Assistant Toddler Teacher

The Goddard School

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Oxford Charter Township, MI, us on site Until 8/22/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 26, 2025 Last posted March 26, 2025
Job description

At The Goddard School®, we believe that some of the most profound lessons can happen during everyday moments. Our teachers work with student's natural inclination for exploration and investigation to create fun, flexible learning experiences that foster well-rounded development in a safe and caring environment.

 

Assistant Teacher

The Assistant Teacher at The Goddard School is responsible for assisting the Lead Teacher in establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy, and nurturing learning environment. Additionally, a Lead Teacher is responsible to work together with the Assistant Lead Teacher to create a cohesive learning environment for the children.

Benefits:

  • Childcare benefits
  • Competitive Salary
  • Comprehensive Health Care
  • No nights and weekends
  • No Holidays
  • Paid Training
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Professional Development
  • 1 Hour Lunch
  • Flexible Schedule

Assistant Teacher qualifications:

  • Must possess a high school diploma or higher education.

Assistant Teacher Responsibilities:

An Assistant Teacher’s responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Establish and maintain a safe, healthy, and nurturing learning environment
  • Understand and implement The Goddard School® emergency procedure(s)
  • Promote healthy eating practices at lunch and snack times
  • Ensure that children are always within state ratio requirements
  • Perform nominal cleaning responsibilities (eg, spills) immediately
  • Adhere to all GSI Health and Safety policies and procedures
  • Advance children’s physical and intellectual competence
  • Create a multi-cultural learning environment Interact with the children to support play, exploration, and learning
  • Encourage children to talk with each other and with the faculty
  • Present age- and developmentally appropriate expectations for all children
  • Encourage creativity through art, music, dramatic play and blocks
  • Provide a reasonable balance between teacher-directed and child-directed activities
  • Provide opportunities for both active and quiet play
  • Support each child’s social and emotional development and provide positive guidance
  • Understand and adhere to the GSI Behavior Policy Implement activities to develop children’s self-esteem and social skills
  • Implement activities to enable children’s feeling of security
  • Encourage empathetic and respectful feelings for others, as well as the environment, through positive modeling
  • Respect cultural and ethnic diversity
  • Communicate, in a professional manner, with families and faculty
  • Build teamwork
  • Manage classrooms according to GSI QA Standards
  • Use assessment tools (eg, Progress Reports, Children’s Progress)
  • Maintain professional commitment
  • Promote GSI philosophy and educational objectives
  • Support a code of ethical conduct
  • Pursue professional development/continuing education
  • Attend faculty meetings, in-service days, conferences and professional growth opportunities

Highschool Diploma

 Benefits:

• Competitive Salary

• Benefit package

• Childcare benefits 

• No nights or weekend

About this role

Summary

Assist lead teacher in creating safe, nurturing learning environment for toddlers, supporting development and diversity.

Job title

Assistant Toddler Teacher

Experience level

high school diploma

Industry

education

Location requirements

Oxford Charter Township, MI, US, on-site only

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

high school diploma

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

early childhoodtoddler carediversityeducationbehavior management
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Oxford, MI 48371, USA

On-site City