Toddler Teacher

Huffman Family Brands; Carney (MD); On-site; USD 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free CEUs

Tiers Program

Career Development

Short Term Disability

401K Plan

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

Employer Assistance Program

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Child Care Discounts

Orientation Program

Employee Referral Bonuses

Team Building Initiatives

Onboarding Cost Reimbursement

Free Uniform Items

Job summary

Celebree School is seeking a dedicated early childhood educator to manage classrooms, ensuring compliance with MSDE-OCC regulations while providing a welcoming, educational environment for children and families.

The role emphasizes creating engaging lesson plans, positive discipline, thorough documentation, and collaboration with staff and parents, with opportunities to grow within the Celebree Organization.

Qualifications

• AA degree in Early Childhood Education or higher preferred.
• MD state credential Level 5 required/preferred.
• 90 clock hrs in Child Development and Curriculum Planning.
• 45 clock hrs Infant/Toddler Training or 90 clock hrs Infant/Toddler Development.

Responsibilities

• Manages classroom ensuring compliance with MSDE-OCC regulations and company standards.
• Provides a welcoming environment for children, parents and visitors.
• Maintains classroom displays and a Parent Board with regular updates.
• Creates and implements age-appropriate lesson plans aligned with Celebree curriculum.
• Assists and supervises children, using positive discipline techniques.
• Ensures cleanliness and safety of the classroom and maintains paperwork.

Skills

Classroom management

Communication skills

Education

AA degree in Early Childhood Education

MD state credential Level 5

90 clock hrs in Child Development

45 clock hrs Infant/Toddler Training

Tools

MSDE-OCC regulations

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.

Full Time (30+ hour per week) Benefits Offered:

• Free Continuing Education Units
• Tiers Program
• Career Development
• Short Term Disability
• 401K Plan
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Employer Assistance Program
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Child Care Discounts
• Orientation Program
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Monthly Team Building Initiatives
• Onboarding Cost Reimbursement
• Free Uniform Items
• not an all inclusive list

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 weekly themes 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., daily reports, accident reports, attendance records.
• Communicates effectively with parents, e.g., greeting by name, addressing concerns in a timely manner, giving positive feedback, 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