About the Position
Brynmor will open its first site in Lorton, VA at Liberty Market in the fall of 2023. We are seeking aspiring Early Childhood Educator Apprentices for our Infant, Toddler and Preschool pods. These individuals will work as a team with the Early Childhood Educators, under the supervision of the Early Childhood Educator Team Leads, to open and operate our flagship location serving 156 children ages six weeks through five years. The candidates will provide Brynmor with an innovative advantage by identifying and implementing promising new ways of delivering exceptional care and experiences to our children, their families and our team. These are roles that require individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset, exceptional operational and people skills, and a commitment to high quality early care and education.
Apprentices are interested in pursuing formal credentialing and degrees in early childhood education, which Brynmor will provide tuition assistance toward. They will work in conjunction with Early Childhood Educators to be responsible for the daily health, safety, well-being, development and learning of young children in their care. They will work as a collaborative team to ensure the experiences young children are having at Brynmor optimize their health, development and learning.
These individuals will see themselves as proactive partners with families—actively communicating about child experiences, their observations and listening and learning from families about their aspirations and concerns for their children.
Apprentices should be enthusiastic about co-creating a new company’s experience and contributing to the evolving operations and growth of the organization. These individuals are eager to contribute to the daily culture to ensure we are living into our commitment to children and families including strong adherence to all policies and practices designed to ensure the health, safety, development and learning of each, and every child in our care.
Key Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate Brynmor’s vision, mission, values and beliefs that center children, families and educators as the core components to high quality early childhood education.
- Helps to maintain classroom and outdoor environments.
- Exemplify the highest level of business and personal integrity, be mission driven and have a team orientation at all times.
- Gain knowledge and experience in the utilization of HighScope Curriculum and COR Advantage to drive decisions about daily lesson planning, activities and child experiences.
- Establish and maintain strong, proactive relationships and communications with families. Partner with educator teammates to ensure the entire experience for children and families and the Brynmor team is one of mutual respect, shared responsibility and a common vision.
Critical Competencies for Success
- Role model for Integrity and Honesty: Has the highest standards of integrity and honesty. Will be an ambassador for Brynmor and have a direct impact on Brynmor’s brand.
- Demonstrates strong service orientation: Adept at working with children, families, team members and other stakeholders from many racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to make a positive impact, build futures and do good. Recognize contributions and celebrate what is unique about each of us.
- Embraces the principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging: Contributes to an inclusive and safe environment where team members have the opportunity to contribute to their full potential while developing a powerful sense of shared purpose that motivates the team to achieve higher levels of performance.
- Innovation and Expertise: Proactively communicates challenges and opportunities to the Educator Team Lead and the team while implementing solutions to overcome the constraints.
- Care and Collaboration - Demonstrates a highly collaborative style grounded in a service mindset by balancing between an entrepreneurial spirit and the day to day needs of the program, i.e., both the ability to operate comfortably in a start-up environment and the requisite ability to deal with ambiguity.
- Drives results: Strong bias for nurturing creativity, curiosity and learning to deliver results that are aligned with our vision and values. Sense of urgency, goal orientation and focus; ability to solve problems in a way that consistently meets or exceeds established goals; sets new and stretch goals even under adverse circumstances; motivated by creating better ways of doing things, so that higher levels of performance are possible.
Qualifications:
- Minimum high school diploma.
- Interest in pursuing credentials and degrees in early childhood education.
- Fluency in multiple languages is welcomed.
Compensation:
Brynmor offers competitive compensation and strong benefits including: Compensation range: $15.00 per hour
Paid Holidays
Vacation
Sick Leave
Parental and Family Leave
Flexible spending account
Group health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
401(K) with a matching plan
Tuition reimbursement for coursework leading to a degree or credential in early childhood education.
Child care tuition discount
NAEYC Membership
Annual professional development