Preschool Educator
About the Role
At Youth In Need, we value community and relationships. We encourage courageous spaces, leaning into discomfort, and stretching your learning muscles. As a Preschool Educator, you'll create a warm, welcoming classroom environment that helps children reach their highest potential while partnering with parents and your colleagues to help make this happen. You'll show exemplary responsive care, while demonstrating classroom management skills, lesson planning and developmentally appropriate practice.
About Youth In Need
Youth In Need has been around since 1974 helping to create safe places for the area's most vulnerable children. We have more than 400 full- and part-time staff who serve more than 8,000 children, teens, and families at nearly 100 locations in six counties in Eastern Missouri. Youth In Need has been named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace for seven straight years. We are nationally recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services as an exemplary program.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development from an accredited college/university (a related degree will be considered with at least 36 hours in ECE/Child Development)
- If you do not have this degree, we will support you in obtaining a CDA Credential
- 3+ years' experience working in a Head Start Program or a licensed community childcare program (preferred)
- Driver's License
- Ability to be CPR certified
Pay
This is an hourly position, starting at $22.14/hour with the required CDA credential or equivalent, or $16.29/hour prior to obtaining the required CDA credential or equivalent.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance at low cost
- Paid Time Off including 12 Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, 12 Sick Days and 2 Weeks Vacation (which increases with years of service)
- 401k with 3% Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance
- Opportunity for growth