Child Care Teaching Jobs – Minneapolis / St Paul, MN
If you’re interested in becoming a part of our Childcare Co-op, please look through our list of open child care teaching jobs to see if your skillset applies. We currently have a variety of teaching positions that we would like to fill and are excited to hear from you!
Teaching Position #1: Co-Lead Teacher
Hours: 26 hours per week, Monday, Wednesday-Friday 8:30am – 3:30pm
Ages: 17 Months – 5 Years
Co-Lead Teacher in a mixed-age room with up-to 14 children aged 17 months through 5 years. This position will be a part of a 4 person team consisting of this position, an experienced KidsPark co-lead teacher, an assistant teacher and a float teacher. The Co-Lead Teachers will be responsible for supervising the assistant teacher and the float teacher when in their room. The co-lead teachers will be responsible for writing an article for the quarterly KidsPark community newsletter.
Teaching Position #2: Assistant Teacher
Hours: 18 hours per week, Tuesday-Friday 8:30am – 1:00 pm
Ages: 17 Months – 5 Years
Assistant Teacher in a mixed-age room with up-to 14 children aged 17 months through 5 years. This position will be a part of a 4 person team consisting of this position, an experienced KidsPark co-lead teacher, a second co-lead teacher and a float teacher. The assistant teacher will be supervised by the co-lead teachers.
Teaching Position #3: Float Teacher
Hours: 18 hours per week, Monday, 8:30 – 1:00pm; Tuesday-Thursday, 8:30am – 3:30.
Ages: 6 Weeks – 5 Years
Float Teacher, spending one day in each of the four primary KidsPark teaching roles (Mixed Age co-lead teachers, Infant Room teacher, Prep teacher). This will allow each classroom teacher to have a 4-day student-facing week. This position will be a part of a 4 person team in the mixed age room consisting of this position, an experienced KidsPark co-lead teacher, a second co-lead teacher and a float teacher. The float teacher will be supervised by the co-lead teachers. This position must be qualified to work with children age 6 weeks through age 5.
Teaching Position #4: Lead Preschool Teacher
Hours: 23 hours per week initially. Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am – 1:00pm; Wednesday and Friday 8:30am – 3:30pm.
Additional Hours: Field trips on Tuesday/Thursday may increase the day to 8:30-3:30, but would be known well in advance as the position will be setting the schedule.
Ages: 3.5-5 Years
Lead Preschool Teacher with up-to 7 children aged 3.5 through 5 years. This position will be the primary teacher for this age group. Our preschool program has evolved to be a meet and explore offering. The children meet at KidsPark and explore our community experience using neighborhood walks and the metro transit system to explore our community. This group will meet at the Jimmy Lee Recreation center to swim on Wednesdays, and as weather allows, will head back to Desnoyer Park after lunch and will attend circus classes at Circus Juventas on Fridays. Additionally, the ideal candidate would plan other outings to Children’s Theater, Minnesota Chamber Orchestra, St. Paul Ballet and others as the teacher sees possible. This position will work with the executive director on Wednesday and Friday initially and as needed. Additionally, this person must be able to work with parent volunteers providing guidance and modeling as needed. The lead preschool teacher will be responsible for writing an article for the quarterly KidsPark community newsletter.