Location: The Learning Experience - Manassas City, VA
Pay: $18.00-$20.00 per hour, based on experience and qualifications
Job Type: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM or 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
About the Opportunity
Do you love working with babies and helping them reach their earliest developmental milestones?
The Learning Experience - Manassas City is hiring an experienced Infant Lead Teacher to create a warm, responsive classroom where our youngest learners feel safe, cared for, and encouraged to explore.
We're looking for a nurturing educator who understands infant development, enjoys building trusting relationships with families, and is ready to take ownership of their classroom.
From tummy time and sensory exploration to first sounds and movements, you'll help babies develop the foundation for lifelong learning.
What You'll Do
- Lead daily infant classroom routines and age-appropriate learning experiences
- Provide responsive, individualized care based on each infant's developmental needs
- Follow feeding, diapering, safe sleep, and daily care routines
- Implement The Learning Experience's L.E.A.P. Curriculum through developmentally appropriate activities
- Engage infants through sensory play, music, movement, language, and exploration
- Support physical, cognitive, language, and social-emotional development
- Observe developmental milestones and maintain classroom documentation
- Guide and collaborate with Assistant Teachers
- Build trusting relationships and communicate regularly with families
- Maintain a clean, safe, organized, and nurturing classroom
- Follow Virginia childcare licensing, health, safety, and infant care requirements
Qualifications
- Previous professional experience working with infants in a licensed childcare or early childhood education setting required
- Child Development Associate (CDA) credential preferred, but not required
- Previous Lead Teacher or classroom leadership experience preferred
- Strong understanding of infant development, responsive caregiving, and safe sleep practices
- Experience supporting infant care routines and developmental activities
- Patient, nurturing, dependable, and collaborative
- Strong communication and classroom organization skills
- Must meet applicable Virginia Lead Teacher qualifications, background screening, and regulatory requirements
What We Offer
- $18.00-$20.00 per hour, based on experience and qualifications
- Full-time Monday-Friday schedule
- Available shifts: 8:00 AM-5:00 PM or 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees
- Paid time off
- 401(k) with available company match
- Employee childcare discount
- Paid training and professional development
- Career advancement opportunities
- Supportive teaching team and collaborative work environment
Apply Today
If you're an experienced Infant Teacher who loves creating meaningful early learning experiences and helping babies thrive, we'd love to meet you!
Join The Learning Experience - Manassas City and make a difference during the earliest years of a child's development.
The Learning Experience is an equal opportunity employer.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other
characteristic protected by law.
The Learning Experience
At The Learning Experience, we make early education joyful, engaging and fun so children are happy to learn, play and grow.
Our curriculum focuses on the six ages and stages of early childhood development and engages children in hands-on learning activities that encourage them to explore and solve problems at their own rate of development. This forms a foundation for kids to Learn, Play and Grow under the care of our nurturing teachers and staff.
At TLE®, we’ve created a full cast of characters that become our little learners’ educators, partners and friends through their preschool education journey. Each character has a unique personality and area of interest and brings learning to life by allowing children to explore the world through fun and imagination.