Lead Infant Teacher

Benefits:

• No nights and weekends
• Childcare discounts
• Recognition programs
• Professional development and CDA tuition reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Training & development
• Vision insurance

The Goddard School of South Charlotte

Charlotte, NC | Full-Time | Monday-Friday

Opening a brand-new school is a rare opportunity. We are seeking a warm, dependable, and experienced Lead Infant Teacher to help shape the care, culture, and classroom experience of our infant program from day one.

At The Goddard School of South Charlotte, we believe the earliest years matter deeply. Infants thrive through trusting relationships, predictable routines, responsive care, meaningful interactions, and a safe environment where they feel loved, secure, and known.

This role is ideal for an educator who understands that infant care is more than supervision. It requires patience, attentiveness, communication, developmental awareness, and a genuine love for helping babies grow through everyday moments.

Our Lead Infant Teacher will help create a nurturing classroom where children feel safe, families feel confident, and teachers feel supported.

Benefits & Perks

• Beautiful, brand-new school environment
• Supportive and experienced leadership
• Health insurance contribution
• Paid time off and holidays
• Paid professional development
• Childcare tuition discount (limited availability)
• Career growth opportunities
• No nights or weekends

What You'll Do

As our Lead Infant Teacher, you will:

• Create a safe, nurturing, and engaging infant classroom environment
• Build secure, trusting relationships with infants and families
• Support each child's social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development
• Maintain predictable routines for feeding, diapering, rest, play, and transitions
• Observe and support developmental milestones through responsive care and purposeful interaction
• Communicate warmly and professionally with families about each child's day, needs, and progress
• Partner with Assistant Teachers and school leadership to maintain a calm, organized, and loving classroom
• Maintain health, safety, sanitation, supervision, and licensing standards at all times

Who Thrives Here?

Successful Lead Infant Teachers are:

• Warm, patient, and deeply nurturing
• Calm, dependable, and emotionally mature
• Highly attentive to safety, routines, and individual needs
• Strong communicators with families and teammates
• Comfortable with feeding, diapering, soothing, floor play, and infant care routines
• Passionate about early childhood development
• Able to lead by example and support Assistant Teachers with professionalism and kindness

Ideal Experience

We are especially interested in candidates with experience in:

• Infant classrooms
• Toddler classrooms
• Licensed childcare or preschool settings
• Developmentally appropriate infant care
• Parent communication and daily reporting
• Classroom routines, safety, and supervision

Experience with toddlers is also valued, as this role may support continuity between our infant and young toddler classrooms.

Qualifications

Candidates must meet North Carolina childcare licensing requirements and possess one or more of the following:

• Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Education, or related field
• CDA credential
• NC Early Childhood Credential or equivalent qualification
• Relevant infant, toddler, or early childhood classroom experience
• Enrollment in an Early Childhood Education or CDA program

Background check and state employment requirements apply.

Schedule

• Full-time
• Monday-Friday
• No nights or weekends

If you are passionate about infant care, family trust, and helping children feel safe, loved, and ready to grow, we would love to meet you.

This Is Your Moment

The joy of childhood comes from those bright sparks of discovery -- moments that delight and surprise us. Your career at The Goddard School can be just as exciting. For more than 35 years, Goddard Schools have put each teacher at the heart of everything we do because teachers put each student at the heart of everything they do. The Goddard School trusts, empowers, and honors its exceptional educators. Develop your teaching skills in a vibrant and nurturing environment and make a difference in children's lives every day.


Each Goddard School location is privately owned and operated by Goddard Franchisor LLC franchisees. The Goddard School franchise owner(s) are the employers at each school, and the franchise owner(s) set their own wage and benefit programs, which vary by location.