
Child Care Teachers
Bright Horizons Children's Centers
NEW YORK, NYFull-time$23–28.1/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Bright Horizons is hiring Child Care Teachers for full-time positions serving infants, toddlers, and young preschoolers in an in-person early education center in the NYC area. Teachers create activities, communicate with parents, and maintain a safe classroom. The role requires a high school diploma or GED, age 18 or older, and specified early childhood education credits and study plan; an associate or bachelor’s degree is preferred.
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This position is also eligible for a $1,500 Hiring Incentive, payable after 100 days of employment.Grow your teaching career with Bright Horizons, where you can make a meaningful impact on children's lives every day. Learn from early education experts while having the opportunity to pursue a CDA or college degree at no cost. Experience this and more as a Bright Horizons Teacher.Full-time positions are available with infants, toddlers, and 2's/young preschoolers.Responsibilities: * Create hands-on activities to meet the needs and interests of the children * 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: * At least 18 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 * At least two years of experience working in child care, daycare, or preschool preferredBe 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.This position requires in-person work in the NYC, NY area.Compensation:The hourly rate for this position is between $23.00-28.10 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 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
How this job compares
Set against the 1,561 open Early Childhood Educator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$23–28.1/hr
- New York median$18–20/hr151 hourly ranges
- US median$18–21/hr904 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $25.55/hr, is 33% 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 191 open Early Childhood Educator jobs in New York and 1,561 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Healthy Kids Programs45 open
- Bright Horizons Children's Centers (this employer)31 open
- Bright Horizons22 open
- Experience
- Early Childhood Educator postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (557 postings).
- Education
- 90 of the 1,561 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 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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