Early Education Teacher Associate-Infant and Toddler Program

Heartworksvt is hiring a Full Time Early Education Teacher Associate-Infant and Toddler Program professional in Burlington, Vermont, for educators ready to shape daily experiences that help the youngest learners build foundational skills. This on-site opportunity supports families seeking quality infant and toddler care in the Burlington area through focused classroom leadership and collaboration.

Role Overview

In the Early Education Teacher Associate-Infant and Toddler Program role at Heartworksvt in Burlington, Vermont, you shape calm, engaging spaces where babies and toddlers feel secure enough to explore, bond, and gain early independence. The position rests on research-informed teaching that links day-to-day interactions to lasting developmental gains. You also help advance practices that respect the natural world while strengthening ties among children, families, and the classroom team so everyone shares in each small milestone.

Core Duties

• Shape and maintain secure, attentive rooms where infants and toddlers develop wonder, self-assurance, and emerging self-regulation skills.
• Plan and deliver thoughtfully sequenced learning experiences tailored to the unique needs of babies and toddlers.
• Coach and coordinate fellow classroom staff so the entire teaching group delivers consistent, high-caliber care.
• Demonstrate teaching habits that connect everyday activities to long-term child wellbeing and ecological awareness.
• Forge reliable partnerships with families by sharing observations and inviting knowledge about each child.
• Ground every interaction in verified insights about how very young minds learn, form attachments, and acquire lasting competencies.

Qualifications

• Genuine dedication to strategies that match the developmental stage of infants and toddlers.
• Readiness to collaborate with colleagues, children, and families in an open, respectful atmosphere.
• Comfort applying evidence-based approaches while adapting routines to each child’s temperament and pace.
• Interest in practices that blend daily care with long-range environmental awareness.
• Proactive, team-oriented mindset suited to supporting both individual children and group goals.
• Reliability in modeling professional conduct that helps everyone feel respected and motivated.

About Heartworksvt

Heartworksvt is hiring for this Early Education Teacher Associate-Infant and Toddler Program opening and provides a supportive team setting as part of a wider network devoted to community-focused early childhood programs operating under several school identities in locations such as Burlington, Vermont. Staff follow research on early development and share a culture that prizes humility, open thinking, nurturing care, personal responsibility, and recognition of one another’s contributions.

Next Steps

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