Infant Lead Teacher – Early Childhood Education
Location: The Learning Experience – Byron Center, MI
Pay:$16–$18 per hour (based on experience and credentials)
Schedule: Full-Time, Monday–Friday
The Learning Experience – Byron Center is seeking a nurturing and dependable Infant Lead Teacher to create a warm, responsive classroom where our youngest learners feel safe, supported, and encouraged to explore.
This role is ideal for an early childhood educator who understands the importance of consistent routines, responsive caregiving, and meaningful interactions during a child's first year of development.
What You'll Do
- Lead daily routines and learning experiences in the Infant classroom
- Provide attentive care including feeding, diapering, naps, and individualized schedules
- Create age-appropriate sensory and developmental activities
- Support early language, cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development
- Maintain a safe, clean, organized, and nurturing classroom
- Guide and collaborate with Assistant Teachers
- Observe developmental milestones and communicate regularly with families
- Maintain required classroom records and documentation
- Follow Michigan childcare licensing, health, and safety requirements
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Previous professional infant, daycare, or childcare experience preferred
- Lead Teacher or Infant classroom experience strongly preferred
- CDA or Early Childhood Education coursework is a plus
- Strong understanding of infant development and responsive caregiving
- Patient, dependable, nurturing, and team-oriented
- Must meet Michigan childcare licensing requirements
What We Offer
- $16–$18 per hour, based on experience and credentials
- Full-time Monday–Friday schedule
- Paid training and professional development
- Employee childcare discount
- Supportive leadership and collaborative teaching environment
- Opportunities for continued career growth
Apply today to join The Learning Experience – Byron Center and help give our youngest learners a nurturing, engaging start to their early learning journey.
The Learning Experience
At The Learning Experience, we make early education joyful, engaging and fun so children are happy to learn, play and grow.
Our curriculum focuses on the six ages and stages of early childhood development and engages children in hands-on learning activities that encourage them to explore and solve problems at their own rate of development. This forms a foundation for kids to Learn, Play and Grow under the care of our nurturing teachers and staff.
At TLE®, we’ve created a full cast of characters that become our little learners’ educators, partners and friends through their preschool education journey. Each character has a unique personality and area of interest and brings learning to life by allowing children to explore the world through fun and imagination.
This franchise is independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchisee, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of this franchisee. All inquiries about employment at this franchisee should be made directly to the franchise location, and not to The Learning Experience Corporate.