Foster Family - Lead Teacher/ Assistant Teacher/ Coordinator - Traverse City

Company Description

More Than Just Care, It’s Community  

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.  

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You  

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. 

• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.  

• Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. 

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings  

Job Description

A Day in the Life 

• Supports and assists lead teacher in all aspects of the classroom management and daily schedule.  

• Responsible for the daily planning and execution of all classroom and outdoor activities for the group. Lesson plans will be prepared on a weekly basis with one copy being posted in the classroom for parents, and one copy turned into the Coordinator. 
• Supervision for meal times, toileting procedures, inside and outside activities for children in the classroom.
• Attendance at all staff meetings, parent conferences (as needed), and ongoing training.
• Cleaning and organizing of the center as needed.
• Responsible for the health, welfare, and safety of children in assigned group.  Responds to needs, questions, concerns of parents and children in an effective and timely manner.

Qualifications

What’s Required  

• High school diploma or GED required. 
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 30 pounds.

• Experience in the child development field preferred. 

• Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education preferred. 

Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today! 

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.