Infant Teacher

ABOUT EARLY CONNECTIONS LEARNING CENTERS

Early Connections Learning Centers is dedicated to providing comprehensive, high quality early care and education for ALL children. Every position works in coordination to achieve this mission. Since 1897, our work to provide high quality early childhood education has positively impacted thousands of children and families in the Pikes Peak region. Our nationally accredited programs help build a strong foundation for young children to be happy and successful in learning and life.

Creates a warm, responsive, and predictable environment where infants feel safe, comforted, and supported as they build secure attachments and meet early developmental milestones. The Infant Teacher provides consistent, attuned caregiving—nurturing each child’s unique rhythms, cues, and needs while supporting their physical, social-emotional, and early cognitive development.

Through responsive routines, sensory-rich experiences, and gentle interaction, this role helps infants explore their world, develop emerging skills, and form trusting relationships. In partnership with families, the Infant Teacher ensures continuity of care and a high-quality environment aligned with Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) licensing requirements and NAEYC standards, laying the earliest foundations for healthy development and future learning.

• Provide warm, nurturing, and predictable care that supports secure attachment and responds sensitively to infants’ cues.
• Ensure full compliance with CDHS licensing requirements, NAEYC accreditation standards, and all health and safety expectations for infants.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and developmentally appropriate environment designed for non-mobile and mobile infants, ensuring close, active supervision at all times.
• Support infants’ emerging skills by offering sensory experiences, intentional routines, floor time, and interactions that encourage early development across all domains.
• Observe, document, and respond to each child’s developmental progress, adjusting caregiving practices to meet individual needs and milestones.
• Partner with families through consistent, respectful communication that supports continuity of care, shares daily updates, and celebrates developmental changes.
• Engage in gentle, developmentally appropriate interactions—talking, singing, holding, and comforting infants to promote early language and social-emotional growth.
• Apply principles of infant development in all caregiving routines, adapting approaches to support feeding, sleeping, mobility, and emerging self-regulation skills.

• Build positive, professional relationships with families and colleagues to support a warm and inclusive classroom community.
• Communicate effectively with co-teachers and cross-department partners to ensure coordinated support for children and families.
• Share information appropriately with co-teachers and supervisors to ensure continuity of care and consistent routines.
• Maintain discretion and confidentiality regarding children, families, staff, and program operations.
• Demonstrate professionalism in all interactions, maintaining a positive approach, reliable attendance, and alignment with Early Connections’ values.

• Minimum of a CDA or PDIS Level 2 plus 6+ credit hours in ECE college courses. Additional coursework may be required based on classroom assignment.
• Must meet Colorado minimum Rules and Regulations for Teachers; must be Early Childhood Teacher qualified.
• Documented experience teaching in the Early Childhood Education field (birth to age
  6).
• Demonstrated passion for working with children and a strong professional foundation in the principles, theories, and best practices of early childhood education, including care for infants.
• Prior to employment, candidates must pass federal and state criminal and Colorado Department of Early Childhood background checks, pre-employment drug screen, physical, and verification of employment, education and/or credentials.
• By position, valid driver’s license.

Position requires physical mobility, with or without reasonable accommodation if requested, to…