
Lead Educator (Infants/Toddlers) NYU Langone, Manhattan
Bright Horizons Children's Centers
NEW YORK, NYJob$23.15–31.15/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Bright Horizons is hiring a Lead Educator at NYU Langone to work with infants and toddlers. The educator leads curriculum implementation, uses educational quality tools to assess and enhance programs, partners with families, and mentors teachers. The role is performed in person at an early education center in New York, New York.
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Grow your teaching career with Bright Horizons at NYU Langone, where you can make a meaningful impact on children's lives every day. Learn from early education experts while having the opportunity to mentor others on how they can create engaging curriculum and experiences. Experience this and more as a Bright Horizons Lead Educator at NYU Langone working with Infants and Toddlers.Responsibilities: * Lead a team in implementing high-quality, developmentally appropriate curriculum aligned with our philosophy and anti-bias education * Be a curriculum expert and use educational quality tools to assess and enhance program implementation * Partner and communicate effectively with families, while mentoring new teachers and serving as a role model for the teaching team Qualifications:Candidates must pass required state and company background checks and meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements: * At least 21 years of age with a high school diploma or GED required * 9 college credits in Early Childhood Education and a study plan leading to an Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education is required * Associates or Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education is Strongly preferred * New York State Teaching (B-2, N-6, 1-6, Special Education) or study plan eligible is Preferred * Per NYU Langone, Flu Vaccine by October 15th is required * At least three years of professional experience teaching in high-quality child care, daycare, or preschool settings is required * Experience working in a NAEYC-accredited center is preferred Be 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 requirements The 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. This position requires in-person work in the New York, New Yorkarea. Compensation:The hourly rate for this position is between $23.15 - 31.15 per 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 bondi
How this job compares
Set against the 1,705 open Early Childhood Educator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$23.15–31.15/hr
- New York median$18–20/hr158 hourly ranges
- US median$18–21/hr1,004 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $27.15/hr, is 41% above the New York median midpoint ($19/hr) — in the top quarter of Early Childhood Educator hourly ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 205 open Early Childhood Educator jobs in New York and 1,705 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Healthy Kids Programs47 open
- Bright Horizons Children's Centers (this employer)34 open
- Bright Horizons25 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Early Childhood Educator postings that state a minimum ask for (median 1 year, across 606 postings).
- Education
- 98 of the 1,705 open Early Childhood Educator jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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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