Preschool Teacher

Child Care Resources Inc; Oakdale (CT); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Child and Family Agency of Southeastern CT seeks a passionate Early Childhood Teacher for its New London center. This role focuses on the care and education of preschool-aged children, including planning and implementing age-appropriate curricula, maintaining a safe classroom environment, and engaging families. Benefits include paid vacation, sick days, and health insurance.

Benefits

3 weeks paid vacation time

12 sick days

12 paid holidays

5 personal days

Medical & Dental Insurance

Agency Paid Life Insurance

403(b) and 403(b) matching

Winter limited operations holiday shutdown period

Qualifications

• Qualified candidates must have a CDA or degree in Early Childhood Education.
• 12 credits in Early Childhood Education required.
• Bi-lingual Spanish/English preferred.

Responsibilities

• Care and education of all center children.
• Plan and create a compliant classroom environment.
• Maintain required classroom paperwork.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

CDA or an Associates or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, Human Development

Job description

Summary

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Child and Family Agency of Southeastern CT (CFA) was founded in 1972 to support and nurture our community’s most vulnerable population. We are dedicated to providing compassionate care to our service area.

CFA is looking for a passionateEarly Childhood Teacherto join our dynamic team of educators at our Early Childhood Development Center in New London providing care for our smallPreschool program. This position is Monday-Friday, no weekends!Employees are also offered a10% discounton childcare if their child is enrolled at one of our centers! This is a great opportunity to work with a highly skilled teaching team and support the development of young minds of preschoolers (up to age 5).

If you have the experience that we are looking for and this job resonates with you, we look forward to receiving your resume!

For more information about Child and Family Agency, visit our website at: www.childandfamilyagency.org.

AA/EOE

Duties

This position requires strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities, attention to detail and

excellent communication skills.

This employee must:

• Understand and adhere to the Agency's Mission Statement and Values.
• Be responsible for the care and education of all center children.
• Build respectful and positive relationships with children and families while maintaining ongoing written and verbal
• communications.
• Plan and create a classroom environment that reflects the developmental needs of the children served.
• Maintain a neat and orderly classroom, outdoor and center environment that assures compliance with industry
• health, safety and emergency procedures.
• Ensure program compliance with all State OEC Licensing Regulations, NAEYC standards, and funding
• requirements.
• Plan and implements a curriculum that reflects the individual and/or group developmental needs using the
• Connecticut Early Learning Development Standards (CTELDS), Connecticut's Documentation and Observation for
• Teaching System (CTDOTS), and the 211 Parent Sparkler Mobile App for developmental assessment.
• Participate in required weekly classroom planning sessions and monthly staff meetings.
• Maintain all required classroom paperwork including accident/incident reports, daily attendance, sign in/outs, daily
• food stats, monthly newsletters, Classroom DOJO posts, parent conferences, LEP's (lesson plans) and other
• paperwork as required.
• Participate in self and program evaluation processes.
• Work collaboratively with co-workers to build a strong classroom teaching team.
• Support and direct assistant teaching staff in all classroom responsibilities.
• Participate in center and community events.
• Participate in and document annual OEC licensing required professional development in the Center PD Book (20
• hours per full-time employment; pro-rated for part-time employees).
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Due to our funding, this position requires qualified candidates to have a CDA with a concentration in Preschool or an Associates or Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education , Human Development or related fieldwith a minimum of 12 Early Childhood Education credits.

Benefits

Benefits Include:

3 weeks paid vacation time

12 sick days

12 paid holidays

5 personal days

Winter limited operations holiday shutdown period - ask us about this amazing perk around the end of December!

Medical & Dental Insurance

Agency Paid Life Insurance

403(b) and 403(b) matching

Salary range is:$17-19/hour, depending on experience and educational qualifications.Bi-lingual Spanish/English preferred with significant pay differential of an additional $2.88/hour offered for candidates who pass our bilingual exam!