Associate Teacher - Early Childhood Development Center (ONSITE)

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. 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. 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. 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.