Early Childhood Educator - $1000 Sign-on Bonus
Job Description
Posting Number
NA01500Position Title
Early Childhood Educator - $1000 Sign-on BonusEmployment Status
Full TimePosition Status
RegularPosition Type
StaffJob Family
Child CarePosition Overview
Marquette University offers a rich and competitive Total Rewards package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) with up to 8% university match, generous time off package, and tuition benefits for employees, spouses, and dependents with no payback requirement! For more information, please view the Total Rewards Guide.
Early Childhood Educators provide quality care and supervision to children in a classroom setting with minimal guidance and ensuring the safety of the children at all times. The Early Childhood Educator works with a co-teacher providing daily communication to parents and assisting in the classroom’s maintenance to ensure a healthy, safe, nurturing environment that is child-centered and positive.
This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees’ career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion.
About the $1000 sign-on bonus: Qualified applicants may be eligible for a $1,000 sign-on bonus after 90 days of employment (eligibility requirements apply). Schedule includes paid holidays and no weekends!
Early Childhood Educators provide quality care and supervision to children in a classroom setting with minimal guidance and ensuring the safety of the children at all times. The Early Childhood Educator works with a co-teacher providing daily communication to parents and assisting in the classroom’s maintenance to ensure a healthy, safe, nurturing environment that is child-centered and positive.
This is your next opportunity to join an organization that invests in their employees’ career journey by diversifying their skills, deepening their expert knowledge, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, focusing on personal wellbeing, providing leadership training, and sustaining a culture of respect and inclusion.
About the $1000 sign-on bonus: Qualified applicants may be eligible for a $1,000 sign-on bonus after 90 days of employment (eligibility requirements apply). Schedule includes paid holidays and no weekends!
Duties and Responsibilities
1. Provide quality care to children:
- Full responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of all children within the assigned group to include but not limited to feeding, napping, toileting, changing diapers, lifting children, getting down to child’s level, and sitting on the floor with children.
- Handle all aspects of food preparation including clean-up of dishes, tables, and floor areas. This includes preparing bottles for infants.
- Provide supervision and guide behavior.
- Plan daily and weekly individual and group activities that are developmentally appropriate for children within an environment that allows and encourages choices for children. (e.g. large motor activities, outdoor activities).
- Complete and maintain records including, but not limited to, attendance records, observations, lesson plans, assessments, portfolios and child whereabouts.
2. Provide a healthy and safe environment:
- Keep children within sight and sound at all times.
- Maintain a classroom tone that is positive, non-stressed and of mutual respect for the child and co-workers.
- Look for signs of illness or communicable disease that would prevent a child from remaining in care and bring it to director(s) attention.
- Report all suspected cases of child abuse including sexual abuse, neglect, emotional or physical abuse to the Director or Assistant Director
- Complete and maintain medical forms and accident report forms.
3. Work with co-teachers and leaders:
- Communicate effectively with co-teachers and directors.
- Share classroom responsibilities and room duties to maintain a clean and organized classroom environment.
- Assign responsibilities to student staff.
4. Work with families:
- Communicate with parents regarding a variety of issues including daily activities and general concerns of the child.
- Keep connected with parents via classroom cell phone.
- Participate in parent/teacher conferences, scheduled twice per year.
5. Participate in state required training, including mandated reporter, abusive head trauma, CPR and enroll in 15 hours of in-service training per year.
6. Attend evening staff meetings and family events.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
A high school diploma or equivalent
Enrolled in or completion of Early Childhood I and II
Some related experience
Enrolled in or completion of Early Childhood I and II
Some related experience
Ability to plan and organize activities
Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to demonstrate commitment to providing quality childcare
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Registry Level 12+ on WIRegistry.org
– OR –
an associate degree in childcare
– OR –
a bachelor’s degree in any field of study plus 3 early childhood classes if degree is not in an education field
– OR –
an associate degree in childcare
– OR –
a bachelor’s degree in any field of study plus 3 early childhood classes if degree is not in an education field
Department
Child Care CenterPosting Date
08/20/2025EOE Statement
It is the policy of Marquette University to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable federal or state-protected classification.
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