Child Care Center Teacher

$32,436.00 Annual

The Final date to receive applications for this position is 11:59pm EST on October 20, 2026.

At the Santa Fe College Little School, toddlers and preschool children thrive in a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment, which also serves as a supervised training ground for aspiring childhood educators. As the Child Care Center Teacher, youplay a pivotal role in fostering the growth and development ofthese young learners.

As a full-time employee, the Child Care Center Teacher enjoyscomprehensive benefits, including employee and dependent tuitionwaivers for SF and UF, fully funded health insurance, dental andvision coverage options, retirement investment, paid vacation andsick leave, and a minimum of 20 paid holidays, along with variousdiscounts in Gainesville, including free access to the SF Teaching Zoo and Planetarium.

The salary for this position is $32,436 annually at the hourly rateof $15.59.

• Assists the Senior Child Care Center Teacher in planning and implementing weekly lesson plans centered on age appropriatedevelopmental and educational goals.
• Utilizes teaching strategies that build on and extend whatchildren already know.
• Helps children acquire the necessary skills for transitioning to preschool, such as potty training, self-help skills, and language skills.
• Facilitates child-to-child interactions with the goal of teaching and modeling problem solving skills and demonstrates appropriate and safe teacher-to-child interaction.
• Models and teaches empathy building, impulse control, andemotion management for children.
• Helps children gain self-control, self-confidence, and positive self-esteem by using relationship building techniques.
• Builds developmental skills with children across social,emotional, physical, cognitive, and language domains.
• Records observational and developmental data for each child ineach domain of development.
• Informs the Senior Child Care Center Teacher of any concerns regarding children or parents and, in conjunction with the Senior, communicates with parents in both informal and formal meetings todiscuss concerns when necessary.
• Participates in regularly scheduled staff professional development meetings.
• Keeps the bulletin boards appealing and appropriate for young children.
• Maintains classroom materials in an organized, clean, and accessible manner.
• Keeps a record of operating procedures and may share position specific knowledge, including use of college wide ERP and related system processes, by providing guidance on standard operations and established departmental procedures as needed.
• Provides service to the college through participation inevents, committees, and other college activities.
• Complies with all published College Rules, procedures,guidelines, and laws/regulations governing public employees,including but not limited to those related to document retention and destruction, FERPA, and confidentiality.
• Strictly honors the privacy, security, and confidentiality ofrecords and other sensitive information according to appropriate state, federal, and college regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Provides service excellence through courteous, informed,accessible, and professional engagement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required: A high school diploma with some previous experience working with young children . Must obtain a CDA or FCCPCwithin the first year of employment or be working toward an A.S. in Early Childhood.

Additional Requirements: A criminal background check and FL Clearinghouse screening will be conducted. For more information onFL Clearinghouse screenings, please visit  .

Preferred: A .S. in early childhood with at least six (6) months of experience…