PT & FT Fully Qualified Early Childhood / Preschool Teacher

OVERVIEW

The Little School is a nationally recognized, relationship-based, inclusive preschool program committed to providing individualized, quality education to young children. We are looking for two highly qualified teachers to join our dynamic team of educators in our four-year-old program beginning in Fall 2026.

We are hiring for two positions:

The hours for the full-time position are 9:45am-5:45pm, Monday-Friday,

The hours for the part-time position are 1:15-5:00pm, Monday-Friday.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 12 units of ECE, including core courses, degree equivalent, or teaching credential
• ECE experience in a toddler or twos classroom
• Alignment with our child-centered philosophy and core pillars
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to the cultural backgrounds of the children and families being served
• Ability to relate to children and adults in a positive, respectful manner
• Ability to lift and/or carry children
• Ability to self-reflect, learn new skills, and collaborate

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 24 units of ECE, including core courses, degree equivalent, or teaching credential
• Experience with children with identified additional support needs
• Initiative and creativity
• Strong knowledge and insight into child development
• Additional teaching experience
• Additional degrees, certificates, or credentials

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & SCREENING:

Ability to lift and/or carry up to 40lbs, sit/bend/stop, and sit/stand inside/outside for prolonged periods. Must complete 15 hours of health and safety training, have current health screening, tuberculosis tests, MMR/Tdap, primary series Covid-19 vaccination, and fingerprint clearances.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Facilitating Meaningful Relationships with Children

• Being warm and sincere in their relations with children
• Developing a relationship with each child
• Helping children feel safe and secure
• Facilitating the care of children’s basic needs
• Accepting each child as an individual
• Having a growing awareness of each child’s social, emotional, language, cognitive, creative, gross, and fine motor development, sensory profile, learning, social, thinking, and problem-solving style.
• Having individual goals for children that are implemented on a regular basis
• Maintaining written records of each child’s strengths and goals and, if appropriate, communicating them with other teachers, the Child Development Specialist, Program Director, and Executive Director.
• Balancing the needs of individual children with the overall needs of the group.
• Regularly use observation as a method of learning about children.

Developing Meaningful Relationships with Children’s Primary Caregivers

• Presenting a friendly, supportive, and approachable demeanor
• Acting professionally and ensuring confidentiality
• Giving necessary information to parents

Building Relationships with Colleagues

• Fulfilling basic job description and following through on basic responsibilities
• Ideally, taking initiative beyond basic responsibilities
• Contributing to a positive atmosphere
• Expressing and responding to problems collaboratively and appropriately
• Acting professionally
• Collaborating and reflecting with co-teachers through scheduled team meetings

Social-Emotional Development

• Creating an atmosphere that encourages socializing and allows for individual time/space
• Facilitating social interactions, using a variety of techniques
• Facilitating child-centered problem-solving, using a variety of techniques
• Setting clear, firm, supportive limits, using a variety of techniques
• Fostering children’s self-esteem using a variety of techniques, including using with children a demeanor that is overwhelmingly positive, supportive, empathetic, warm and engaging.
• Empowering children to achieve mastery
• Facilitating community building

Transitions

• Helping the children make easy transitions within each day, including to lunch and the afternoon program
• Handling children’s caretaking tasks (toileting, washing up, etc.) in a relaxed way, looking toward health and safety issues, and encouraging self-help skills
• Using techniques that make transitions smooth, understandable, and enjoyable to the children
• When possible and appropriate, moving at the children’s pace

Health and Safety:

• Planning with health issues in mind
• Responding to health-related issues on the spot
• Planning with safety issues in mind
• Regularly scan the overall group and stay aware of their vantage point

Outdoors

• Supervising sufficiently
• Providing planned or teacher-centered activities if necessary
• Choosing appropriate times to go outdoors and staying outdoors for the appropriate amounts of time
• Interacting and intervening in meaningful, educational ways

General

• Working to improve teaching skills
• Arriving on time and avoiding excessive absences
• Maintaining the environment in a clean, organized, and aesthetically appealing way
• Use co…