Toddler Teacher

Toddler Teacher at Durango North Head Start

Sign-On Bonus of $1,000 for a qualified candidate once hired to be paid out after 6 months of successful employment. The offer is for external new hires only.

Tri-County Head Start employees have endless opportunities to make a difference in the lives of others. You will earn the tools and resources needed for career success and make a difference in the lives of your community’s children and families.

A career at Tri-County Head Start offers training and advancement, community impact, and work-life balance. Eligible employee benefits include:

• Paid professional development
• Generous leave package including paid sick leave, personal leave and vacation.
• Over four weeks of paid breaks and holidays: Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Thanksgiving, winter, and spring breaks, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, July 4, and Labor Day
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees
• Employee contribution to a 403(b) retirement savings account

Schedule: Full Time; 40 hours per week for 52 weeks. Schedule: Monday – Friday from 7:15 AM – 3:15 PM.

Position Purpose:  This position serves in a classroom to provide an appropriate social and emotional environment to expand children’s ability to learn, grow, and build trusting relationships. This role works in a classroom-based setting with typically and atypically developing children and provides daily supervision and support for children’s developmental needs. Positions may be reassigned to various classrooms/centers for program operations.

Pay Range: The current hourly wage ranges from $16.55 – $23.99 depending on education level and experience.

Preferred Experience:

Previous experience working in early childhood with children ages birth through five years and holding:

• A higher education degree with 18 credit hours of foundational Early Childhood courses completed, or
• A current Infant/Toddler CDA
• Bilingual – Spanish preferred

Minimum requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• High school diploma or equivalent certificate AND some college coursework OR ongoing ECE professional development.
• Willing to obtain CDA within the first year of hire. Tri-County Head Start will pay for this credential and provide opportunities for training support to obtain a teacher’s qualification, including CDA support and coaching.
• Three months of previous experience working with children and/or youth in a professional setting.
• Criminal Background Check required for hire.

The position is open until filled.

Durango 4C Council/Tri-County Head Start is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Apply online at tchs4c.org/careers/