Part-Time Early Childhood Wellness Teacher

Early Childhood Wellness Teacher

The Holistic Health Community is seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate, and dynamic Part-Time Early Childhood Wellness Teacher to lead our innovative mindfulness and emotional wellness program for toddlers and young children.

This is a unique opportunity to help children build a strong foundation for lifelong emotional well-being by introducing simple, joyful mindfulness practices through movement, music, creativity, and play. We are looking for someone who lights up a room, connects naturally with young children, and believes that every child deserves to feel seen, valued, and empowered.

About the Program:

Our wellness program is rooted in connection, kindness, emotional wellness, and mutual respect. Through mindfulness, movement, creativity, and play, children are gently encouraged to discover their own inner light while developing empathy, compassion, confidence, and meaningful connections with others.

Each class blends:

• Mindfulness activities
• Children's yoga and movement
• Dance and music
• Breathwork and relaxation
• Sensory exploration
• Positive affirmations
• Storytelling
• Creative arts and self-expression
• Cooperative games and imaginative play

All activities are trauma-informed, play-based, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate for toddlers and preschool-aged children.

Position Summary:

The Early Childhood Wellness Teacher will facilitate engaging and joyful classes that create a safe, nurturing environment where children can explore emotions, build self-awareness, strengthen social-emotional skills, and develop healthy self-regulation in age-appropriate ways.

The ideal candidate brings warmth, energy, creativity, and a genuine love of working with young children.

Responsibilities:

• Lead engaging mindfulness and emotional wellness classes for toddlers and preschoolers.
• Create a welcoming, joyful, and emotionally safe classroom environment.
• Guide children through movement, yoga, music, breathing exercises, mindfulness activities, and creative play.
• Foster kindness, empathy, cooperation, confidence, and emotional resilience.
• Adapt activities to meet the developmental needs of individual children.
• Build positive relationships with children, teachers, and families.
• Ensure a safe and inclusive learning environment for all participants.
• Assist with preparing materials and setting up activities.
• Participate in training and ongoing curriculum development as needed.
• Represent the Holistic Health Community with professionalism, compassion, and enthusiasm.

Qualifications:

We are looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about supporting the emotional well-being of young children.
• Dynamic, energetic, and engaging with a warm, positive presence.
• Naturally playful, creative, and comfortable singing, dancing, moving, and interacting with children.
• Patient, compassionate, and emotionally attuned.
• Reliable, organized, and professional.
• A collaborative team player with excellent communication skills.
• Experience teaching toddlers and preschool-aged
• children.
• Background in early childhood education, child development, or a related field.
• Experience with mindfulness, yoga, music, dance, or creative arts for young children.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed and play-based teaching practices.

Qualifications & Credentials:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with toddlers and/or preschool-aged children in an early childhood, preschool, childcare, or enrichment setting.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and manage groups of young children in a warm, positive, and developmentally appropriate manner.
• Strong understanding of child development and age-appropriate social-emotional learning practices.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Certification or training in one or more of the following:
• Children's Yoga (e.g., ChildLight Education Company, Yoga Ed., Radiant Child Yoga, Kidding Around Yoga, or equivalent)
• Mindfulness instruction for children
• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Conscious Discipline®, Positive Discipline, or similar evidence-based approaches
• Music, dance, expressive arts, or creative movement for young children
• Experience teaching mindfulness, yoga, movement, music, or creative arts in an early childhood setting.
• Experience working with children of diverse backgrounds and abilities
• Bilingual or multilingual communication skills are a plus.

Personal Qualities

The ideal candidate is:

• Dynamic, energetic, and engaging, with a joyful presence that naturally captures children's attention.
• Warm, compassionate, and emotionally attuned.
• Creative, playful, and comfortable singing, dancing, storytelling, and leading movement activities.
• Calm, patient, and able to model mindfulness and emotional regulation.
• Passionate about helping children develop confidence, resilience, empathy, kindness, and self-awareness.
• Collaborative, dependable, and eager to contribute to a growing, mission-driven organization.

We are seeking someone who sees this work as more than teaching—it is an opportunity to help shape the emotional well-being of the next generation. The ideal teacher believes every child possesses unique gifts and deserves to be nurtured in an environment where they feel safe, loved, respected, and celebrated. This person brings enthusiasm, authenticity, and heart to every class and understands that joy, play, movement, and connection are powerful pathways to lifelong wellness.

$40–$50 per hour (approximately 6 hours per month), with paid training, curriculum support, and opportunities for additional hours as the program expands.

Schedule

This is a part-time, 6 hour per month position beginning in September in Poughkeepsie, NY.

This position begins at approximately six hours per month with opportunities for additional teaching hours as the program grows throughout the Hudson Valley.

Pay: $40.00 - $50.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $40 - $50