Infant Teacher

The Goddard School® of Bethesda, MD  is currently seeking qualified Infant Teachers. 

The Goddard School® is a renowned program with a Piaget (Learning through Play) based foundation and a leader in the franchised preschool industry which is growing and continues to set the standard for excellence. The focus of the program is to provide a life-long love of learning. Our staff is made of loving and dedicated teachers who understand each child’s needs. They are highly qualified childhood educators who are able to use their creativity and the Goddard Developmental Guidelines as the basis for unique lesson plans that are brought to life in a fun and imaginative way.

We are looking for fun and energetic Infant teachers for our school.

The Goddard School offers competitive compensation and benefits based on experience, education and certifications and is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We provide outstanding opportunities including:

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation
• Sick days
• Holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

 Daily Responsibilities

We are looking for a bright and energetic Infant teachers! We are looking for someone to work full time and have flexibility with different infant age groups. We would like out teacher to:

1. Communicate effectively with infants, toddlers, their parents, and other staff.
2. Provide quality, nurturing care to infants and toddlers enrolled in the program.
3. Demonstrate skills to properly address developmental needs of infants and toddlers.
4. Conduct and document developmental screenings and assessments of children.
5. Maintain effective, working relationships with children, parents, and staff. 

Qualifications:

• At least two years of experience in early childhood
• CDA, Associates or Bachelors in Early Childhood Education or related field
• Reliable transportation
• Flexibility to open or close classroom

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with each child and family.
• Promotes parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships.
• Promotes feelings of security and trust in infants and toddlers.
• Greets infants and their parents warmly and with enthusiasm each morning.
• Assures that: each infant and toddler is warmly greeted upon arrival; each infant is held; and each child is gradually assisted to become a part of the small group.
• Talks, sings, and reads to infants frequently.
• Responds quickly in a soothing and tender manner to infants' cries or calls of distress. 
• Responds consistently to infants' needs for food and comfort.
• Implements individualized feeding plans for children; respects individual preferences and eating styles; sits with toddlers and shares family-style meal; models manners and good nutrition.
• Tends to children's personal hygiene needs, remaining especially attentive to them during routines such as diaper changing, cleaning, feeding, and changing soiled or wet clothes.
• Respects infants' curiosity about each other; ensure that children treat each other gently.
• Organizes each day's activities to provide children with a variety of experiences and opportunities that allow them to develop curiosity, initiative, problem-solving skills, and creativity, as well as a sense of self and a feeling of belonging to the group.
• Conducts developmental screenings and ongoing assessments of infants and toddlers to determine motor, language, social, cognitive perceptual and emotional skills.
• Completes menu worksheet for assigned infants and toddlers.
• Maintains a safe, clean, care-giving environment, practices good personal hygiene and hand washing, and assures the well being and safety of all of the children in that environment.
• Maintains a positive, calm attitude and a pleasant, soothing voice, and models this attitude and voice for parents and others working or volunteering in the program.
• Maintains a cooperative attitude of working together with other teachers, the center director, parents and volunteers in planning and implementing activities for the program/classroom.
• Utilizes disciplinary measures appropriately as outlined in the school's Discipline Policies and Procedures.
• Provides for the physical safety of each child from arrival time until departure time.
• Observes children to detect signs of illness, injury, abuse, neglect, emotional disturbance, or other special needs, and reports these signs immediately to the center director or person in charge.
• Attends all training opportunities and staff meetings as provided and scheduled.
• Performs any other tasks deemed necessary by the center director.