Lead Infant Teacher - Closing or Opening Shift!

Hire Up Recruiting; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 44,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Health Insurance

Child-Enrollment Discount

Professional Development Opportunities

Job summary

Hire Up Recruiting is assisting a premier preschool in St. Louis Park, MN to hire a Lead Infant Teacher.

The role involves caring for 6 weeks to 1-year-old infants, with shifts from 7:30am to 4:30pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm, Monday through Friday. Responsibilities include providing a nurturing environment, forming strong relationships with infants, supporting daily routines, and communicating with parents about development and milestones.

Qualifications

• 16 semester or 24 quarter credits in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or a related field.
• CDA Certification or completed degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or a related field.
• 1 year of experience in a licensed Early Childhood Education facility.
• Must be at least 18 years old and able to pass background check.

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, warm, and nurturing environment that supports infants’ emotional and developmental needs.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with infants through responsive, attentive, and individualized care.
• Supervise and engage infants in age-appropriate sensory, developmental, and play-based activities.
• Support infants’ daily routines, including feeding, diapering, napping, and maintaining consistent schedules.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and developmentally appropriate classroom.
• Closely monitor each infant’s health, safety, comfort, and well-being.
• Collaborate with fellow teachers and staff to create a consistent, caring, and enriching classroom environment.
• Communicate openly and professionally with parents about their child’s daily experiences, development, milestones, and needs.
• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities that encourage infants’ cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development.
• Maintain accurate developmental observations and portfolios for each child.

Skills

Patience

Infant care

Communication with parents

Safety & lifting 50 lbs

Education

ECE credits (16 sem / 24 qtr)

CDA Certification

Degree in ECE/Child Development

Job description

Your interest in this position and application is very important to us.

We will respond to your application within one business day.

Our client is looking for anurturing, patient, and compassionateLead Infant Teacher to join their premier preschool in St. Louis Park, MN.This is a wonderful opportunity for educators who love working with children and want to be part of a supportive school community that values early childhood education.

• This is a Direct Hire position with the school
• Full-Time; Monday - Friday; year-round employment

Open Positions

• Lead Infant Teacher:working with children 6 weeks to 1 years old and the shift can be 7:30am to 4:30pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm, Monday through Friday

Salary

• $21.00 - $23.00/hourpending education, credentials, and professional Early Childhood Education experience

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Health Insurance
• Child-Enrollment Discount
• Professional Development Opportunities

Job Responsibilities

• Provide asafe, warm, and nurturing environmentthat supports infants’ emotional and developmental needs
• Build strong, trusting relationships with infants throughresponsive, attentive, and individualized care
• Supervise and engage infants inage-appropriate sensory, developmental, and play-based activities
• Support infants’ daily routines, includingfeeding, diapering, napping, and maintaining consistent schedules
• Maintain aclean, organized, and developmentally appropriate classroom
• Closely monitor each infant’shealth, safety, comfort, and overall well-being
• Collaborate with fellow teachers and staff to create aconsistent, caring, and enriching classroom environment
• Communicate openly and professionally with parents about their child’sdaily experiences, development, milestones, and needs
• Plan and implementdevelopmentally appropriate activitiesthat encourage infants’ cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development
• Maintainaccurate developmental observations and educational portfoliosfor each child

Qualifications

• REQUIRED Education:16 semester or 24 quarter credits in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or a related field, a completed Child Development Associate (CDA) Certification, or a completed degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, or a related field
• REQUIRED Experience:1 year of experience in a licensed Early Childhood Education facility
• Mustbe at least 18years old
• Mustmeet background check eligibility
• Mustbe able to lift up to 50 lbs. in connection with the handling of children for the facilitation of programs, child safety, and potential emergency situations - for Infant Teachers, must be able to properly lift infants into and out of a crib

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

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