Early Childhood Teacher

Schedule

• Monday through Friday between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm
• Schedules may vary
• Up to 19 hours per week depending on hiring needs and incumbent schedule

VP Area President

Department 00291 - Student Parent Support Center

Campus location in Salt Lake City, UT

Pay Rate: $15.50 - $18.00/hour

Close Date: 02/19/2026

The Student Parent Support Center provides information, support, and family resources for University students, faculty, staff, and patients. Student Parent Support Center childcare programs are NAEYC accredited and serve children birth to six years. We offer part‑time and full‑time programming in three campus childcare programs for students, faculty, and staff and drop‑in childcare for patients visiting the three U Health Centers throughout the Salt Lake Valley.

These include Campus Child Care Programs (UKids – Presidents Circle, UKids – East Village, and UKids-Guardsman Way), South Jordan Health Center Program, Farmington Health Center Program, and Sugar House Health Center Program. Multiple openings and continuous hiring.

Our teachers bring kindness, patience, and mastery to the classroom every day, fostering children’s natural curiosity to learn through play and discovery. They encourage children to be lifelong learners using our nationally recognized curriculum that promotes active learning, social, physical, verbal, and cognitive development. We invest in our teacher’s education by providing a minimum of twenty hours of annual professional development in early childhood education, Utah State Licensing rules and regulations, and NAEYC best practices.

Join our team and grow with us!

Curriculum, Classroom Management Expectations and Guidance:

• Promotes leadership skills within a classroom team and oversees classroom assistants to interpret behaviors and ensure that they are working appropriately with children.
• Models appropriate behavior and teaching techniques for teaching assistants.
• Develop and implement lesson plans to stimulate developmental progress as well as provide intentional daily experience, and hands‑on activities for infants, toddlers, and preschool children in accordance with Creative Curriculum Developmental Objectives, DAP guidance techniques, and play‑based learning.
• Use positive guidance techniques to minimize inappropriate behavior and redirect children to learn how to appropriately manage their own behavior in a positive manner.
• Supports staff in activities such as: playing on the floor with children at eye level; actively supervising and maintaining ratios at all times; helping children toilet including lifting children to change diapers, guiding them through potty training (as directed by the lead teacher), and washing hands; cleaning the classroom; maintaining safe transitions between indoors and playground (including actively supervising children outdoors year‑round).
• Assists children with physical necessities, feeding, toileting/diapering, medical emergencies, and other life skills to give proper care and facilitate development.
• Daily routine care of children such as: feeding, diapering, cuddling, playing, singing, talking, picking children up, holding them, and otherwise providing a gentle and nurturing environment. You will need to be available and responsive to the individual needs of children.
• Other duties as assigned.

Professionalism:

• Establishes and maintains friendly, professional, and effective working relationships with other employees, parents, and children.
• Works in conjunction with parents and guardians to build and maintain relationships, discuss concerns, provide suggestions and solutions to day‑to‑day problems, and alleviate concerns.
• Works in a supportive and cooperative manner with all staff.
• Works as a team to maintain a cheerful and aesthetically pleasing childcare environment that reflects the interests of the children.
• Follows directives given by Administration, including Director or Director designee. This may include last‑minute changes to ensure the safety and well‑being of children are maintained.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently, but shows a willingness to take direction from the supervisor.
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