Early Childhood Educator

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

Franconia Children’s Center is seeking a caring, dependable, and enthusiastic Early Childhood Educator to join our team. This position is responsible for providing a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment where young children can learn, grow, and build positive relationships.

The Early Childhood Educator will work collaboratively with other teachers to plan and carry out developmentally appropriate activities that support children’s social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide attentive, nurturing care and maintain active supervision of children at all times.
• Create a welcoming, inclusive, and age-appropriate learning environment.
• Plan and participate in hands-on activities, outdoor play, group experiences, and daily routines.
• Support children in developing communication, independence, self-help, and social-emotional skills.
• Use positive guidance techniques and model respectful interactions.
• Follow classroom schedules while responding to each child’s individual needs.
• Assist with meals, diapering, toileting, rest time, and other caregiving routines as needed.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe classroom.
• Communicate professionally with families, coworkers, and center leadership.
• Document children’s activities, development, and daily care as required.
• Follow all FCC policies and New Hampshire Child Care Licensing requirements.
• Complete required professional development, health and safety training, background checks, and fingerprinting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with young children in a licensed child care or educational setting.
• Coursework, credentials, or a degree in early childhood education is preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of child development and developmentally appropriate practices.
• Strong communication, teamwork, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to remain patient, calm, and attentive in a busy classroom.
• Willingness to learn and complete required training.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including lifting children, sitting on the floor, bending, standing, and participating in indoor and outdoor activities.

The ideal candidate will be reliable, flexible, compassionate, and committed to helping every child feel safe, supported, and excited to learn.

• Paid Leave
• Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance
• Child Care Discount
• Professional Development

• At Franconia Children’s Center, you will join a supportive and caring team while making a meaningful difference in the lives of young children and their families. We offer a consistent weekday schedule with no evenings or weekends, 24 hours of sick time upon hire, and 40 hours of vacation time after one year of employment. Employees also receive professional-development opportunities, assistance completing required early childhood training, and opportunities for wage increases and advancement as they gain experience and qualifications.