Position Summary

KinderKids Learning Center is seeking a dependable, nurturing, and professional First Class Pre-K Auxiliary Teacher to support our Alabama First Class Pre-K classroom. The Auxiliary Teacher works alongside the Lead Teacher to provide a safe, structured, engaging, and developmentally appropriate learning environment for four-year-old children.

This position plays an important role in classroom supervision, child guidance, daily routines, family communication, assessment support, and implementation of the Alabama First Class Pre-K program standards. The ideal candidate understands that early childhood education is foundational work and is committed to supporting children socially, emotionally, physically, and academically.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must meet Alabama First Class Pre-K Auxiliary Teacher requirements, including:

High school diploma or GED required.

Child Development Associate credential, CDA, required; OR

A minimum of 9 credit hours of college coursework in Early Childhood Education or Child Development from a regionally accredited institution.

Ability to meet all Alabama DHR child care licensing requirements.

Ability to complete and maintain required background clearances, fingerprinting, health documentation, and training requirements.

Ability to participate in required Alabama First Class Pre-K professional development, coaching, monitoring, and program support activities.

Prior experience working with preschool-aged children preferred.

Key Responsibilities

The First Class Pre-K Auxiliary Teacher will:

Support the Lead Teacher in implementing the Alabama First Class Pre-K curriculum, daily schedule, routines, and classroom expectations.

Assist in creating a warm, safe, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate classroom environment.

Actively supervise children at all times, including during indoor play, outdoor play, meals, transitions, rest time, toileting, arrival, and dismissal.

Support children’s social-emotional development through positive guidance, redirection, encouragement, and consistent classroom expectations.

Assist with small-group activities, learning centers, classroom projects, read-alouds, music, movement, and hands-on learning experiences.

Help maintain child-to-staff ratios and ensure compliance with licensing and First Class Pre-K standards.

Assist with classroom observations, documentation, child assessment support, and preparation of materials as directed by the Lead Teacher.

Build positive, respectful relationships with children, families, coworkers, administrators, coaches, and monitors.

Communicate professionally and appropriately with families under the guidance of the Lead Teacher and administration.

Help maintain a clean, organized, safe, and inviting classroom environment.

Follow all center policies, DHR licensing requirements, Alabama First Class Pre-K guidelines, health and safety procedures, confidentiality expectations, and mandated reporting requirements.

Attend staff meetings, professional development, coaching sessions, and required trainings.

Support classroom routines such as meals, handwashing, bathroom procedures, cleaning, rest time, transitions, and playground supervision.

Model professionalism, teamwork, patience, flexibility, and respect at all times.

Perform other duties as assigned by the Lead Teacher, Director, Program Director, or administration.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a genuine love and respect for young children, strong supervision skills, patience, warmth, dependability, and professionalism. This position requires the ability to work well as part of a teaching team, receive feedback and coaching, communicate effectively, maintain confidentiality, and respond calmly to children’s needs and behaviors. Candidates must be committed to safety, structure, developmentally appropriate practices, and high-quality early childhood education. This role also requires the ability to actively supervise children indoors and outdoors, participate in classroom routines and floor activities, move throughout the classroom and playground, lift or carry children or materials as needed, respond quickly in emergencies, and assist with cleaning, sanitizing, and classroom setup.

Schedule: 187 days/7.5 hours per day