Early Childhood Teachers
Unity House of Troy
Location (2)
Albany, New York
Salary
$17 - $18 / HOUR
Locations
2 listed locations
Quick overview
The teacher will provide safe, nurturing care for children while facilitating developmental activities and maintaining a clean classroom environment. They will also collaborate with staff to ensure high-quality programming and consistent adherence to health and safety standards.
Requirements summary
Candidates must hold an Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education, a CDA credential, or at least 9 college credits in the field with relevant experience. Applicants must also be able to pass background checks and maintain required medication administration certifications.
Job description
Are you patient and kind? If working with children ages six weeks to five years is your passion, check out these three similar but different Childcare Teacher positions!
Positions available in Albany and Troy. Both are located on the bus lines! Please let the hiring manager know which location you are interested in.
$1250 Sign on bonus may apply to those who qualify
Key Responsibilities
- Work with children in a pre-school setting.
- Work productivity with Childcare Manager to ensure the safe and nurturing functioning of the facility.
- Support all aspects of children’s care, including feeding, diapering, supervision, engagement, and developmental activities.
- Guide and collaborate with classroom staff to ensure consistent, high-quality care and programming.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized classroom environment in accordance with health and safety standards.
- Create and sustain a warm, nurturing, and responsive environment that promotes children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development.
- Assist colleagues and support overall program operations as needed.
- Maintain required MAT (Medication Administration Training) certification.
- Promote and model an environment of inclusion, respect, and belonging for children, families, and staff.
Qualifications
- Associate’s Degree (AA) in Early Childhood Education; or
- Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; or
- Minimum of 9 college credits in Early Childhood Education with experience working with infants and toddlers.
- Experience working with children ages 6 weeks to 18 months preferred.
- Strong flexibility and ability to adapt as program needs change throughout the day.
- Dependable, responsible, and committed to maintaining consistent attendance.
- Ability to pass required background checks in accordance with regulatory standards.
Benefits: 13 paid days off in your first year for full time employment (increases every year)
56 hours of NYS Sick Leave
12 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays
Major medical leave
Non-profit school loan forgiveness
Medical/dental/vision/life insurance
403b company contributions after one year
Plus, gym, tuition and cell phone discounts and a 50% reduction in childcare tuition at A Child's Place.
Come work for an agency that cares about their employees and community!
Unity House is a Rensselaer County-based human service agency that provides a wide range of services to meet the otherwise unmet needs of people in our community who are hurting and struggling. We assist those who are living in poverty, adults living with mental illness or HIV/AIDS, victims of domestic violence, and children with developmental delays. We work to achieve social justice in our community and to create a better understanding of those we serve.
As An Equal Opportunity Employer, we commit ourselves to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, age, sex, creed, disability, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics national origin, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, military status, pregnancy related condition, arrest and/or criminal conviction record, or any other category protected by law, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.
Join us to see how we improve the lives of children and families.
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Medical insurance
- Paid holidays
- Sick leave
- Paid time off
- Life insurance
- Floating holidays
- Cell phone discounts
- Tuition discounts
- Gym discounts
- Medical leave
- Childcare tuition reduction
- 403b company contributions
- Non-profit school loan forgiveness