What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Infant Teacher position at Kiddie Academy of Lockport?
Overview
As a Lead Infant Teacher, you’ll create a safe, nurturing classroom where infants can explore, build relationships, and grow. You’ll guide daily care and learning, support classroom routines, and partner with families and colleagues. Your impact: attentive infant care and thoughtful child development instruction help children feel secure and give families confidence in their child’s daily experience.
Duties
- Lead infant care, child supervision, and age-appropriate teaching activities that support childhood development.
- Maintain classroom management and behavior guidance through responsive, consistent caregiving.
- Communicate with parents about children’s routines, development, and classroom experiences.
- Follow childcare safety practices, including first aid procedures and mandated reporting laws.
- Work with colleagues to support children with varied needs, including experience working with individuals with disabilities and special education approaches where appropriate.
Experience
- Experience working with children, infant care, toddler care, and early childhood education; preschool, daycare, daycare center, or classroom experience is valuable.
- Teaching experience with young children, child development instruction, teaching, or working with students is preferred.
- First aid and CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), including pediatric first aid, are valuable qualifications.
- Familiarity with parent communication, child supervision, classroom management, behavior management, and mandated reporting laws is important.
- Related caregiving experience, including nannying or babysitting, is welcome.
Pay: $20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- Childcare
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Professional development assistance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20