Lead Infant Teacher

Infant Teacher – Join Our Amazing Team!

The Learning Experience – Land O’ Lakes, FL

Do you love nurturing little ones, celebrating their first milestones, and helping babies discover the world around them? Are you a loving, patient, and dependable caregiver who understands the importance of creating a safe, comforting, and stimulating environment for infants?

The Learning Experience – Land O’ Lakes is looking for a passionate, caring, and dedicated Infant Teacher to join our growing team!

We are seeking someone who genuinely loves working with babies and is excited to support their early development through nurturing relationships, sensory exploration, meaningful interactions, and individualized care. The ideal candidate understands that every cuddle, smile, conversation, and milestone plays an important role in a child's growth.

What You'll Do

• Create a warm, safe, loving, and nurturing classroom environment where every infant feels secure, comfortable, and cared for.
• Provide individualized care based on each infant's feeding schedule, sleeping routine, diapering needs, and developmental stage.
• Build strong, trusting relationships with infants through responsive caregiving, affection, patience, and consistent interactions.
• Support infants' social-emotional, cognitive, language, sensory, and physical development through age-appropriate experiences.
• Plan and provide engaging activities such as tummy time, sensory play, music, movement, reading, and opportunities for exploration.
• Encourage developmental milestones, including reaching, grasping, rolling, sitting, crawling, and other emerging skills.
• Talk, sing, read, and interact with infants throughout the day to encourage early communication and language development.
• Follow safe sleep practices and all required health, safety, sanitation, feeding, and diapering procedures.
• Monitor and respond to each infant's individual cues, needs, comfort levels, and developmental progress.
• Maintain accurate daily reports documenting bottles, food intake, diaper changes, naps, activities, and developmental observations.
• Communicate professionally and consistently with families about their child's daily experiences, routines, milestones, and overall well-being.
• Partner with families to maintain consistency between home and the classroom whenever possible.
• Keep the classroom clean, organized, sanitized, and appropriately prepared for infant care and exploration.
• Ensure toys, equipment, and learning materials are age-appropriate, safe, and in good condition.
• Complete lesson plans, observations, assessments, attendance, and other required classroom documentation accurately and on time.
• Collaborate with center leadership and fellow teachers to provide consistent, high-quality infant care.
• Follow all applicable Florida childcare licensing requirements, safe sleep guidelines, health and safety standards, and center policies and procedures.
• Participate in staff meetings, professional development, and required training.

We're Looking For Someone Who:

• Is passionate about caring for infants and understands the importance of early childhood development.
• Is loving, patient, gentle, attentive, and responsive to babies' individual needs.
• Understands that infants learn through relationships, sensory exploration, movement, repetition, and everyday interactions.
• Recognizes and celebrates developmental milestones, both big and small.
• Creates an environment where every baby feels safe, loved, comforted, and supported.
• Understands the importance of following individualized feeding, diapering, and sleeping routines while maintaining safe practices.
• Is dependable, responsible, organized, and professional.
• Has strong communication skills and enjoys building positive relationships with families.
• Can recognize and respond appropriately to infants' cues, including hunger, tiredness, discomfort, and overstimulation.
• Works well as part of a team and is willing to support fellow teachers when needed.
• Is flexible, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced childcare environment.
• Takes pride in maintaining a clean, safe, and developmentally appropriate classroom.
• Is eager to continue learning and growing professionally in early childhood education.
• Understands that caring for infants requires close supervision, attention to detail, and a genuine love for helping little ones thrive.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working with infants in a childcare or early childhood education setting is preferred.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• CDA, Early Childhood Education coursework, college degree, or related experience is a plus.
• Must meet all applicable Florida childcare licensing and staff qualification requirements.
• Must be able to successfully complete all required background screenings and employment requirements.
• CPR/First Aid certification is a plus, or willingness to obtain certification as required.
• Knowledge of infant development, safe sleep practices, feeding procedures, and infant classroom routines is preferred.
• A genuine passion for caring for babies and supporting their development is a must!

Why You'll Love Working With Us

At The Learning Experience – Land O’ Lakes, we believe great teachers deserve a great workplace.

You'll be joining a growing school where your compassion, dedication, and love for children are valued. As an Infant Teacher, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference during one of the most important stages of a child's life.

From a baby's first smile to their first crawl, you'll help create special moments that families will remember forever. We believe that nurturing care and positive early experiences help lay the foundation for lifelong learning and development.

We are committed to creating a workplace where teachers feel supported, appreciated, and encouraged to grow.

We Offer a Supportive Environment Focused On:

• Professional growth and development
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Meaningful relationships with infants and their families
• A positive and encouraging workplace culture
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement
• A leadership team that values your ideas and contributions

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Employee discount
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Opportunities for growth and advancement

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're a nurturing, dependable, and enthusiastic caregiver who is ready to bring your love, patience, and heart to a classroom where babies can feel safe, loved, and supported as they grow, we'd love to meet you!

Apply today and become part of The Learning Experience – Land O’ Lakes!

Every little milestone matters, and you could be the caring teacher who helps make those first moments unforgettable.

Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person