Opportunity:
Join First Presbyterian Church Fort Worth’s Early Education Center as a Part-Time Morning Assistant Teacher. Help co-teach our 3-year-old classroom (Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.), where your care and creativity help children feel safe, loved, and ready to learn each day through Frog Street curriculum. You’ll enjoy low teacher-child ratios, a supportive, fun team, and paid training (including CPR/AED/First Aid), all while making a meaningful impact.
Contributions Defining Impact:
- Provide individualized care based on each child’s habits, interests, strengths, and special needs and interact with each child in a positive manner and cooperative environment
- Communicate regularly with parents with timely updates and observations
- Ensure continuity of care across caregivers through clear handoffs and consistent routines
- Create a safe, respectful, developmentally appropriate environment with active supervision and positive guidance
- Follow safety and compliance requirements, including serving as the sole caregiver when ratios and qualifications are met
- Embody and uphold the core values: radical hospitality, intentional unity, transformational relationships, and humble service
- Contribute to the overall success of the Church and the ministries by performing additional duties as assigned
Essential Requirements:
- Experience with three-year-olds is highly preferred, particularly in a state-licensed facility
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must meet the Background Checks requirements in 40 TAC Chapter 745, Subchapter F
- Must stay current with all required training
- Must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship (currently or in the future)
- Comply with NAEYC and Texas Minimum Standards for Child-Care Centers
- Experience in church life, regardless of denomination, is desirable
- Calm, safety-first adaptability in a busy classroom
- Clear communication, self-initiative, teamwork, and problem-solving
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands reflect requirements to successfully perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities.
- Punctual and consistent attendance is crucial. Occasional overtime or event participation may be required
- Constant movement is necessary throughout the building, requiring close visual acuity for tasks, hazard identification, computer use, and reading
- Required to frequently stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, twist, squat, crawl, push/pull, and lift up to 40 pounds regularly. Digital dexterity and ability to reach are required
- Must be able to hear with aid, communicate effectively, and respond quickly to sounds or emergencies in a potentially noisy environment
- The work environment is primarily a classroom with occasional outdoor activities in varying weather conditions
- Frequent exposure to bodily fluids and illness-causing bacteria and viruses is expected
Team:
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome all qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States; however, we cannot sponsor visas.
Benefits for You:
Pay is determined by previous qualifications, market data, and internal equity and begins at $14.50, paid on a semi-monthly basis.
Part-time employees are immediately eligible to participate in our benefits package on day 1! Our benefits package includes:
- 100% employer-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and life and AD&D insurance
- Optional employee-paid benefits include dental, vision, and retirement savings plan
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $14.50 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- What is a good phone number and email for you?
- Are you able and willing to work onsite, Monday through Friday, 8:300 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. every week?
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- Early childhood education: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
