Infant Toddler Lead Teacher at Merryhill School

Sacramento, CA 94262

About the Job

Infant Toddler Lead Teacher

Merryhill School (#1032), 2905 11th Ave, Sacramento, California, United States of AmericaReq #8320

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Merryhill School is a multi-location school group with campuses in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas offering an outstanding private education to preschool, elementary, and middle school age students. Our preschools offer the perfect balance of learning and play, while our elementary and middle schools provide a challenging and robust curriculum, innovative instruction, and a vibrant school community. A career with Merryhill offers opportunities in education, summer camps, before and after school programs, and regional management with the support of our parent company, Spring Education Group.

Join Our Team as an Infant Toddler Lead Teacher at the Brand-New Merryhill Preschool Campus!

We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our newest Merryhill Preschool campus in January 2025! We’re looking for dedicated and passionate educators to help build a joyful, nurturing environment for our youngest learners. If you’re excited about early childhood education and want to make a meaningful impact from day one, we’d love to meet you!

Why You'll Love Working with Us

Competitive Pay: $24–$30 per hour
Comprehensive Benefits: Health, vision, and dental coverage
Future Savings: 401(k) plan to support your long-term goals
Referral Bonuses: Earn extra for helping us find more amazing teachers
Student Tuition Discounts: Share our love of learning with your family

About the Role

As an Infant Toddler Lead Teacher at Merryhill School, you’ll create a safe, supportive, and engaging environment where infants and toddlers feel valued and encouraged to explore. You’ll be a key part of fostering their natural curiosity and helping them build confidence in their abilities, laying the groundwork for lifelong learning.

A Typical Day

Expect a lively, hands-on classroom experience filled with engaging activities that nurture early communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and analytical skills. Your day will be full of fun and exploration as you guide circle time, playtime, and snack time, creating joyful and memorable moments for our young learners.

What You Bring to the Team

Minimum Requirements: 18 early childhood education (ECE) units and at least 18 years of age
Passion for Early Childhood Development: You’re enthusiastic about fostering growth and joy in young children.
Strong Communication Skills: You’re skilled at interacting effectively with children, parents, and team members.
Collaborative and Adaptable: You work well with others and handle changing situations with ease.
Organized and Positive: You create a classroom environment where children feel safe, respected, and excited to learn.
Dedicated and Solution-Oriented: You bring a strong work ethic, creative problem-solving skills, and a commitment to creating a positive learning experience.

Why Choose Merryhill?

By joining our team, you become part of an innovative and supportive educational community. You’ll benefit from opportunities for professional growth, a welcoming environment, and the chance to make a lasting difference in the lives of young children.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In general, this position requires an individual to frequently walk, stand, sit, squat, stoop, reach, kneel, rise from the floor, twist, listen, read, write, and speak the English language. In addition, this position often requires an individual to carry, lift, use repetitive or fine hand movements, and occasionally push, pull, or bend. This position is regularly required to hear and use clear vision with or without correction. Spring Education Group, including, but not limited to SEG Inc., and their affiliates (collectively “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment and employees are provided equal employment opportunities, including in recruitment, hiring, and assignment, without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion and religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. The Company expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee or student harassment or discrimination.

Other details

Job FunctionEarly Childhood Education
Pay TypeHourly
Employment IndicatorFull Time
Min Hiring Rate$24.00
Max Hiring Rate$30.00