How to Apply
A cover letter is recommended for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.
Job Summary
The Early Childhood Education Center Associate Teacher supports the delivery of a high-quality early childhood education program within the University of Michigan-Flint Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC). Working under the functional direction of the Lead Teacher, this position helps implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and maintain a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment that reflects the Center's Reggio Emilia-inspired philosophy.
Through collaboration, professionalism, and a commitment to continuous improvement, the Associate Teacher supports the Center's mission of providing exceptional early childhood education and serving as a valued resource for the University and community.
This posting is intended to fill multiple available positions.
Responsibilities:
100 % Assist the Lead Teacher with curriculum, lesson plans, learning centers, activities, outdoor experiences, and classroom routines.
- Provide active supervision and attentive care while maintaining required ratios and group size.
- Support arrival, departure, meals, toileting or diapering, rest, transitions, and daily care routines.
- Use positive guidance and support children's cognitive, language, physical, social, and emotional development.
- Assist with observations, assessment information, portfolios, classroom records, and family communication.
- Prepare, organize, clean, sanitize, and maintain classroom materials, learning areas, and equipment.
- Support inclusion and implement established care, accommodation, and behavior-support plans as directed.
- Follow incident, injury, illness, medication, emergency, safe-sleep, food-service, and mandated-reporter procedures.
- Participate in classroom planning, staff meetings, training, coaching, Great Start to Quality, and GSRP when assigned.
Required Qualifications:
For non-GSRP classrooms:
- At least 18 years of age.
- High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
- Meets all Michigan licensing requirements applicable to a child care teacher and program staff member.
- Maintains required comprehensive background-check eligibility and completes MiRegistry verification, orientation, health and safety training, CPR/first aid, and ongoing professional development within required timeframes.
- Ability to provide active supervision, follow directions, work cooperatively on a classroom team, and communicate respectfully with children, families, and colleagues.
- Ability to meet attendance, scheduling, and physical requirements necessary for safe classroom care and supervision.
- Prompt and consistent attendance
For GSRP classrooms:
In addition to the required qualifications above, GSRP Associate Teachers must have one of the following:
- An associate degree in early childhood education, child development, or an accepted equivalent;
- A valid Center-Based Birth-to-Five Child Development Associate (CDA) credential;
- A valid Center-Based Preschool CDA credential; or
- A previously issued and still applicable 120-hour GSRP approval letter.
This recruitment is seeking candidates who are already fully credentialed for assignment to a GSRP-funded classroom. The University is not relying on a future credential-completion or compliance-plan pathway to satisfy this desired qualification.
Candidates who do not meet GSRP requirements will be considered for a non-GSRP teaching assignment.
Compensation
This posting is for multiple available positions. Starting salary will be based on relevant education, credentials, training, directly related experience, internal equity, and University policy.
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. This posting will be open until filled.
Why Work at U-M Flint?
In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family, and plan for a secure future.
Benefits include:
- Generous time off
- A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions after 12 months of eligible service with immediate vesting.
- Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.
Eligibility for benefits based on your job group, your appointment percentage and the length of your appointment. Learn more about employee benefits and eligibility from the UM Human Resources Benefits and Wellness webpage.
UM-Flint offers tuition support for eligible UM-Flint staff members. In addition, UM-Flint offers dependent tuition support (DTS) for qualified dependents of faculty and staff from all UM campuses. Information can be found at: https://www.umflint.edu/hr/benefits/.
Information about our vision, mission and values can be found at: https://www.umflint.edu/chancellor/leadership-mission-vision/
Modes of Work
This position works fully Onsite. Hybrid or mobile/work remote options are not available.
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Work Locations
This position works primarily at the UM-Flint Early Childhood Develoment Center located at: 303 E Kearsley Street; 1313 William S. White Building; Flint, MI 48502-1950
Union Affiliation
This position is included in the bargaining unit represented by the University Staff United (USU), which represents bargaining unit members in all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.
Background Screening
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
