Early Childhood Teacher

Job Summary

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 from 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!

An excellent benefits package is included: generous retirement options, paid parental leave (in addition to FMLA), paid holidays per year plus vacation accruals each month, wonderful health insurance options that are both affordable and allow access to care through the University of Utah health system, tuition reduction for employees and family members, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance, life insurance, and HSA/FSA savings plans, and a free public transportation pass.

• Complies with State of Utah Child Care Licensing Regulations at all times.
• Aligns with NAEYC Standards.
• Promotes leadership skills within a classroom team and oversees classroom assistants to interpret behaviors and ensure they are working appropriately with children.
• Models appropriate behavior and teaching techniques for teaching assistants.
• Develops and implements lesson plans to stimulate developmental progress and provides intentional daily experiences, hands‑on activities for infants, toddlers, and preschool children in accordance with Creative Curriculum Developmental Objectives, DAP guidance techniques, and play‑based learning.
• Uses positive guidance techniques to minimize inappropriate behavior and redirect children to 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 through potty training, and washing hands), cleaning the classroom, and maintaining safe transitions between indoors and playground.
• Assists children with physical necessities, feeding, toileting/diapering, medical emergencies, and other life skills to give proper care and facilitate development.
• Provides 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. Availability and responsiveness to individual needs are required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 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 the Director or Director Designee, including last‑minute changes to ensure safety and well‑being of children.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently but shows a…