
UPK PreK (3's) Teacher
Bright Horizons Children's Centers
NEW YORK, NYJob$29.58–35.96/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Universal Pre-K 3 Teacher supports classrooms across multiple centers, creating safe, nurturing, and engaging environments for 3- and 4-year-old children. The teacher helps children build skills and confidence for kindergarten and beyond through developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities, communication with parents about daily milestones, and classroom safety procedures.
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Full job description
At Bright Horizons, we believe early childhood education has the power to shape futures. As an Universal Pre-K 3 Teacher, you'll support classrooms across multiple centers, creating safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environments where children can grow, learn, and thrive. You'll help 3- and 4-year-old children build the skills and confidence they need for kindergarten and beyond..Responsibilities: * Implement developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities * Maintain open communication with parents, sharing their child's daily milestones * Ensure a safe and clean classroom by following essential procedures and guidelinesQualifications:Candidates must pass required state and company background checks, and meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements: * Must be 18 years of age with a high school diploma or GED * At least 90 credits toward bachelor's degree in early childhood education is required * NYS Teaching Certification (B-2, N-6, 1-6, Special Education) or study plan eligibility is preferred * 1 year of professional experience teaching in child care, daycare, or preschool settings is preferred * Demonstrated knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) for 4- and 5-year-old children is requiredBe part of a community where people grow, futures are shaped, and lives are changed. We offer the rewards, opportunities, and support you deserve because making a difference goes both ways. We're changing the world of work and family, and it starts with you. At Bright Horizons, you're the difference.Physical Requirements:This position requires the employee to comply with all applicable federal, state, local, Bright Horizons', and client site requirements concerning immunizations, employment physical/screening, and health and safety training. If hired, you will work in person in an early education/preschool child care center to provide supervision, care, curriculum delivery and services per Bright Horizons' policies, procedures and guidance, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations, and in a manner that will ensure the safety of children in Bright Horizons care and the employee. * Frequently lift, carry, or hold children with a range of weight from 10 to 40 pounds; occasionally lift, carry, or hold weight more than 40 pounds * Demonstrate full range of motion to lift, reach, squat, climb, sit, and otherwise fully participate in activities * Respond immediately and appropriately to multiple or unexpected situations or emergencies * Maintain mental and physical alertness and an appropriate level of energy to perform essential job requirementsThe full set of physical requirements for this role can be reviewed at https://careers.brighthorizons.com/job-descriptions. Bright Horizons complies with all laws that require reasonable accommodation for qualifying disabilities and/or pregnancy-related limitations.Compensation:The hourly rate for this position is between $29.58 to $35.96per hour. The pay range listed here is what Bright Horizons in good faith anticipates offering for this job opening. Actual compensation offers within this range will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education and training, certifications, geography, and other relevant business or organizational factors.Benefits:Bright Horizons offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: * Medical, dental, and vision insurance * Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental bonding leave * 401(k) retirement plan * Long-term and short-term disability insurance * Life insurance * Money-saving discounts and financial planning tools * Career development opportunities and free college degrees through our Horizons CDA & Degree Program * Caregiving support and resources for the children and adults in your family * Learn more at https://careers.brighthorizons.com/us/en/health-and-wellnes
How this job compares
Set against the 904 open Preschool Teacher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$29.58–35.96/hr
- New York median$20–22/hr59 hourly ranges
- US median$18–21/hr531 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $32.77/hr, is 58% above the New York median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the top quarter of Preschool Teacher hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 86 open Preschool Teacher jobs in New York and 904 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Learning Care Group13 open
- Healthy Kids Programs11 open
- Bright Horizons8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Preschool Teacher postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (164 postings).
- Education
- 61 of the 904 open Preschool Teacher jobs (7%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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