Early Childhood-Support Staff

About This Role

This Early Childhood-Support Staff opportunity at Early Learning Center, Inc. serves Mixed / All Ages and requires no formal credential — just relevant experience. Based in Williston, VT, candidates bring experience in early childhood education and development.

Join Us

Join our warm, relationship-driven early childhood program where play, connection, and teamwork are at the heart of every day. The Early Learning Center serves children ages 6 weeks to 5 years and operates year-round from 7:30 am to 5:15 pm. We are currently hiring flexible 4–6 hour shifts with options for additional hours and opportunities for growth!

What You'll Do

• Provide support in a co-teaching environment with infants, young toddlers, older toddlers, and preschoolers.
• Help develop and sustain safe, high-quality development and learning environments for children.
• Maintain a safe, secure environment for children, staff, and visitors, including knowledge of emergency procedures.
• Implement appropriate requirements of the Vermont Licensing regulations.
• Accept children unconditionally, their personalities, needs, and ways in which they communicate, and help them develop without judgment.
• Maintain play resources and other materials to provide curriculum and play opportunities within classrooms.
• Maintain established expectations for children.
• Promote an environment that values diversity and celebrates cultural, linguistic, gender, and other individual differences in people.
• Keep discussions of children, families, and other staff confidential and on a professional level at all times.
• The ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) is a must.

Requirements

• Ability to work well with others (staff, children, and parents) and to foster a team environment
• Competent oral and written communication skills
• Responsible and reliable individual
• An understanding of child development
• Infant/child CPR and First Aid certification (or willingness to take an approved course online)
• Must clear a full background check
• At least 18 years of age
• Minimum of a High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to engage in a minimum 4 hours yearly of professional development

Nice to Have

• Experience working and caring for young children in an educational setting
• Enrolled in a degree program in education or a related field, such as psychology or human development
• Pediatric first aid and infant and child CPR certification

Benefits

About Early Learning Center, Inc.
The Early Learning Center (ELC) is a non-profit early childhood program created in partnership with families, educators, and community members. We are a fully licensed, center-based program located at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, providing care and education for 38 children ages 6 weeks through 5 years.

At ELC, we believe children are competent learners from birth. We value their natural curiosity and individual ideas, and we facilitate learning through a developmentally appropriate, play-based, emergent curriculum. Our center is committed to providing the very best early childhood education experience for every child and family in our care.

✨Looking Ahead✨
In early 2026, ELC will move to our new home in Williston, our 3rd and largest location in our history. This expansion represents a bold step forward, doubling our space and deepening our commitment to inclusive, neuroaffirming environments. The new building will feature exciting amenities such as a dedicated art room, sensory break room, and library, along with designated space for staff and ample classroom space.