Day Care Center Teacher jobs in Chicago, IL

Day Care Center Teacher oversees the educational activities within the day care classroom. Structures the curriculum and monitors students' progress to ensure activities are meeting the children's needs. Being a Day Care Center Teacher maintains a clean, safe, and nurturing environment. Holds conferences with parents to discuss child's growth and development. Additionally, Day Care Center Teacher typically requires an associate degree. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager. Day Care Center Teacher's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Daycare Preschool Teacher
  • Kids Future Day Care Center
  • Chicago, IL FULL_TIME
  • Benefits/Perks
    • Competitive Compensations
    • Career Advancement Opportunities
    • Great Work Environment
    We are seeking an experienced and energetic Daycare Teacher to join our team! You will be responsible for encouraging children’s intellectual, psychological, and physical growth. The ideal candidate is nurturing, patient, and creative. If you have a passion for helping children learn and reach their potential, we want to hear from you!

    Responsibilities:
    • Plan games and activities that are developmentally appropriate
    • Design a daily and weekly schedule
    • Provide basic care and caregiving activities
    • Evaluate children to ensure they are reaching developmental milestones
    • Communicate with parents and update them on their children’s activities
    • Act as part of a team in creating an environment where children can learn and implementing group lesson plans. • Record observations, write lesson plans
    • Conduct screenings and assessment and reporting of outcomes for assigned children within the mandated timelines. • Communicate with parents/families and report child progress daily and through scheduled Parent-teacher conferences
    • Initiate referrals for children with special needs, complete yearly self and peer evaluations.
    • Promote an atmosphere of teamwork where staff, parents and children interact positively with each other.
    • Provides functional training and guidance to staff, interns, substitutes and volunteers assigned to the classroom.
    • Perform other general duties as assigned by the director of the center.
    • Ensures that Assistant Teachers are kept updated in all matters concerning the classroom and program, i.e.
    • Reported family changes in schedules and educational development opportunities as required by the center.
    • Complete a total of 20 professional development hours per year, 16 of which needs to be Gateways Registry-approved trainings.
    • Participate in ongoing development and evaluation of center’s goal and objectives.
    • Maintain safety, cleanliness and organization of the classroom and everything and everyone in it.
    • In accordance with our team philosophy, the person filling this position may occasionally be required to carry out or assist with other tasks in addition to the duties listed on this job description.
    • Staff must believe in and act in accordance with the center’s mission statements.
    • Must be physically able to perform the job of a preschool teacher (be able to lift children and/or equipment up to 40lbs, able to bend, sit and stand for extended periods of time). Must have a warm, supportive attitude toward children, must be reliable, must be flexible in receiving assignments or adapting to changes in the program, must be willing to accept supervision in order to improve work performance, must be willing to perform other duties as required.
    • Teachers will be given a minimum of one hour of uninterrupted planning time per week to complete necessary paperwork, lessons, enter documentation and meet with fellow tam staff to plan coordinate and discuss children’s progress.
    Qualifications:
    • Previous experience as a daycare teacher or childcare provider
    • Strong understanding of child development
    • Patient, kind, and nurturing
    • Excellent organizational, communication, and time management skills
    • Associates degree in education, or completion of credentialing program to acquire CDA, with at least 1 year of child development/early childhood/education experience.
    • Bachelor’s degree in education and/or IL early childhood teaching license preferred.
    • At least 19 years of age, clear background check and good health record.
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Day Care Teacher-Infant/Toddler/Pre-School
  • Renown Daycare Center
  • Chicago, IL FULL_TIME,PART_TIME
  • Infant/Toddler/Preschool Teacher Our daycare company has multiple locations around Chicago, and we are currently looking to hire additional teachers in different centers around the city. The program i...
  • 27 Days Ago

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Lower School After Care Teacher
  • North Shore Country Day School
  • Winnetka, IL FULL_TIME
  • Lower School After Care Teacher North Shore Country Day School Winnetka, Illinois North Shore Country Day School, a JK-12 independent school near Chicago, seeks candidates for teacher positions in our...
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Day Care Center Director
  • Just for Kids LLC
  • Chicago, IL FULL_TIME
  • Benefits: 401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance We are looking for a qualified & Experienced Director to join our team! The Director serves as the Chief Administrativ...
  • 10 Days Ago

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Registered Nurse (RN or LPN) Day Shift
  • Community Care Center
  • Schiller Park, IL FULL_TIME
  • Job Description What you will do in this role: As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be joining a team of nursing professionals dedicated to providing excellent clinical care. Some have been with us fo...
  • 21 Days Ago

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Registered Nurse (RN) - 12 hour Day Shifts
  • Community Care Center
  • Schiller Park, IL FULL_TIME
  • Job Description What you will do in this role: As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be joining a team of nursing professionals dedicated to providing excellent clinical care. Some have been with us fo...
  • 7 Days Ago

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Early Childhood Teacher and Director
  • Learning Express Child Care
  • Chicago, IL
  • Job Description Job Description Position Available: Daycare Teacher/Director *Must have received 2 doses of Covid-19 vac...
  • 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Toddler Teacher
  • PKS CHRISTIAN LEARNING SITE 2
  • Park Forest, IL
  • Job Description Job Description Benefits/Perks Competitive Compensations Career Advancement Opportunities Great Work Env...
  • 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Preschool Teacher
  • PKS CHRISTIAN LEARNING SITE 2
  • Park Forest, IL
  • Job Description Job Description Benefits/Perks Competitive Compensations Career Advancement Opportunities Great Work Env...
  • 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Early Childhood Teacher
  • MINDS OVER MATTER
  • Harvey, IL
  • Job Description Job Description GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL Should love and enjoy working with children. Shall co...
  • 4/21/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Early Childhood Teacher
  • TOTS LAND INC
  • Chicago, IL
  • Job Description Job Description - Minimum 6 ECE credit hours, or approved Illinois CDA credentials, - Assistant teachers...
  • 4/21/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Early Childhood Teacher
  • Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
  • Chicago, IL
  • Job Description Job Description 1. Develops and implements the weekly lessons plans that utilizing the Creative Curricul...
  • 4/21/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Lead Pre K Teacher
  • Infant Tree Educational Rockstar LL
  • Gary, IN
  • Job Description Job Description DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Develop an indoor and outdoor learning environment that ...
  • 4/21/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Early Childhood Teacher
  • Kiddie Academy Crystal Lake
  • Mundelein, IL
  • Job Description Job Description Our teachers are committed to making their center successful and know that creating mean...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ (listen), locally also /-ˈkɔː-/), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in Illinois, as well as the third most populous city in the United States. With an estimated population of 2,716,450 (2017), it is the most populous city in the Midwest. Chicago is the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, and the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States. The metropolitan area, at nearly 10 million people, is the third-largest in the United States, and the fourth largest in North A...
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Income Estimation for Day Care Center Teacher jobs
$37,119 to $47,049
Chicago, Illinois area prices
were up 0.8% from a year ago

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