Early Childhood Float Teacher

Therapeutic Preschool Float Teacher

The Therapeutic Preschool at Family Forward provides a highly structured environment utilizing trauma-informed, developmentally sensitive interventions for children ages three to six years experiencing emotional and behavioral difficulties resulting from histories of developmental trauma. The Therapeutic Preschool Float Teacher is a full-time member of the educational team who provides consistent support across multiple classrooms. This position partners with teachers, educational therapists, and clinicians to ensure continuity of care, maintain therapeutic programming, and provide classroom coverage as needed.

The Float Teacher builds positive relationships with children throughout the program and quickly adapts to the unique routines, needs, and therapeutic goals of each classroom.

This role is highly collaborative, partnering with other teachers and supported by a team of therapists to create a custom therapeutic plan for each child. An ideal candidate will be ready to nurture, play, build relationships, teach, and co-regulate with the children in the program. This role is ideal for an educator who enjoys variety, flexibility, and working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Classroom sizes are small to enable staff to provide the individualized support needed to help children thrive.

Family Forward is committed to upholding the Organizational Health Anchors that we have set for the agency, including: safety; mindfulness and self-regulation; relational health; cultural diversity, inclusivity, equity, and anti-racism; clinical lens; vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue.

• Small adult-child ratios and high levels of support for staff in the classroom
• 4-days of programming, Fridays without students for flexible use
• 40-hour work week – No work on weekends
• Brand new facility built intentionally to support the needs of staff and clients
• Paid time off December 25th to January 1st
• Therapeutic service provision based in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics
• No on call hours
• Emphasis on professional learning, growth, and development
• This position offers the opportunity to work alongside multiple experienced therapeutic educators and clinicians while developing expertise across various classrooms, age groups, and therapeutic interventions.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family
• Optional short-term disability
• Virtual medical and mental health care coverage
• Employee Assistance Program counseling services
• Pre-tax medical Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Reimbursement Account for deductible expenses over $1000 individual; $2000 for families
• 3% dollar for dollar company-matched 403(b) retirement savings account
• Company-paid long-term disability and life insurance
• 10 paid holidays, including 2 floating holidays for religious/cultural celebrations
• Wellness Week paid time off December 25th – 31st annually
• Paid vacation time and health and wellness leave
• Education assistance program
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligible employer
• National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Eligible Site
• Member and active participant in the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce
• Diversity Awareness Partnership Non-Profit Partner

• You will provide classroom coverage across all therapeutic preschool classrooms based on daily staffing and program needs, flexibility is essential for this position.
• You'll be able to quickly adapt to different classroom routines, schedules, lesson plans, and therapeutic interventions while maintaining continuity of care.
• You will build relationships with young children and your classroom team to develop rapport and trust.
• You will create an environment in your classroom that supports play, felt safety, and co-regulation.
• You will actively engage students throughout the school day in developmentally appropriate and trauma-informed therapeutic activities.
• You will utilize individualized therapeutic interventions to support children through challenging behaviors and big emotions.
• You will implement all classroom practices including lessons plans, room arrangement, daily schedules, routines, and transitions.
• You will prepare and maintain the classroom environment for the daily activities, ensuring cleanliness and safety of the physical environment
• You will support the Educational Therapist and Occupational Therapist during group therapy throughout the week.
• You will communicate directly and effectively with clients, staff, supervisor, teammates and other professionals, demonstrating an embracement and responsiveness to cultural, familial, socioeconomic and other diverse experiences.
• You will be supported by a co-teacher and assigned educational therapist in the classroom.
• You will support implementation of established classroom lesson plans, room arrangement, routines, practices, and programming.
• You'll assist with curriculum…