Overview

Join our team as a passionate and dedicated Child Development Teacher, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the minds and futures of young learners. As a key member of our educational community, you'll have the opportunity to foster growth, curiosity, and social-emotional development in children, laying a strong foundation for their lifelong learning journey.

Pay & Benefits:

• Compensation: $20.07 to $28.90 hourly wage based on experience and education
• Additional Pay: Shift Differential, Annual Increases, Paid Time Off
• Benefits: medical, vision, dental, 401k with employer match
• Education Benefits: FHP Tuition Assistance, Student Loan Forgiveness
• Other Benefits: Onsite Gym, Wellness Programs, Discount programs, The Learning Center (childcare services)
• Schedule:Full-time, 40 hours per week

This position is responsible for a classroom within the same age group who are at similar developmental levels. Teachers are educators that promote experiences providing high quality, developmentally appropriate, research based, cognitive and emotional outcomes. Teachers understand that the foundations for school and life readiness begins at birth. Teachers will implement the chosen curriculum in a way that accounts for research on brain development and child directed learning. Teaching staff will engage in the pursuit of personal and department wide continuous quality improvement.

About Fairbanks Memorial Hospital

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is a non-profit facility owned by the Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation. A Joint Commission-accredited facility with 152 licensed beds, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is the primary referral center for residents of Alaska's interior with a strong patient-to-nurse ratio and Shared Leadership Infrastructure. In addition to our exceptional clinical environment, our location offers incomparable lifestyle rewards away from work. In Fairbanks, small-town living, spectacular natural beauty and endless recreation combine to create a one-of-a-kind place to live, work and play.

Responsibilities

Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards. Provides all customers of Foundation Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.

Qualifications

Associates degree in Early Childhood Development or Child Development, Early Childhood Special Education that encompass the following: child development and learning of children birth through kindergarten; family and community relationships; observing, documenting and assessing young children; teaching and learning; and professional practices and development, including relevant field-based experience, from an accredited institution is required. A Baccalaureate degree in Early Childhood Development, Child Development (including all of the above listed) or related field will be required in 2020. (NAEYC accreditation standard 6.A.05)

A minimum of three years of experience in a licensed early learning facility. Must be at least 18 years of age, 21 years of age for locations that require being left with children alone. Must have knowledge of Developmentally Appropriate Practice for each age group represented. Must be able to communicate effectively in both oral and written formats.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

A Baccalaureate degree in Early Childhood Development, Child Development (including all of the above listed) or related field. If the degree is in a related field it must include 36 college credits in the above listed criteria. (NAEYC accreditation standard 6.A.05)

Foundation Health Partners is an EEO/AAP employer; qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.