Do you have a passion for working with young children?
Here at our childcare center in West Des Moines, we are looking for caring and passionate childcare teachers to join our team!
Hiring for all positions- must meet qualifications
PAY IS BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Aides - $15-$16 per hour
Assistant Teachers - $16-$17 per hour
Teachers - $16.50-$18 per hour
Some Of The Amazing Benefits We Offer:
- Receive a staff child care discount of up to 75% off
- Team engagement events
- Bonusly
- Get paid holidays off
- Accumulate paid vacation time during your first year
- Participate in paid training and paid staff development opportunities
- Earn referral bonuses
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Aflac is available
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Primary responsibilities:
- Carries out weekly curriculum that is written by New Creations and is fully accredited
- Delegates tasks and gives direction to other staff in the classroom
- Follows the daily schedule outlined by New Creations
- Works together with classroom staff to maintain a clean and safe learning environment
- Develop relationships with families and communicate with families about important updates, child's progress, activities in the classroom, and additional information
- Conducts conferences twice a year (completes assessments for each individual child)
- Interacts / co-plays with children
- Maintains children's physical appearance, health & well-being, and happiness throughout the day using positive approaches
- Additional duties as needed
Why New Creations?
WORKING IN A FUN ENVIRONMENT! New Creations provides a fun environment, exciting events & activities, and benefits beyond compare!
TEACHING CHILDREN! You will be a part of one of the most rewarding careers, in one of the highest-quality childcare programs in Iowa! You will get to teach, love, and care for these children in a safe and fun learning environment!
BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS! You will love working for New Creations because you will get to develop lasting relationships with the children, their families, and your co-workers!
BEING PART OF A TEAM! You will work in an environment where your co-workers are friendly and helpful. We build a positive team by incorporating fun events and perks such as coffee, lunches, company activities, and community events!
If you are looking for a permanent full-time or part-time career and want to be part of a fun, creative team that has a positive lifelong impact on children, you have come to the right place!
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
- Previous childcare experience, preferably in a childcare center environment
- For Teacher/Assistant Teacher qualified positions- meets the education & experience requirements
- Exemplifies the standards and characteristics of a New Creations employee (responsible, flexible, reliable, positive role model, etc.)
- State background check completed
- Certification in Adult and Pediatric First Aid & CPR completed within 30 days of employment.
- All training requirements to be completed on day 1 of employment
PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
With or without reasonable accommodation this position requires:
- Ability to travel on an ongoing basis.
- Extensive standing and walking; sitting on the floor and on low (12”) chairs.
- Frequent bending, stooping, and kneeling.
- Lifting and carrying children extensively in the infant/toddler program; less frequently in the preschool program, but the children are heavier.
- Frequent moving of equipment (cots, tables, etc.).
- Pushing children in buggies, strollers, and walking for considerable periods.
- The necessity of being outdoors in varying weather conditions.
- Exposure to unpleasant odors and fluids caused by vomit (occasional) and bodily elimination.
- Relatively frequent exposure to loud noises (baby crying, toys falling and other common occurrences of children at play).
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- No nights
- No weekends
Work Location: In person
Skills Required
- Previous childcare experience, preferably in a childcare center environment
- Teacher and Assistant Teacher candidates must meet applicable education and experience requirements
- Responsible, flexible, reliable, and positive role model characteristics
- State background check completed
- Adult and Pediatric First Aid and CPR certification completed within 30 days of employment
- All required training completed on the first day of employment
- Ability to perform extensive standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, lifting, carrying, and outdoor work
What We Do
New Creations Child Care & Learning Center provides fun, faith-based, educational, high-quality, and affordable childcare for infants through school-age children across Minnesota and central Iowa. Its developmentally appropriate programs support children’s social/emotional, physical, and cognitive growth through an in-house accredited curriculum featuring music, art, reading, sensory activities, and science, with the goal of preparing every child for kindergarten and future success.
