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Posted 2 days ago
Preschool Toddler Teacher
Merryhill School
📍 Arlington
Full-time
Job description
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<div><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;">Spring Education Group’s K-12 Division includes nearly 75 schools, with programs spanning Preschool, Elementary, Middle School, and High School. </span><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">Across all our K-12 schools, the common theme is our dedication to providing high-quality education and delivering superior educational outcomes through a variety of acclaimed pedagogical approaches. </span><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;">Our private elementary schools provide challenging academics, personalized attention for each student, and strong partnerships among parents, teachers, students, and staff. </span><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; background-color: #ffffff;">Our proven curricula and our caring</span><span style="white-space: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff;"> community of educators are committed to delivering superior preschool through 12th grade education.</span></div>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">Toddler/Two Year Old Teacher – Merryhill School<br><br><br></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">About the Role<br></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">As a <strong>Toddler/Two Year Old Teacher</strong> at Merryhill School, you’ll play a central role in nurturing the growth, curiosity, and early development of our youngest learners. Toddlers thrive with structure, exploration, and warm, responsive caregiving—and your classroom will provide the secure, joyful spaces they need to build confidence and independence.<br><br><br></span></p>
<p style="margin: 12pt 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">You will also:</span></p>
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<li style="color: black; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Plan and implement engaging, age-appropriate curriculum focused on sensory exploration, early language, gross and fine motor development, and social-emotional growth</span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Foster a consistent and comforting daily routine that supports toddlers’ need for structure and security</span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Encourage independence through gentle guidance, responsive caregiving, and purposeful play</span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Collaborate with fellow early childhood educators and school leadership to ensure alignment in instructional practices and care standards</span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Communicate daily with parents through verbal updates, digital reports, and informal check-ins</span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Maintain a clean, organized, and safe classroom environment aligned with licensing standards and school policies<br><br><br></span></li>
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<p style="margin: 12pt 0in; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;">What We’re Looking For</span></strong></p>
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<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Experience working with toddlers in a licensed child care setting preferred</span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Deep patience, nurturing instincts, and a genuine love for toddlers and early learning</span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Strong communication skills and the ability to connect with both children and families</span></li>
<li style="color: black; margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Reliable, collaborative, and committed to high-quality care and education</span></li>
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<div><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px;">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.</span></div>
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