Early Learning Center Floater Teacher

Location: Madison Avenue Clubhouse • Part-Time Hourly Rate: $18.00

About the role

The ELC daycare center floater is a versatile, nurturing professional who supports various classrooms by covering staff breaks, covering absences, and maintaining required child-to-staff ratios. They ensure consistent care across ages (preschool–school aged) by assisting with activities, meals, and supervision, requiring high adaptability and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Move between classrooms to assist Head Teachers/Assistant Teachers, providing coverage to maintain ratios, cover breaks, or fill in during absences.
• Actively supervise children during play, meals, and nap times to ensure a safe, clean, and organized environment.
• Implement age-appropriate activities and support educational and social-emotional development as directed by lead teachers.
• Assist with meals, snacks, potty training, and cleaning/sanitizing surfaces.
• Quickly learn and follow the routines, schedules, and lesson plans of different classrooms.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Previous professional experience in a childcare or daycare setting preferred.
• Pediatric First Aid and CPR certification preferred.
• Ability to lift children (up to 40 lbs), bend, and sit on the floor.
• Strong communication, flexibility, and the ability to work with diverse age groups.

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

• Frequently lift up to 30 lbs; occasionally, with assistance, lift 50+ lbs.
• Ability and/or willingness to learn how to operate various types of machinery for cleaning tasks.
• Constantly bend, stoop, reach, and kneel to perform essential functions; extended time on feet.
• Climb up and down stairs and use ladders.
• Work with or in areas where hazardous materials/cleaning agents may be present.
• Wear an appropriate face mask while performing job responsibilities and in public spaces on site.
• Work in a tobacco-free environment.

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.