Seeking a very experienced preschool daycare teacher who is used to leading a daycare classroom of many children 2-5 years old.
We are a well-established in-home daycare with low ratios, a great team of teachers, lots of outdoor play, supportive parents, and the opportunity to build deep relationships with children over several years.
Start date: As soon as possible
Hours: 8:15am-4:45pm Monday-Friday with a 30 minute lunch break each day (approximately 40 hours/week)
Pay: $22-$27/hour depending on experience and fit.
($20-$25/hour paid bi-weekly, with the remaining $2/hour paid as a lump sum at the start of your second year.)
Location: 1857 Mission Street, South Pasadena CA 91030
Duration: Minimum of 1 year, but hopefully many more
Teacher tasks:
· Caring for and teaching up to 9 toddlers, aged 2-5 years old, usually with another teacher
· Occasional help with the 4 babies aged 0-2, and my own children aged 9 and 11
Household Support tasks (mostly when children are napping):
· Including but not limited to helping with
o Meal prep
o Laundry
o Cleaning
o Flipping the Airbnb on site
o Errands such as the grocery store or UPS
Requirements:
Personal Requirements
-Very active: This job is physically taxing (or a great workout depending on how you view it). =
-Attitude of “I can help wherever is needed” (cleaning, caring for toddlers, babies, my children, other household task, food prep, errands, etc.)
-Multitasker (folding laundry while talking to a child about the book they are looking at, cutting veggies while the children play with play-doh at the table, etc.)
-Preferred: Bilingual. Ideally we would like you to talk, sing and read to the babies exclusively in another language such as Spanish or Mandarin Chinese.
Daycare requirements:
-AA or BA in child development, education, or similar field
-Driver’s license with a clean driving record
-Legal to work in the US
Experience Requirements:
-At least 2 complete years as a lead teacher in a classroom for children aged 2-4 years old.
-Experience caring for preschool aged children
-Experience caring for all aspects of infant care (feeding, napping, purposeful play)
Licensing requirements:
-COVID vaccinated and booster, yearly flu shot, negative TB test, measles and pertussis vaccine, willing to get CPR/first aid certified, fingerprinted, and do the online child abuse mandated reporter training and the online preventative health and safety training. (Sorry that there are lots of requirements, but I can help with the process and reimburse any fees after 3 months of employment.)
Let me know if you’re interested. I look forward to hearing from you.
-Julia
Cheerful Beginnings
www.CheerfulBeginnings.com
1857 Mission Street, South Pasadena CA 91030
[email protected]
Application questions:
- Have you been the lead teacher in an toddler/preschool classroom (ages 2-4 years old)? If yes, for how long?
-What daycare(s) have you worked at in the past? What was your position and how long did you work there?
- Do you have an AA or BA in child development, education, or similar field? What is it?
-What is your English language level (1st language, fluent, pretty good, not great, etc.)?
-What is your Spanish language level (1st language, fluent, pretty good, not great, etc.)?
-What hourly rate would you require?
-Are you legal to work in the US?
-Which of the following do you have already? Is there anything in the list you are not willing to get? COVID vaccinated and booster, yearly flu shot, negative TB test, measles and pertussis vaccine, CPR/first aid certified, fingerprinted, and two online courses (Mandated Reporter Training and Preventative Health and Safety class)?
-Please provide 2-3 references including at least 1 from a prior daycare you worked at.
-Why did or why are you thinking about leaving your previous/current daycare(s)?
-If you take this job, would you be able to commit to a year of employment?
Pay: $22.00 - $27.00 per hour
Benefits:
Application Question(s):
- -Do you have or are you willing to get COVID vaccinated and booster, yearly flu shot, negative TB test, measles and pertussis vaccine, CPR/first aid certified, fingerprinted, and two online courses-mandated reporter training and preventative health and safety training? What do you currently have?
- -What daycare(s) have you worked at in the past? What was your position and how long did you work there?
- - Do you have an AA or BA in child development, education, or similar field? What is it?
- -What is your English language level (1st language, fluent, pretty good, not great, etc.)?
- -What is your Spanish language level (1st language, fluent, pretty good, not great, etc.)?
- -What hourly rate would you require?
- -Why did or why are you thinking about leaving your previous/current daycare(s)?
- -If you take this job, would you be able to commit to a year of employment?
- -Please provide 2-3 references including at least 1 from a prior daycare you worked at.
- -What is your Mandarin language level (1st language, fluent, pretty good, not great, none, etc.)?
- - Have you been the lead teacher in an toddler or preschool classroom (ages 2-4 )? If yes, for how long?
Education:
Experience:
- toddler/preschool teacher: 2 years (Required)
Language:
- Spanish or Mandarin (Required)
Work Location: In person
