Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Bonus based on performance
• Free uniforms
• Paid time off
• Signing bonus

Title: Infant toddler Teacher Full Time Stable Monday Friday Schedule Location: Children’s Lighthouse of Chantilly — Chantilly, VA Mission: Create Joy 😊 Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5:30PM Pay: $17–$21/hour based on experience, reliability, and qualifications

About Us At Children’s Lighthouse of Chantilly, our mission is simple: Create Joy 😊 We are building an early learning school where children feel safe, loved, and known — and where teachers are respected for the important work they do every day. We are looking for a warm, dependable Infant/Toddler Teacher who enjoys caring for our youngest learners and understands that safety, routines, and emotional connection matter.

Experience Needed

This role is best for someone who has already worked in a licensed childcare, preschool, daycare, or early learning setting with infants and/or toddlers. Because this classroom requires strong safety habits and confidence with daily care routines, prior infant/toddler experience is required.

What You’ll Do You will help care for infants and toddlers through consistent, loving, hands-on care.

Responsibilities include:

• Daily Care - Feeding, diapering/toileting, nap supervision, and transitions
• Safety - Active supervision, eyes-on awareness, and anticipating risks before they happen
• Classroom Care - Maintaining clean, sanitary classroom routines including bottles, food, toys, and diapering areas
• Child Support - Comforting children with calm, steady, nurturing responses
• Learning Activities - Supporting music, sensory play, language development, and fine/gross motor activities
• Family Communication - Keeping daily notes accurate for meals, naps, diapers, mood, and needs
• Teamwork -Helping support classroom ratios and working respectfully with the team

What We’re Looking For The right person is:

• Warm, patient, and emotionally steady
• Reliable and punctual
• Comfortable with lifting, bending, floor time, and active classroom work
• Calm during crying, transitions, and big toddler feelings
• Coachable and willing to follow safety and health procedures consistently
• Team-first and respectful with children, families, and coworkers

Requirements

• Prior infant and/or toddler childcare experience required
• Must meet Virginia childcare employment requirements, including background checks
• CPR/First Aid preferred, or willingness to obtain
• Ability to follow health, safety, supervision, and sanitation procedures every day

What Success Looks Like You are successful in this role when:

• Babies and toddlers are safe, soothed, engaged, and cared for with consistency
• Classroom routines run smoothly
• Diapering, feeding, nap, and sanitation routines are dependable
• Families feel confident and supported
• Your classroom feels calm, loving, and well-supervised

Why Join Us

• Supportive early learning school environment
• Meaningful work with infants and toddlers
• Paid training/professional development, if applicable
• Growth opportunities for strong performers
• A mission-driven culture focused on safety, respect, and joy

Compensation: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

Lighthouse Pathways® Approach to Learning

Your Child's Path to Future Success Starts at Children's LighthouseChildren's Lighthouse is committed to excellence in early childhood education. All children deserve a safe environment that allows them to be expressive and independent learners as they develop in their own learning style.

Our Lighthouse Pathways® approach delivers such an environment by providing opportunities for individualized skill development, group learning, self-regulation, and inquiry-based investigation with a focus on 4 key areas; Confidence, Connection, Continuous Improvement, and Curriculum.

Our Story

INTEGRITY

PASSION

EXCELLENCE

These are the core values at Children's Lighthouse Early Learning Schools and have been since our founding more than twenty-five years ago.

When brothers Mike and Pat Brown opened the first Children's Lighthouse school in 1997, they were parents and uncles of several young children. They recognized the need for quality childcare that went beyond playtime and "baby-sitting." That's why, at Children's Lighthouse, our Brand Promise has been the driving factor in everything we do from the beginning.

OUR BRAND PROMISE We Create a Safe, Fun, and Happy Place That Gives Your Child Confidence, a Sense of Comfort Today, and a Lifelong Love of Learning, Friendship, and Community

Children's Lighthouse launched as one of the first early learning schools to focus on promoting character and values as a cornerstone of early education. By investing in the whole child, Children's Lighthouse grew into one of the nation's leading early education childcare organizations. More than twenty-five years later, our passion to serve children and families still motivates us to strive for excellence in every aspect of our organization. As a result, Children's Lighthouse continues to be a top-tier early learning and childcare provider.

With excellence as the standard, Children's Lighthouse crafted an innovative educational and values-based curriculum designed to engage your child in the joys of learning. Our Director of Education and Training, Dr. Kristi Smith, understands the importance of partnering with families to provide the educational materials that will lay the groundwork for lifelong academic success. Our Lighthouse Pathways® approach to learning incorporates years of experience and research to support families as they begin their educational journey and beyond.