Infant Teacher - Experienced
Round Rock
Infant Teacher - Experienced
Full Time • Round Rock
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Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
Infant Teacher
Location: Round Rock, TX
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Type: Full-Time
The Learning Experience is seeking a nurturing, dependable, and engaged Infant Teacher to provide exceptional care and early learning experiences for infants. The ideal candidate understands the importance of building secure relationships, responding to each infant’s individual needs, and creating a safe, loving environment where little learners can grow and thrive.
As an Infant Teacher, you will support each child’s early development through responsive caregiving, age-appropriate activities, and meaningful interactions while partnering with families and working collaboratively with your teaching team.
What You'll Do
Inspires Happiness
Create a warm, nurturing classroom where infants feel safe, loved, and supported.
- Build trusting relationships with infants through responsive, attentive, and individualized care.
- Support early development through talking, singing, reading, tummy time, sensory exploration, and age-appropriate play.
- Recognize and respond to each infant’s cues, including hunger, fatigue, discomfort, and the need for comfort.
- Encourage early communication, sensory development, motor skills, and social-emotional growth.
- Provide individualized care that respects each infant’s personality, developmental stage, and daily routine.
Takes Ownership
Take responsibility for the daily care, supervision, and organization of your infant classroom.
- Follow each infant’s established feeding, sleeping, diapering, and care routines in accordance with center policies and licensing requirements.
- Maintain accurate daily records of feedings, diaper changes, naps, activities, and other important observations.
- Prepare bottles and handle breast milk, formula, and infant food according to established health and safety procedures.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and well-prepared classroom, including proper sanitizing of toys, equipment, and feeding areas.
- Observe and document developmental milestones and communicate any concerns to center leadership and families.
- Work collaboratively with co-teachers to maintain consistent routines and quality care throughout the day.
Builds Trust
Develop strong partnerships with families and create a supportive team environment.
- Communicate with families daily about their infant’s feeding, sleeping, diapering, activities, and overall well-being.
- Provide warm, professional, and reassuring communication during drop-off and pick-up.
- Respect family preferences and follow documented care instructions and individualized health plans.
- Share observations about developmental progress and promptly communicate concerns to center leadership.
- Work cooperatively with fellow teachers and leadership to provide consistent, individualized care.
- Maintain confidentiality and treat every family with respect and professionalism.
Drives Operational Excellence
Deliver high-quality infant care while maintaining the highest standards of health, safety, and supervision.
- Implement The Learning Experience’s L.E.A.P. Curriculum® through developmentally appropriate infant activities and interactions.
- Follow all applicable Texas childcare licensing requirements, center policies, and health and safety procedures.
- Follow safe sleep practices, including placing infants on their backs to sleep in approved sleep spaces, in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Maintain active supervision and required classroom ratios at all times.
- Follow proper handwashing, diapering, bottle preparation, feeding, sanitation, and illness-prevention procedures.
- Monitor infants closely for changes in behavior, health, feeding, sleep, and developmental progress.
- Maintain accurate classroom documentation and complete required health, safety, and care checklists.
- Participate in staff meetings, required training, and ongoing professional development.
Elevates the Brand
Represent The Learning Experience by providing a consistently positive experience for infants, families, and team members.
- Uphold TLE’s standards for classroom quality, cleanliness, curriculum, and family engagement.
- Create a welcoming, professional, and nurturing classroom environment.
- Help families feel confident and informed about their infant’s care and daily experiences.
- Contribute to a positive team culture through dependability, professionalism, and collaboration.
- Support center events, family engagement activities, and other school initiatives as needed.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required, unless otherwise permitted by applicable state requirements.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Previous childcare, daycare, infant care, or early childhood education experience preferred.
- Experience caring for children under 12 months of age is highly preferred.
- Knowledge of infant development, responsive caregiving, safe sleep, feeding, and diapering practices preferred.
- Ability to recognize and respond appropriately to infants’ individual cues and needs.
- Strong communication, organization, teamwork, and observation skills.
- Dependable, patient, nurturing, and attentive to detail.
- Must meet applicable Texas childcare licensing requirements, including background screening, health requirements, and required training.
Physical Requirements
This active classroom role requires the ability to supervise infants by sight and sound, stand and walk, bend, kneel, sit on the floor, and safely lift and carry infants and classroom supplies weighing up to 40 pounds. The position also requires the ability to perform frequent diaper changes, assist with feeding, and safely move and position infant-care equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be available.
If you are passionate about nurturing infants, supporting their earliest developmental milestones, and building trusting relationships with families, apply today to join The Learning Experience in Round Rock!
Compensation: $15.00 - $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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Living TLE®’s mission and values every day
Our mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of a child, their families, and the communities we serve.We achieve this mission through three core values: an Innovative Mindset, a Collaborative Spirit, and Community Impact.
TLE® Center job opportunities
The enthusiasm, commitment and care from our people is what makes TLE® the best place to work in early childhood education. Your talents will shine in our Centers. They’re great places to pursue your passion for teaching, daycare and providing quality early childhood education.
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