendly classroom environment for all children, parents and visitors.
• Maintains attractive and current classroom/hallway displays and an educational and informative Parent Board that is updated regularly.
• Creates and implements thorough, timely lesson plans that are age appropriate and stimulating in accordance with weekly themes and Celebree’s curriculum; manages effective classroom transitions.
• Assists and supervises children during all activities; counsels children as needed using positive and appropriate discipline techniques.
• Ensures that appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom are appropriately maintained.
• Accurately completes all classroom paperwork, e.g., daily reports, accident reports, attendance records.
• Communicates effectively with parents, e.g., greeting by name, addressing concerns in a timely manner, giving positive feedback, and providing regular updates on their child’s development and classroom happenings.
• Identifies opportunities and/or problems in the classroom and school and works with the assistant teacher and/or school director to resolve.

Requirements

Physical Demands:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to

successfully perform the essential

functions of the job. The job requires frequent bending, stooping, squatting, reaching, lifting

and carrying; ability to lift 50

pounds.

Education/Experience:

90 clock hrs in Child Development and Curriculum Planning plus 45 clock hrs of

Infant/Toddler Training OR 90 clock hrs Infant/

Toddler Child Development and Curriculum. AA degree (or college credit equivalent) in

Early Childhood Education or

higher is preferred. Additionally, 9 clock hrs of training in communicating with staff, parents,

and the public is also required if

candidate has had no college coursework at all.

MD state credential Level 5