Lead Toddler Teacher

How to apply: Submit your resume and a cover letter through this ad. Ensure there are valid email addresses for your references. In your cover letter, tell us why you want to work at Blossom, about your experiences with children, and include your availability for the next two weeks. We'd like to offer you a tour of the center and time to ask questions.

Are you a "toddler whisperer" who loves watching little ones discover the world? We are looking for a patient, loving, creative Lead Toddler Teacher who wants to shape tiny lives and build a joyful classroom. In this role, you’ll help our toddlers build confidence, social skills, and early motor development through hands-on discovery and messy play. We love: wobbly towers, hands-on sensory play, and uncontrollable belly laughs!

What Sets Blossom Apart? Work-Life balance is prioritized!

• Up to 3 weeks paid vacation plus paid holidays
• 7 paid In-service days to enable team-building and professional development.
• Staff wellness is prioritized; we celebrate teacher milestones.
• Benefits for full-time employees include: paid vacation; health and dental insurance, employer contributions to retirement plan and childcare (up to 75%).
• Responsive management. We understand that our center is only as good as our teachers. So we listen, we care.
• Collaborative meetings. We build community among our staff!
• Enthusiastic, educated, and experienced early childhood professionals.
• Support for ECE students through a combo of paid study time and quarterly stipend.
• Recognized and recommended by local colleges to ECE students.
• Huge selection of teacher resources and learning materials.
• Peaceful location near Joe's Garden and Connelly Creek Nature Trail.
• Visit our website for photos and program descriptions (blossomchildcare.com)

We close the center for 2 weeks wrapped around Independence Day and Christmas, guaranteeing our staff paid time off. We want emotionally present teachers, so we work to ensure their well-being.

We are looking for a teacher who delights in children as well as believes in the value of learning through play and nature immersion (see our website). Applicant will maintain a polished, respectful, and highly professional demeanor that builds immediate trust and credibility with professional clientele.

The ideal candidate will be experienced with young children in a group setting. We’re looking for a Lead Toddler Teacher. This person must have the ability to provide individualized care while monitoring a whole group, be willing to spend time outdoors (rain or shine), have knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice, and possess a calm demeanor yet have an abundance of energy!

This is a collaborative teaching environment; therefore, this person should possess the desire and communication skills necessary to work as part of a team. We are looking for someone who is passionate about the early childhood field, and who is looking for longevity--a teaching environment to call "home". A love for the outdoors, gardening and learning through play are necessary for this teaching environment.

Position: Full time.

Job Requirements:

• Should be healthy and have the stamina for an active setting.
• 1 year of group care experience as a lead, assistant teacher or teacher's aide or multiple years as a professional nanny.
• Have or obtain Portable Background Check and TB test. Blood-borne pathogens is also required (can obtain this on site)
• 30 Hours of Basics/STARS training (course is free & can be obtained within 90 days).
• Ability to communicate effectively with the children, public, supervisors and co-workers.
• Proactively anticipates the high standards of our parents, providing consistent, detailed, and reassuring updates regarding their child's progress.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience in a group setting, Early Childhood Degree (Initial ECE or higher) or enrollment in a program.

How to apply: Submit your resume and a cover letter through this ad. Ensure there are valid email addresses for your references. In your cover letter, tell us why you want to work at Blossom, about your experiences with children, and include your availability for the next two weeks. We'd like to offer you a tour of the center and time to ask questions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00 - $25.75 per hour

Benefits:

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

Application Question(s):

• What 3 words would you use to describe your disposition as a teacher of young children?

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Childcare: 1 year (Required)
• Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)
• Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Bellingham, WA 98225: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person