Child Care Teacher - Richmond, VA
Company: STI
Location: Richmond
Posted on: April 4, 2026
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Job Description:
Child Care Teacher Richmond, VA Job Information: Child Care
Teacher Start Date: Ideally; 3/2/26 End Date: NA - Direct hire role
Location: Richmond, VA, 23298. Shift: a 7.5 hour shift between the
hours of 6A-8P. Don’t have exact shift yet. Mon – Fri. Job Summary:
Utilizing the Reggio education approach, the Child Care Teacher
plans, develops and implements child creative and adaptive lesson
plans and provides a safe, secure and engaging environment for
children six weeks to six years age. As part of a teaching team,
Child Care Teacher ensures that interactions with children support
their self-esteem and promote their growth and development. The
Child Care Teacher makes learning a fun process that allows and
encourages children to explode their full potential. -Plan, develop
and implement lesson plans for assigned classroom. -Document
children’s daily progress and activities and prepare reports to
parents. -Ensure that the classroom is clean and neat and free of
health hazards or infection control risks. -Supervise teacher aides
and volunteers assigned to their classroom or within their scope of
practice throughout the center. -Provides support for the program
goals designed to promote autonomy, significant respect for the
abilities of children, involvement of parents and enriched
experience which aid in maximizing the potential of the developing
child and family. -Demonstrates understanding of how Reggio
concepts are implemented in both the indoor and outdoor classrooms.
-Licensing and /or Accrediting Body Requirements and Standard.
-Performs in adherence to licensing and /or Accrediting Body
Requirements and Standard. -Develops Lesson Plans/Goals designed to
nurture and promote cognitive, social and motor development. -Plans
for and promote gross and fine motor development, language skills
and independence. -Focuses on enhancing self-concepts and
self-esteem through positive interactions with children and
families. -Documents & Provides Feedback/Observations. -Prepares,
review and maintains assigned written reports and records for each
child. -Follows established policies, procedures and regulatory
guidelines in an effort to support best practice for children and
families. -Continuing Education/Required Meeting Actively
participates in staff meetings, special sessions and mandatory CE
events. -Maintains collaborative team relationships with other
teachers/staff. -Meets with other teachers, team leader, Site
Supervisor or Director to communicate need of the children, staff
and area. -Review data provided on each child and provide for a
smooth transition into and out of the area for both parents and
children. -Infection Control & Environmental Health/Safety Utilize
infection control procedure and demonstrate safe consciousness in
assessing environmental needs. -Ensure that classroom tables,
chairs, cabinets, cubbies, cots, toys and bookshelves are cleaned
routinely to ensure that infection control risks are minimized
-Clean/sweeps floors to remove materials that may pose a safety
hazard (food, water, paper etc.). -Removes broken toys, reports
unsafe wood surfaces or running surfaces. -Ensure that staff are
stationed on the playground to allow for adequate supervision and
response time for the children’s needs and coverage for station are
consistently maintained. -Ensures that bleach and cleaning
solutions are prepared correctly, are labeled with date and time
and are in a locked area. -Assist in coordinating environmental
needs with team to ensure a safe, clean, well-stocked area and an
area which meets the children and family’s needs. -Performs other
duties are assigned and/or participates in special projects in
order to support the mission of the client and department. -Accept
alternate assignments, as required. Education : Required Education:
-Two (2) year degree in early childhood education, child
psychology, psychology or closely related field. -High School
Diploma or equivalent. -Minimum of 40 hours of coursework in early
childhood education or related field (i.e. Child Psychology,
Children’s Literature). OR -Equivalent combination of education and
experience. Preferred Education: -Bachelors or Master’s degree in
Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education.
Licensure/Certification: Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
-Child Development Associate (CDA) Certificate. Experience:
Required Skills & Experience: Previous experience working with
children ages six (6) weeks to six (6) years of age (paid or
unpaid). -Two (2) years of formal experience. -Frequent bending.
Climbing (steps, ladder, other). -Reasoning abilities.
-Problem-solving abilities. -Ability to hear effectively. -Ability
to speak clearly. -Ability to write legibly. -Reading and
comprehension abilities. -Logical thinking abilities. -Ability to
work in a fast-paced environment. -Ability to manage frequent and
intense customer interactions. -Ability to adapt to frequent
change. -Ability to handle multiple priorities. -Frequent and
intense customer interaction. -Ability to work in Noisy
Environment. Preferred Skills & Experience: -Experience
specifically working with children six (6) weeks to two (2) years
old. -Familiarity with the Reggio philosophical approach to
education for children
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