Preschool Teacher

Little Stars Daycare Center

Preschool Teacher

Come be a part of our caring, family-like environment!

Location: Golden Valley, MN

Hours: Full-Time Monday-Friday between the hours of 8am-4pm

Wage: $21.00 per hour plus a comprehensive benefits package

Company Perks:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

• Supplemental Insurance offered through Colonial Life

• Paid Time Off

• 401K plan that employees can contribute to after 1 month

• Paid volunteer time- up to 16 hours each year

• Monthly Lunch and Learns

• MERSC Employee Discounts (Minnesota Recreation Service Counsel)

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Dog-Friendly Corporate Office

• Weekly snack day at Corporate

• Paid training opportunities

• Employee of the month recognition and gift card

• Fun Employee Engagement Activities- Summer Bags tournament, virtual bingo, Spirit week!

See what employees have to say about working for Orion Associates at https://www.orionassoc.net/

Little Stars Daycare Center provides a safe, caring home like atmosphere for children, while providing for their physical, intellectual, emotional and social development. Our teachers and staff operate as a little community and have the ability to create meaningful and close relationships with the children and parents. We are located in Golden Valley at our Meridian and Orion Service's Corporate Office. Little Stars is licensed for 10 infants and toddlers combined and 10 preschoolers. We typically have 4-5 infants attending and 4-5 toddlers per day. Our daycare provides quality care and education for our employees' children and residents of Golden Valley, MN. Our employees work through Meridian, Orion or Zenith Services.

About the Preschool Teacher Position:

We are looking for a preschool teacher who wants to be creative, make fun art projects, play hide and go seek, have dance parties, plant a garden and watch it grow! At Little Stars, we believe in teaching children through not only curriculum but also through everyday play opportunities. Our preschool is licensed for up to 10 children.

At Little Stars, our staff have the opportunity to contribute to curriculum development and developing activities to stimulate the children and their learning. Teachers provide daily and weekly schedules for the classroom, supervise and play with the children, teach children acceptable socialization skills and focus on learning the alphabet, colors, numbers, attend to children's needs, create art and craft projects with the children, and discuss development with parents. This position will float throughout the day, working with each age group - infants, toddlers and preschool children as needed.

Responsibilities include:

• Following weekly curriculum for the children

• Art and craft projects designed for infants

• Assess children's needs and development

• Assist in quarterly conferences

• Work closely with families

• Feeding, playing, cuddling

• Assist in completing walk throughs of the child care center to ensure items are in safe working order

• Ensure health and safety of children

• Assist in daily cleaning tasks of the center

• Attend childcare trainings

• Engage and encourage children to develop physically, emotionally and socially.

Requirements:

Must be at least 18 and meet one of nine possible combined credential, education and experience requirements, such as a high school diploma with 4,160 hours experience as an assistant teacher and 24 quarter credits in a child care-related field. For other specific qualifications visit the child care rule - https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/9503.0032

• For specifics, see the child care rule, Minn. Rules 9503.0003 and Minn. Stats. §§ 245A, 245Cand 626.556
• Proficiency in spoken and written English communication

If this sounds like the right next step in your career, please apply online at https://www.orionassoc.net/careers/