Daycare Assistant Teacher
Astoria
Daycare Assistant Teacher
Full Time • Astoria
Benefits:
- Free uniforms
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Employee discounts
The Learning Experience – Astoria, NY
Full-Time | Monday–Friday
$16.50–$18.00 per hour, based on education and experience
Full-Time | Monday–Friday
$16.50–$18.00 per hour, based on education and experience
Make an Impact During the Years That Matter Most
Do you love the curiosity, big personalities, growing independence, and excitement that come with working with two-year-olds?
The Learning Experience of Astoria is looking for an energetic, nurturing, and dependable Assistant Twos Teacher to join our team.
Our Twos classroom is an exciting place to be! At this age, children are building their vocabulary, learning how to express their emotions, developing friendships, gaining independence, and discovering more about the world around them every single day.
We are looking for an educator who is excited to work alongside our Lead Teacher to create a warm, engaging, structured, and fun classroom where our two-year-olds can learn, explore, build confidence, and thrive.
If you love early childhood education and want to be part of a supportive, collaborative school community, we would love to meet you!
What You'll Do
As our Assistant Twos Teacher, you will work closely with the Lead Teacher to provide a nurturing and engaging classroom experience. Your responsibilities will include:
- Helping create a warm, welcoming, engaging, and nurturing classroom environment where children feel safe, supported, and excited to learn
- Assisting with hands-on, play-based, developmentally appropriate learning experiences
- Supporting children's growth across all developmental areas, including social-emotional, language, cognitive, physical, and creative development
- Encouraging growing independence through self-help skills, classroom responsibilities, mealtime routines, toileting/potty learning, handwashing, and other daily routines
- Helping children develop important social-emotional skills such as sharing, taking turns, communicating their needs, identifying emotions, and building friendships
- Supporting classroom routines, transitions, meals, rest time, outdoor play, and daily care needs
- Engaging with children throughout the day through conversations, stories, music, sensory play, art, movement, and meaningful interactions
- Building positive and professional relationships with children and families
- Working closely with the Lead Teacher and school leadership to maintain consistency within the classroom
- Helping maintain a safe, clean, organized, and engaging classroom environment
- Bringing patience, positivity, dependability, and enthusiasm to the classroom each day
What We're Looking For
Required:
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High School Diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working in a licensed daycare, preschool, or childcare center
- Experience working with toddlers or two-year-olds
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to take direction while also showing initiative within the classroom
- Dependability, patience, organization, and a positive attitude
- Ability to successfully complete all required background checks and applicable state compliance requirements
- A genuine passion for working with young children and supporting their development
Preferred:
- Previous experience specifically in a Toddler or Twos classroom
- Coursework, CDA, or additional education in Early Childhood Education
- Familiarity with developmentally appropriate early childhood curriculum and classroom routines
- Experience supporting children through potty learning and increasing independence
Compensation
$16.50–$18.00 per hour
Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate's education, qualifications, credentials, and relevant early childhood experience.
Why Join Our Astoria Team?
We believe great classrooms begin with great teachers.
At The Learning Experience of Astoria, we want our educators to feel supported, respected, and valued while having the opportunity to do meaningful work with children and families. You'll join a collaborative team where Lead and Assistant Teachers work together to create a positive classroom experience for every child.
Our two-year-olds are at an incredible stage of development. They're finding their voices, becoming more independent, forming friendships, testing new skills, and developing their own unique personalities.
As an Assistant Twos Teacher, you'll be right there alongside them—encouraging their independence, supporting their emotions, celebrating their milestones, and helping make their first school experiences positive and memorable.
We are actively interviewing qualified candidates and looking for the right educator to join our team.
Ready to Find Your Next Classroom?
If you're a caring and enthusiastic early childhood educator looking for a school where you can learn, grow, connect, and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today! Qualified candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview.
Compensation: $16.50 - $18.00 per hour
The Learning Experience
At The Learning Experience, we make early education joyful, engaging and fun so children are happy to learn, play and grow.
Our curriculum focuses on the six ages and stages of early childhood development and engages children in hands-on learning activities that encourage them to explore and solve problems at their own rate of development. This forms a foundation for kids to Learn, Play and Grow under the care of our nurturing teachers and staff.
At TLE®, we’ve created a full cast of characters that become our little learners’ educators, partners and friends through their preschool education journey. Each character has a unique personality and area of interest and brings learning to life by allowing children to explore the world through fun and imagination.
This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to The Learning Experience Corporate.
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