Looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference in children’s lives? Look no further and join the team at Meeting Street! Meeting Street is a special place of learning, where children of all abilities have the opportunities to reach their fullest potential.

This is an exciting time to join Meeting Street as we just completed our brand-new Early Childhood Center!

Full-time employees receive:

• Competitive Pay
• Generous PTO
• 13 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision and MORE

Meeting Street is currently looking for a Toddler Teacher in our Early Learning Center working 40 hours weekly.

Duties:

• Create and implement classroom curriculum that promotes active learning through a variety of developmentally appropriate experiences, and can be individualized, adapted and modified for all students.
• Partner with each family to design and implement appropriate goals for their child, considerate of their daily routines, parenting style and expectations, background, culture, and other individual needs.
• Implement appropriate classroom behavior management by demonstrating positive guidance, praise, giving sensory breaks and input along with redirection, and modeling conflict resolution.
• Facilitate interactions among children to create opportunities for social/emotional growth and opportunities to develop individual age-appropriate self-help skills.
• Monitor the developmental progress of each child through ongoing assessment and data collection using Teaching Strategies Gold.
• Supervise, mentor and coach classroom Teacher Assistants.
• Communicate and partner with the student’s family daily regarding their child’s activities and progress verbally at drop-off and pick-up, throughout the day using the Brightwheel app, and by zoom, email and phone to enhance the parent/school partnership.

Requirements:

• Associates Degree or higher in Early Childhood Education, or related field.
• 2+ years experience caring for children under the age of 5 preferred.
• RIELDS foundations of Early Education and RIELDS Preschool Classrooms: Curriculum and Planning or willingness to obtain certifications within first year of employment.
• ITERS/ECERS training or willingness to complete within first 9 months of employment.
• A valid CPR and First Aid training/certification.

Meeting Street believes the dignity of each person is paramount. We recognize that our community’s future strength rests firmly on our commitment to our values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity, and excellence. To uphold these commitments, we expect all employees to recognize and properly respond to racism and other forms of injustice.

It is our policy to recruit, hire, train, transfer and promote employees, and to ensure that all other employment practices (i.e. salary and benefits administration, education and training programs, and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual preference or orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin or ancestry, legally recognized disability, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, military status, socioeconomic background, homelessness or any other characteristic or category protected by law. It is also our policy to protect employees and applicants from any coercion, retaliation or discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in any investigation pursuant to the equal opportunity laws.