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Childcare, Education, Early Learning

Infant Teacher

Leominster, MAOnsiteFull TimePosted 2 months ago

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Required skills

  • CDA
  • Daycare experience
  • center-based
  • private school setting
  • infants
  • 8-hour shift
  • opening shifts
  • closing shifts
  • lift up to 50lbs
  • attentiveness

Nice to have

  • Childcare Education Institute
  • Penn Foster
  • college credits
  • First Aid
  • Teachers Pay Teachers
  • curriculum collaboration

Role summary

Magical Beginnings is seeking a compassionate and EEC Certified Infant Teacher for their Leominster, MA location. This full-time, onsite role involves nurturing infants through their first developmental milestones in a safe and engaging environment. Responsibilities include preparing curriculum, providing individualized care, communicating with parents, maintaining classroom safety, assisting with daily routines, tracking progress, and completing professional development. The ideal candidate possesses an EEC Infant/Toddler Certification or equivalent, daycare experience, and a nurturing demeanor. Flexibility in shifts and physical ability to care for infants are also required.

Infant Teacher — Leominster, MA
Early Education | Full-Time 

Magical Beginnings is hiring an Infant Teacher for our Leominster Early Childhood Education Center. If you're a nurturing, experienced infant caregiver, daycare teacher, or early childhood educator who loves working with babies during their first year of development, we'd love to meet you.

At Magical Beginnings, we believe an infant's earliest experiences shape the foundation for lifelong learning. As an Infant Teacher, you'll create a warm, safe, and responsive environment where babies feel secure, loved, and supported as they reach every new milestone.

You'll thrive in this role if you have:

  • EEC Infant/Toddler Certification, CDA, or equivalent degree and experience (required)
  • Daycare experience in a center-based or private school setting
  • A nurturing demeanor and a love for infants and their development
  • Some requirements of the role include:

  • Flexibility to work an 8-hour shift within the operating hours of the school, including opening and closing shifts
  • Ability to spend extended periods of time on the floor with the children
  • Ability to lift up to 50lbs
  • Ability to stand up to 90% of the workday
  • Attentiveness, strong time management, and a team-focused mindset
  • As an Infant Teacher, you will be responsible for:

  • Collaborating with your co-teacher to prepare curriculum, lesson plans, and materials
  • Providing responsive, individualized care that supports each infant's development through gentle, age-appropriate activities
  • Keeping parents informed and building positive relationships with children and families
  • Maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly classroom environment
  • Assisting with daily routines, including bottles, meals, diapering, and naptime, tailored to each infant's individual feeding and sleeping schedule
  • Tracking children's progress and completing required assessments
  • Maintaining your EEC-required professional development hours and PQ registry
  • Helping infants build a sense of security, trust, and early communication skills
  • What Magical Beginnings offers you:

  • Paid sick time
  • 13 paid holidays*, plus a guaranteed paid week-long winter break
  • Paid snow days and vacation time*
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance*
  • Long-term disability
  • Company-paid life insurance with additional voluntary coverage
  • Parental leave
  • Child care discount ($25/day)
  • Weekly pay and direct deposit
  • Referral and enrollment bonuses
  • Classroom tablets
  • A budget for classroom supplies
  • Paid classroom planning time
  • Free coffee and tea
  • Teachers’ lounge and break room
  • Mentor program
  • Teacher appreciation events
  • Team building activities
  • Holiday parties and seasonal events
  • School community outreach projects
  • *Available to full-time employees only

    Interested in advancing your career? Magical Beginnings can help!

  • Tuition coverage for all EEC Teacher/Director certifications
  • Tuition coverage for professional development training hours through the Childcare Education Institute
  • Access to Penn Foster to earn college credits towards EEC teacher certification or to increase your EEC teaching certificate level
  • No-cost First Aid and CPR certification renewals
  • No-cost access to Teachers Pay Teachers, a platform for curriculum collaboration, ideas and support
  • Extensive onboarding training
  • Paid professional development days
  • Pay increases for obtaining certifications
  • Reimbursement for required background check processes
  • Ready to apply?
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