Infant Lead Teacher

Infant Lead Teacher - Early Childhood Education Location: The Learning Experience - Upper West Side, New York, NY  Pay: $20-$24 per hour, based on experience and qualifications  Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday The Learning Experience - Upper West Side is seeking a nurturing and experienced Infant Lead Teacher to join our early childhood education team. Our Infant Lead Teacher creates a warm, responsive classroom where babies feel safe, secure, and loved while reaching important developmental milestones. We're looking for an educator who understands that infant care is about much more than routines - it's about building trusting relationships, encouraging exploration, and creating meaningful learning experiences from the very beginning. Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily routines and learning experiences in an Infant classroom 
• Provide responsive, individualized care based on each infant's needs and schedule 
• Support feeding, diapering, sleep, tummy time, and other daily care routines 
• Create age-appropriate sensory, movement, language, music, and early learning experiences 
• Support cognitive, physical, language, and social-emotional development 
• Observe developmental progress and maintain required classroom documentation 
• Maintain consistent communication and build trusting relationships with families 
• Guide and collaborate with Assistant Teachers and classroom support staff 
• Maintain a clean, safe, organized, and nurturing classroom 
• Follow applicable New York City childcare health, safety, and licensing requirements

 

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education required 
• Previous professional infant classroom or early childhood education experience strongly preferred 
• Lead Teacher or classroom leadership experience preferred 
• Strong understanding of infant development and responsive caregiving 
• Excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills 
• Patient, nurturing, dependable, and team-oriented 
• Must meet applicable New York City childcare requirements

 

What We Offer

• Competitive pay of $20-$24 per hour, based on experience and qualifications 
• Consistent full-time Monday-Friday schedule 
• Paid training and professional development 
• Employee childcare discount 
• Supportive leadership and collaborative teaching environment 
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement

 

Apply today to join The Learning Experience - Upper West Side and help give our youngest learners a nurturing, engaging, and joyful start to their early learning journey.