Toddler Assistant Lead

Acquire4Hire; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Vision

Dental

Paid Sick Days

Paid Holidays

Paid vacation after six months

Job summary

Acquire4Hire in Tempe, Arizona is seeking energetic individuals to engage with infants and toddlers in a supportive educational environment. You will coordinate classroom activities that promote social and emotional growth while ensuring children’s safety and health.

The ideal candidate possesses strong leadership and interpersonal skills, along with CPR and First Aid certifications. Benefits include health, vision, dental, and paid leave after six months of employment.

Qualifications

• High energy and ability to work well with others.
• Strong understanding of child development.
• Infant/child CPR and First Aid certification required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and implement educational curriculum.
• Lead and support teaching team.
• Plan age-appropriate activities for children.
• Maintain communication with parents.
• Ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• Supervise assistants and volunteers.
• Maintain accurate records and files.

Skills

Strong oral and written communication skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Basic computer skills

Job description

About This Role

We are looking for fun, energetic and warm personalities to come play and interact with infants and toddlers! You will work as a team with other primary caregivers in supervision of children and help maintain a clean, safe and fun learning environment for the children in your classroom. Our center focuses on social‑emotional development of young children and fostering healthy peer to peer and child to adult relationships. A passion and desire for children's growth and development is a must!

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and implement educational curriculum by developing classroom activities based on developmentally appropriate practices and early learning standards.
• Lead by example; encourage teaching team success through modeling and coaching.
• Plan individual and group age‑appropriate activities to actively engage children and encourage social, cognitive and emotional growth.
• Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions, progress reports, and parent‑teacher conferences.
• Ensure all center policies and state regulations are met.
• Ensure a healthy classroom environment—including maintaining appropriate hygiene and cleanliness standards and safety and security of children.
• Supervise teacher assistants and classroom volunteers to ensure they are following planned activities, hygiene and safety standards.
• Maintain accurate records, forms and files.
• Maintain personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.

Requirements

• Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
• High energy and the ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment.
• A strong understanding of child development.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Infant/child CPR and First Aid certification.
• Must clear full background check and must pass health screening.
• All staff working with children must test negative for TB, provide proof of immunizations and apply for a fingerprint clearance card.
• Requirements include the ability to take frequent walks, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels; may also be required to kneel, bend, squat or crawl.
• A specific vision ability will be required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.

Nice To Haves

• A desire and commitment to grow professionally with our company!

Benefits

• Health
• Vision
• Dental
• Paid Sick Days
• Paid Holidays
• Paid vacation accrued after six months of employment.