What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infant Teacher position at Lead Preparatory?
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Free food & snacks
- Free uniforms
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
We are seeking a dedicated, nurturing, and highly reliable Infant LEAD Teacher with a passion for impacting youth from the cradle to the classroom. The ideal applicant brings a calm presence, consistency, and a genuine love for caring for our youngest scholars while supporting their earliest stages of development.
Infant educators at LEAD Preparatory play a vital role in building the foundation for lifelong learning. Your work shapes scholars’ early attachments, promotes brain development, and establishes routines that support emotional security and healthy growth. Knowledge of Quality Rated best practices is a strong bonus and highly valued.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Provide warm, responsive, and developmentally appropriate care for infants ages 6 weeks to 12 months, ensuring safety, comfort, and emotional well-being at all times.
- Follow all Bright from the Start guidelines, including Safe Sleep practices, sanitation procedures, feeding protocols, diapering procedures, and daily health checks.
- Demonstrate patience, professionalism, and consistency, especially when navigating infant cues, crying cycles, and transitions.
- Develop and implement GELDS-aligned lesson plans that promote early language, sensory exploration, social-emotional bonding, and foundational motor skills.
- Maintain accurate documentation including feeding logs, diaper changes, developmental milestones, and parent communication.
- Engage scholars through intentional play, music, tummy time, interactive reading, and hands-on experiences that stimulate emerging curiosity.
- Build trusting partnerships with families by providing daily updates, maintaining confidentiality, and showing empathy and respect.
- Uphold LEAD Preparatory’s values of LEADing with love , safety, innovation, and social and academic readiness in all classroom practices.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe classroom environment conducive to infant exploration and movement.
Qualifications
- A genuine love for infants and the ability to provide consistent, responsive caregiving.
- Knowledge of best practices in infant development, attachment theory, early brain growth, and social-emotional foundations.
- Familiarity with Quality Rated expectations or willingness to be trained.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while remaining calm, organized, and solution-oriented.
- Experience engaging infants through developmentally appropriate early literacy, sensory, and motor activities.
- Strong oral and written communication skills to support daily reports, family communication, and team collaboration.
- Willingness to learn and apply LEAD Preparatory’s curriculum, values, and routines.
- CPR/First Aid certification (or willingness to obtain).
- Previous childcare or infant classroom experience preferred.
Salary : $13 - $15