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Teacher Aide Part Time

Part-time

Unity House

Albany, NYPart-time$16.32–17.64/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$16.32–17.64/hr
Location
Albany, NY
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Teacher Aide supports daily care and classroom activities for children at A Child’s Place in Albany or Troy. The role includes helping children travel to buses and activities, maintaining an interactive classroom, and fostering an inclusive environment that supports learning and school readiness. The position is on site and requires reliable transportation and punctuality. Part-time benefits may apply to employees working 20 hours or more.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

ChildcareReliable TransportationPunctualityPositive Energy

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GEDLicensed Childcare Experience or Early Childhood CourseworkReliable TransportationBackground Check

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Part Time Hourly

A Child's Place - Albany, Albany, NY, US

A Child's Place - Troy, Troy, NY, US

Requisition ID: 2047

Salary Range: $16.32 To $17.64 Hourly

Looking for a fun part-time position working with children? Please consider working for A Child's Place at either our Troy or Albany location!

A pro-rated sign on bonus may apply to qualified applicants!

Both A Child's Place locations are conveniently located on the bus line! Please let us know which location you would like Albany 50 Philip St or Troy 435 4th Street!

This position requires you to be on site and on time for your assigned shift.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the daily care of every child by following all licensing guidelines and implementing all company standards.

  • Assist with getting children to and from buses and activities.

  • Help to maintain a fun and interactive classroom.

  • Assist with clean up and organization of the classroom.

  • Help create an environment where children develop and learn to be successful in school.

  • Promote an environment of inclusion and belonging.

Qualifications:

High School diploma or GED. Experience working in a licensed childcare facility or Coursework in early childhood education or child development preferred. Must be able to get to work on time through a reliable form of transportation. Must be able to pass a background check. Positive energy a must!

Pro rated benefits may apply to those working 20 hours or more!

Paid days off

NYS Sick Leave

Major medical leave

Medical/dental/vision/life insurance

403b company contributions after one year of employment

Come work for an agency that cares about their employees and community!

Unity House is a Rensselaer County-based human service agency that provides a wide range of services to meet the otherwise unmet needs of people in our community who are hurting and struggling. We assist those who are living in poverty, adults living with mental illness or HIV/AIDS, victims of domestic violence, and children with developmental delays. We work to achieve social justice in our community and to create a better understanding of those we serve.

As An Equal Opportunity Employer, we commit ourselves to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, age, sex, creed, disability, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics national origin, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, military status, pregnancy related condition, arrest and/or criminal conviction record, or any other category protected by law, unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.

How this job compares

Set against the 459 open Childcare jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$16.32–17.64/hr
  • New York median$17–19/hr61 hourly ranges
  • US median$18–20/hr282 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $16.98/hr, is 6% below the New York median midpoint ($18/hr) — in the middle half of Childcare hourly ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 80 open Childcare jobs in New York and 459 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Childcare postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (126 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 214 of the 459 open Childcare jobs (47%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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