Preschool Teacher

Website Bloom Early Learning
A passion to nurture each child, a mission to make it affordable
Bloom Early Learning & Child Care, located in Plymouth, MN, is looking for a positive, enthusiastic, creative FT Preschool Teacher to join our center and contribute to our mission.
Bloom is a non-profit, NAEYC accredited early learning and childcare center that provides a passionate, nurturing and exceptional quality programs required to help the diversity of children & families learn, thrive and grow. We are a smaller center with a BIG mission. Our mission is to provide quality, affordable early childhood care and education for working families. At Bloom, we are committed to reaching out and providing access to low-income families in our community. We strive to offer 50% of our capacity to children and families needing tuition assistance.
The Teacher position duties include, but are not limited to:
*Working cooperatively to maintain our near perfect NAEYC ratings, our high levels of parent satisfaction and the stellar outcomes of our children.
*Helping to facilitating a safe, healthy environment with developmentally appropriate learning, for children, and families.
*Curriculum/Program Creation and/or Implementation. NAEYC/DHS/Parent Aware Compliance.
*Uses Creative curriculum with GOLD’s assessment in the classrooms
*Help serve meals, maintaining cleanliness of classroom and facility, greet children and parents.
*Interact with children to lead and support learning through play. Excellent people skills are a must for this team-teaching environment.
*All staff are expected to actively participate in providing an environment for the children to learn, thrive, and grow through fostering nurturing behaviors.
Bloom offers competitive pay scales, health coverage for qualifying employees, child care discount, paid in-service training/continuing education, 401K, short term and long term disability, and PTO. Follows NAEYC staff to child ratios.
Minimum Requirements:
Candidates must meet minimum DHS-Rule 3 qualifications for the position desired; Teacher: 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.
Candidates must have 2 years of experience working in a licensed child care center.
Experience with NAEYC preferred. Experience with the Creative Curriculum® and GOLD’s teaching strategies is preferred, but not required.
Have or willing to obtain SUIDS/Shaken Baby, CPR, and First Aid certification, fees provided by Bloom. Bloom will help to obtain required in-service hours.
* If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children & families and want to join a professional program where you will feel valued and appreciated, please email your resume, cover letter, salary requirements and three references for consideration to mary.olsen@bloomearlylearning.org
To apply for this job email your details to mary.olsen@bloomearlylearning.org