Infant-Toddler Teacher

Join the ECS4

Kids Team

At ECS4

Kids (formerly Episcopal Children’s Services), we honor young children’s immense potential by helping them enter school ready to learn. We cultivate lifelong learners by immersing children in enriching guided experiences and discovery‑oriented approaches. Through programs such as Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK), Head Start, School Readiness, Child Care Resource & Referral (CCRR), and more, our dedicated professionals work with families and caregivers throughout Florida to promote children’s well‑being.

These initiatives strengthen motor, cognitive, social‑emotional, language, communication, and problem‑solving skills.

Job Type: Full‑time

Partner with us to empower communities to rise above generational poverty with comprehensive early childhood education and holistic family support. We have career opportunities available in several counties throughout Northeast and Central Florida.

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 403(b) plan with 5% employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Long‑term & short‑term disability insurance
• Employer‑paid life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Generous paid time off
• Career development
• Qualifying employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

The Primary Caregiver provides a warm, nurturing, stimulating, safe and loving environment where each child can develop language, cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills appropriately.

• Plan and implement a culturally sensitive educational program that is developmentally appropriate for each child’s age and language.
• Use Teaching Strategies Cloud to plan and create weekly digital lesson plans that promote the cognitive, language, literacy, social, emotional, and physical development of children.
• Follow the approved daily schedule to implement the daily lesson plans from the approved curricula with fidelity.
• Plan a balanced daily routine that encourages play, exploration, and learning; and which includes teacher‑directed and child‑directed activities, and inside and outside time.
• Provide a developmentally appropriate, stimulating learning environment, which includes adding new and interesting materials each week.
• Provide a warm, nurturing, loving and positive environment, using positive guidance techniques and upholding the ECS Discipline policy.
• Develop nurturing relationships with each child that encourages his or her social and emotional development.
• Maintain all federal, state, local and accreditation standards (including NAEYC, APPLE, ECS, DCF and Early Head Start).
• Adjust the classroom routine, activities, and environment to meet the developmental levels of all children in the group, including children with special needs, over the course of their enrollment at the center.
• Participate in research initiatives pertaining to early childhood education, development, and related topics.

• Conduct daily health checks on each child.
• Create a classroom routine that promotes a healthy lifestyle.
• Follow policies and procedures regarding medical and dental emergencies, short‑term exclusion of children, and the administration, handling, and storing of medication.
• Ensure that safe practices are followed to prevent injuries to children or self.
• Maintain sanitation and hygiene procedures and participate in the maintenance of the center.
• Participate in case management meetings regarding children’s health and development.

• Provide and encourage effective communication and relationships with families so that parents feel comfortable talking to staff about their children.
• Encourage parent involvement in all aspects of the program.
• Inform parents concerning their children’s progress formally and informally, which may include parent notes, learning outcomes, parent conferences and home visits.
• Maintain transition procedures for children moving from classroom to classroom or program along with other appropriate staff.
• Plan and implement weekly family involvement activities.

• Eat with children, encouraging proper eating habits and conversation.
• Serve food in a way that encourages…