Infant/Toddler Teacher

Celebree; Ellicott City (MD); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Celebree is hiring for a childcare educator to manage classrooms in Maryland. You will develop engaging lesson plans, maintain documentation, and ensure a welcoming environment for children, parents, and staff. Strong communication with families and compliance with state regulations are essential for success.

The role emphasizes teamwork with assistants and school directors to address opportunities for improvement and ensure smooth daily operations.

Qualifications

• Education credentials or equivalent experience required for child care education roles.
• Demonstrated ability to develop age-appropriate lesson plans and activities.
• Must maintain classroom records and communicate with families effectively.

Responsibilities

• Maintain compliant, engaging classroom aligned with MSDE-OCC regulations and company standards.
• Create welcoming, safe environment for children, families and visitors.
• Maintain current, attractive classroom displays and Parent Board updates.

Skills

Classroom management

Lesson planning

Positive discipline

Parent communication

Team collaboration

Education

AA degree in Early Childhood Education

90 clock hrs in Child Development & Curriculum Planning

45 clock hrs Infant/Toddler Training

MD state credential Level 5

Tools

Sunshine Reports

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.

Click Here to Watch a video from our Celebree Team: https://vimeo.com/486517180

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 weeklythemes 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., Sunshine Reports, accident reports, attendance records.
• Communicates effectively with parents, e.g., greeting by name, addressing concerns in a timely manner, giving positivefeedback, 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

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