Infant Assistant Teacher

Now Hiring: Passionate Early Childhood Teacher
Location: Charlotte NC | Job Type: Fulltime

Overview

This teacher position would require you to work within the classroom with your co-teacher and be responsible for carrying out and ensuring that the classroom operates with the highest standards of educational excellence and offers a safe learning environment. You would be responsible for teaching students basic academic, social, and other formative skills at the childcare level, and in accordance with Lightbridge Academy Mission, Vision and Core Values.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide consistent, loving care and ensure a secure, stimulating, and clean environment for infants ages 6 weeks to 12 months.

• Assist in feeding, diapering, and comforting infants according to their individual schedules and needs.

• Build strong, trusting relationships with each infant and their family by ensuring regular communication and sharing developmental progress.

• Support the implementation of age-appropriate curriculum activities that promote sensory exploration, motor skills, and social-emotional bonding.

• Help maintain accurate daily records of infant care routines (feeding, diapering, napping) and developmental milestones.

• Observe and respond to each child’s needs with patience and attentiveness, while ensuring close supervision at all times.

• Follow safe sleep practices and adhere to all health and safety regulations and protocols.

• Practice and model positive guidance, gentle redirection, and responsive caregiving.

• Keep the classroom clean, sanitized, and organized to meet state licensing standards.

• Communicate professionally and positively with co-teachers, administrators, and families.

• Opportunity to attend community marketing events to represent the school (optional but encouraged).

• Maintain compliance with the Association of Early Learning Leaders standards and internal operation and education audits.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Opportunity to attend community marketing events to represent the school (optional but encouraged).
• Maintain the standards per the Association of Early Learning Leaders and the company’s operation and education audit.
• Perform other duties as assigned.