Preschool​/Toddler Teacher

About this position

Growing Minds Early Education Program is looking for an experienced Early Education Teacher with a minimum of 2 years of teaching experience. Starting pay will be determined based on your permit level, experience, and education.

• Engage and support all students in learning.
• Create and maintain effective environments for student learning.
• Plan instruction and design learning experiences for all students.
• Assess students for learning.
• Communicate regularly with parents regarding their child's development and classroom activities.
• Maintain a safe and clean classroom environment that promotes child welfare.
• Understand Community Care Licensing Title 22 and/or Title 5 regulations.

• Have a California Child Development Associate Teacher Level Permit or higher issued by the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing.
• Proven experience working with preschool‑aged children in a classroom or daycare setting.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in curriculum development, lesson planning, and classroom management.
• Knowledge of childhood development principles and behavior management strategies is highly desirable.
• Passion for early childhood education and student growth.
• Ability to bend, twist, carry up to 50 pounds and stand for long periods, walk, move about the classroom and playground supervising all areas, and squat down, moving from standing to sitting positions frequently.
• Able to sit in small chairs or on the ground floor level.
• Pass a FBI/DOJ/Child Abuse background check, physical examination, proof of required immunizations, and negative TB test.
• CPR/First Aid certified and certificate of completing Mandatory Child Abuse Training AB 1207.

$22 - $30 hourly wage