Nursery Classroom Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

Franconia Children’s Center is seeking a nurturing, patient, and dependable educator to join our nursery classroom. This position involves caring for infants in a safe, loving, and responsive environment while supporting their early growth and development.

What You'll Do

Responsibilities include:

• Providing attentive and nurturing care to each infant
• Feeding bottles and introducing foods according to each child’s individual schedule
• Changing diapers and maintaining accurate feeding, diapering, and sleep records
• Following safe-sleep practices and all New Hampshire Child Care Licensing requirements
• Maintaining active supervision and responding promptly to infants’ needs
• Planning age-appropriate activities, including tummy time, sensory play, music, stories, and outdoor experiences
• Supporting infants as they reach physical, social, emotional, and communication milestones
• Cleaning and sanitizing bottles, toys, equipment, and classroom surfaces
• Communicating professionally with families about their child’s day, routines, and development
• Working collaboratively with co-teachers to maintain a calm, organized, and welcoming classroom
• Following all FCC health, safety, emergency, and classroom procedures

The ideal candidate is gentle, reliable, observant, and comfortable caring for infants with different feeding, sleeping, and developmental needs. Previous infant-care experience is preferred, but we are willing to support the right candidate in completing the required training and early childhood education coursework.

Requirements

Responsibilities include:

• Providing attentive and nurturing care to each infant
• Feeding bottles and introducing foods according to each child’s individual schedule
• Changing diapers and maintaining accurate feeding, diapering, and sleep records
• Following safe-sleep practices and all New Hampshire Child Care Licensing requirements
• Maintaining active supervision and responding promptly to infants’ needs
• Planning age-appropriate activities, including tummy time, sensory play, music, stories, and outdoor experiences
• Supporting infants as they reach physical, social, emotional, and communication milestones
• Cleaning and sanitizing bottles, toys, equipment, and classroom surfaces
• Communicating professionally with families about their child’s day, routines, and development
• Working collaboratively with co-teachers to maintain a calm, organized, and welcoming classroom
• Following all FCC health, safety, emergency, and classroom procedures

The ideal candidate is gentle, reliable, observant, and comfortable caring for infants with different feeding, sleeping, and developmental needs. Previous infant-care experience is preferred, but we are willing to support the right candidate in completing the required training and early childhood education coursework.

Nice To Haves

What sets you apart:

• A background in early childhood education or a related field
• Knowledge of child development principles and play-based learning
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to create a supportive and engaging learning environment
• A passion for working with young children and their families
• Experience working collaboratively as part of a team
• CPR and First Aid certification (a plus)

Benefits

• Paid Leave
• Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance
• Child Care Discount
• Professional Development
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  Join a supportive team and make a meaningful difference during the most important years of a child’s development. FCC offers a consistent weekday schedule with no evenings or weekends, professional development opportunities, assistance completing required training, and opportunities for wage increases and advancement as experience and qualifications grow.