Child Care Center – Lead Infant​/Toddler Teacher

Title: Child Care Center – Lead Infant/Toddler Teacher

Agency: Tidewater Community College

Location: Virginia Beach - 810

FLSA: Nonexempt

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

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

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 Infant/Toddler Teacher of the Child Development Center provides overall leadership and oversight in the Infant/toddler suite at the Virginia Beach Campus to include direct care of children 6 weeks- 2 1/2 years. The Lead Infant/Toddler Teacher will assist daily operational managers with program oversight and customer relations. The Lead Infant/Toddler Teacher will assist in ensuring that students are able to conveniently access and utilize the centers, complete their coursework and expand their knowledge and understanding of high-quality early care and education.

The Lead Infant/Toddler Teacher will ensure compliance with state licensing regulations and the standards set forth in maintaining a high-quality early childhood program according to Virginia’s Unified Measurement System and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) in their classroom.

This position has been designated an essential position. The employee filling the 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 2.5 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