Full-time Early Childhood Associate Teacher

Trinity School for Children in Tampa, is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our Early Childhood team! We provide a premier educational experience for Early Childhood students ages infant through Pre-K. 

Trinity is in our 26th year, and embedded in our culture is the importance of parent-partnership with many family and community events and activities!

We are adding full-time, year-round Early Childhood Associate Teachers to our Early Childhood team with positions starting NOW!

Shift: Monday-Friday, 9:30am-6:00pm

Position Summary:

Help to implement learning experiences that advance the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development of children within a safe, healthy learning environment. In this role you will care for children, ages two through five. Trinity offers a great learning environment to build your career in education. Earn hours towards your Staff Credential, CDA, or CDA equivalent!

 Essential Functions:

• Supervision- Continuously monitors the children at all times to ensure safety.

• Care for children- Supporting diapering, potty-learning; independent-feeding for toddlers and young children. 

• Interaction with children- Use appropriate language and positive behavior support; model appropriate behavior; treat all children with dignity and respect.

• Communication- Maintains confidentiality of program and client related information.

• Classroom maintenance- Help to maintain a clean and organized learning environment.

• Collaboration- Interacts and maintains effective relationships with children, coworkers, parents, and administration.

• Physical expectation- Able to stand, walk, sit, use hands, stoop, kneel, crouch, sit on the floor, lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

Fun Fact! 

Trinity School for Children implements Program Wide Positive Behavior Support to foster the success of our Early Childhood Associates and Teachers! 

• We provide ongoing training and coaching of PBS, with members of our PBS Leadership Team serving as coaches and mentors.

• PWPBS is a conceptual model of evidence-based practices, called The Pyramid Model. The Pyramid Model promotes young children's (birth to five years old) social-emotional competence and prevents and addresses challenging behavior, through a tiered promotion, prevention, intervention framework.

• Learn more about PWPBS here: PWPBS_Brochure.pdf

 Our Credo:

What potentialities in human beings - children, teachers and ourselves - do we want to see develop?

• A zest for living that comes from taking in the world with all five senses alert

• Lively intellectual curiosities that turn the world into an exciting laboratory and keep one ever a learner

• Flexibility when confronted with change and ability to relinquish patterns that no longer fit the present

• The courage to work, unafraid and efficiently, in a world of new needs, new problems and new ideas

• Gentleness combined with justice in passing judgments on other human beings

• Sensitivity, not only to the external formal rights of the "other fellow" but to him as another human being seeking a good life through his own standards

• A striving to live democratically, in and out of schools, as the best way to advance our concept of democracy

Our credo demands ethical standards as well as scientific attitudes. Our work is based on faith that human beings can improve the society they have created.

 Position Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years of age

• HS diploma or equivalent

• Two (2) years of post-secondary education; preferred

• One (1) year of experience working with children; preferred

• Willingness to complete Department of Children and Families (DCF) mandatory 45-hour introductory training within one-year of employment in a childcare setting

• Pre-employment requirements include satisfactory reference checks, drug screen (employer paid), and criminal background check ($95) https://info.flclearinghouse.com

Learn more about our organization:

• Web: https://trinitysfc.org/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trinity-school-for-children

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trinitysfc/?hl=en