Toddler Guide Raleigh, NC

Bandwidth Recruitment; Raleigh, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

PTO

Mahalo moments program

Job summary

Ohana Child Development Center, located at Bandwidth's Raleigh NC headquarters, seeks a Toddler Guide to deliver Montessori/RIE‑based care for children 4 months to 5 years. You’ll collaborate with Bandwidth families, partner teachers, and Ohana staff to create a respectful, cognitively stimulating environment.

You will observe each child, document progress, and communicate developmental feedback to families.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3 years working in an early childhood setting.
• Knowledge of Child development and Montessori/RIE caregiving techniques.
• Skilled in observation techniques and documentation.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written).

Responsibilities

• Plan and prepare environment using Montessori/RIE principles.
• Care for children including diapering and toileting using Montessori/RIE techniques.
• Follow licensing guidelines and classroom procedures for daily care.
• Maintain visual supervision and child safety at all times.
• Observe and document observations regularly for each child.
• Prepare and maintain environment based on observed needs.
• Communicate with parents regularly with developmental notes and conferences.
• Build relationships with families, children, and co-teachers respecting diversity.
• Provide developmental reports and conduct parent conferences three times per year.
• Attend faculty meetings and participate in training as directed.

Skills

Observation techniques

Documentation

Oral and written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or child development

MACTE accredited Montessori certification

Job description

At Bandwidth, we shape how the world connects. We're the global communications software company and Tier 1 network operator with global reach. The voice, messaging, and emergency services infrastructure behind the brands and apps you use every day.

Because we own the network we build on, the problems you'll solve here are bigger, more complex, and more impactful. And as communications shifts to AI, we're the infrastructure layer making it possible.

We call ourselves BANDmates because building something this big takes collaboration, different perspectives, and the freedom to bring your authentic self to the table.

We're experts who speak like humans. Ready to build what's next? #JoinTheBand

What We Are Looking For:

Ohana Child Development Center provides the highest quality Montessori/RIE based programming for children 4 months to 5 years of age. Ohana Child Development Center serves the families of Bandwidth employees, and is located in the Bandwidth Raleigh NC Headquarters. Ohana is looking for qualified, passionate guides and caregivers who are dedicated to providing respectful, encouraging and cognitively stimulating programming for the children in their care. We are recruiting teachers who are open to learning and continuing education, and who want to work in a collaborative environment (sharing their knowledge and learning from others). Ohana guides will partner with Bandwidth families to provide encouragement and support that best serves the children, and give continuous feedback to families regarding their children’s development and individual needs.

The Ohana Toddler Guide will foster a supportive and collaborative educational atmosphere where Montessori and RIE support an environment where the children are the curriculum.

• Coordinates with a lead guide to plan and prepare the environment using Montessori/RIE principles.
• Managing physical care of children (including diapering and toileting) using Montessori and RIE techniques.
• Ensure the daily care of every child by following all school/ classroom procedures and standards as well as all licensing guidelines.
• Ensure visual supervision and child safety at all times.
• Observing and documenting observations regularly for each child.
• Preparing and maintaining the environment based on observations of the needs of the children.
• Maintaining a safe, clean and organized classroom environment
• Providing appropriate communication and feedback to parents.
• Models appropriate pro social behavior and redirects children when appropriate using positive discipline strategies.
• Form relationships with families, children, and co-teachers that are respectful of individual differences and culture, family styles and cultural/socioeconomic diversity.
• Meets regularly with co teachers to discuss observations, environmental design, curriculum planning, and challenges to ensure all guides are coordinating and collaborating.
• Provides developmental reports to parents and conducts parent conferences three times per year
• Communicates important information to co teachers regarding aspects of the children and classroom.
• Maintain a professional self-image and project the values of Ohana and Bandwidth at all times.
• Keep up with required training hours & certifications according to licensing
• Be open to applying new teaching, learning strategies as directed by the Director and the Ohana Board
• Attend faculty meetings regularly

Working Conditions:

• Works in a normal Child Development Center environment
• Must be able to lift, move, or hold children with weight up to 60 pounds.
• Must be able to observe children from various distances.
• Must be able to lift children from various heights.
• Must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, reach with hands and arms and use hands to finger, handle or feel.

What You Need:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Experience:
  • 3 years working in an early childhood setting.
• Knowledge:
  • Child development
  • Montessori/RIE caregiving techniques
• Skills:
  • Skilled in observation techniques and documentation.
  • Communication skills (oral and written)

Bonus Points:

• Education:
  • B.A. or B.S. early childhood education or child development
  • MACTE accredited Montessori certification
• Experience:
  • 5+ years working in Montessori infant/toddler environment
• Knowledge:
  • Positive Discipline
• Skills:
  • Fluency in languages other than english.

The Whole Person Promise:

At Bandwidth, we’re pretty proud of our corporate culture, which is rooted in our “Whole Person Promise.” We promise all employees that they can have meaningful work AND a full life, and we provide a work environment geared toward enriching your body, mind, and spirit. How do we do that? Well…

• 100% company-paid Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage for you and your family with low deductibles and low out-of-pocket expenses.
• All new hires receive four weeks of PTO.
• PTO Embargo. When you take time off (of any kind!) you’re embargoed from working. Bandmates and managers are not allowed to interrupt your PTO – not even with email.
• Additional PTO can be earned throughout the year through volunteer hours and Bandwidth challenges.
• “Mahalo moments” program grants additional time off for life’s most important moments like graduations, buying a first home, getting married, wedding anniversaries (every five years), and the birth of a grandchild.
• 90-Minute Workout Lunches and unlimited meetings with our very own nutritionist.

Are you excited about the position and its responsibilities, but not sure if you’re 100% qualified? Do you feel you can work to help us crush the mission? If you answered ‘yes’ to both of these questions, we encourage you to apply! You won’t want to miss the opportunity to be a part of the BAND.