Infant Teacher

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$21.00/hr - $23.00/hr

Merryhill School is a multi-location school group with campuses in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas offering an outstanding private education to preschool, elementary, and middle school age students. Our preschools offer the perfect balance of learning and play, while our elementary and middle schools provide a challenging and robust curriculum, innovative instruction, and a vibrant school community. A career with Merryhill offers opportunities in education, summer camps, before and after school programs, and regional management with the support of our parent company, Spring Education Group.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to our full-time employees, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid holidays and sick days
• 401k plan with company match
• Tuition discounts for your children
• Professional development
• Education reimbursement and partnerships

As an Infant Teacher at Merryhill School, you’ll be the heart of the classroom—guiding our youngest learners through some of their most important developmental milestones. Infants are busy, curious, and full of wonder, and your job is to create a safe, nurturing, and joyful environment where they can explore the world around them with confidence.

• Plan and implement engaging, age-appropriate curriculum focused on sensory exploration, early language, gross and fine motor development, and social-emotional growth.
• Foster a consistent and comforting daily routine that supports toddlers’ need for structure and security.
• Encourage independence through gentle guidance, responsive caregiving, and purposeful play.
• Collaborate with fellow early childhood educators and school leadership to ensure consistency in care and developmentally appropriate practices.
• Communicate daily with parents through verbal updates, digital reports, and informal check-ins.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe classroom environment aligned with licensing standards and school policies.

• 12 semester (or 18 quarter) units in Early Childhood Education, including coursework in child development, curriculum, and family/community.
• Experience working with toddlers in a licensed child‑care setting preferred.
• Deep patience, nurturing instincts, and a genuine love for toddlers and early learning.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to connect with both children and families.
• Reliable, collaborative, and committed to high‑quality care and education.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In general, this position requires an individual to frequently walk, stand, sit, squat, stoop, reach, kneel, rise from the floor, twist, listen, read, write, and speak the English language.

In addition, this position often requires an individual to carry, lift, use repetitive or fine hand movements, and occasionally push, pull, or bend. This position is regularly required to hear and use clear vision with or without correction.',