Child Care Center – Lead Toddler Teacher

Title: Child Care Center – Lead Toddler Teacher

Agency: Tidewater Community College

Location: Portsmouth - 740

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: $42,000 - $48,500, commensurate w/ experience

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Tidewater Community College has served South Hampton Roads – both students and employers – for 50 years. It has grown from 1 campus into a regional educational and economic force. TCC is the largest provider of higher education and workforce services in Hampton Roads, enrolling nearly 25,000 students in 2024-25. Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, Tidewater Community College (TCC) services South Hampton Roads with 4 campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, 7 regional centers and 2 important cultural institutions.

The college had 3,399 graduates in , 40 percent of whom pursued degrees that would let them transfer to 4-year institutions. Of South Hampton Roads residents enrolled in higher education 33% enrolled ’s institutional accreditation is affirmed through 2027 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
The Lead Toddler Teacher at the Tidewater Community College Child Development Center provides overall leadership and instructional oversight for children ages 24-36 months within the toddler classroom. This position supports daily operational managers with program coordination, classroom quality, and family relations. The Lead Toddler Teacher ensures that enrolled students and families are able to conveniently access and utilize the center, engage in developmentally appropriate learning experiences, and build their knowledge of high-quality early care and education practices.

In addition, the Lead Toddler Teacher is responsible for ensuring full compliance with state licensing regulations and upholding the standards required for maintaining a high-quality early childhood program as defined by Virginia’s Unified Measurement System and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). This role models best practices in toddler development, supports a nurturing and engaging classroom environment, and contributes to the overall excellence of the Child Development Center.

This position has been designated an essential position. The employee filling this position may be required to report to work or otherwise fulfill the responsibilities of the position in the event of a college/campus closure due to weather or other emergent condition(s).

This is a restricted funded position.

• Ability to supervise or manager children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old.
• Knowledge of developing schedules, activity plans and special events for a child development center.
• Demonstrated ability to communicates with children using approved child development techniques.
• Skill to provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to program assistants and student interns.
• Knowledge of program evaluation using designated instruments such as programmatic rating scales, risk assessment tools (as required), self-inspection materials, and national accreditation tools.
• Skilled in providing parents with daily verbal or written feedback about their children’s developmental progression and/or concerns and establishing goals.
• Skilled in the use of word processing, spreadsheets, and Child Development Center management software.
• Ability to lift and maintain 40 pounds in for the health and safety need of children.

• Active Virginia teaching license in early childhood education or early childhood special education