Thank you for your interest in joining the Child Development Laboratory School (CDLS)! At CDLS, we are driven to provide the highest quality early care and education to our children and their families.
Here at CDLS, we pride ourselves on being a program that fosters each child’s creative spirit as well as their cognitive and intellectual development. We also pride ourselves on being a vibrant community of learners. In addition to our littlest learners, we also train enthusiastic early childhood education teaching candidates, who share their own excitement for learning with our children and families.
We hope that all staff that joins our program will work to nourished our students with the CDLS community’s creative energy and deep care and concern for their well-being.
Positions Currently Available:
The Institute of Child Development seeks a Director for the Child Development Laboratory School (CDLS) within the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota. The Director will establish the vision, and oversee implementation, in the areas of CDLS programmatic offerings, teacher and staff engagement and development, academic and research integration, and family engagement. The candidate should be a leader in the field of early education, have a proven track record in leading a successful academically-based laboratory school or early care center, experience securing external funding, and have a familiarity with NAEYC expectations. In addition to possessing an undeniable passion for young children, the ideal candidate will be motivated to continue, and build upon, the rich history of offering high-quality early education for campus and community families.
A key responsibility of this position is to actively support and advance the University’s commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. This position will play a central role in fulfilling the Institute of Child Development’s commitment to anti-racism.
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This position is responsible for assisting a classroom of children from all backgrounds and identities in accordance with the policies and philosophy of Child Development Laboratory School and the Institute of Child Development. This includes assisting in establishing a learning environment that is inclusive and developmentally age appropriate, developing emergent curriculum (see CDLS Learning Philosophy below), supervising, and monitoring child development, providing high quality care, maintaining classroom materials, first aid and daily health checks. The Assistant Teacher also supports and advances the school’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Assistant Child Care Teacher (On-Call)
This position is responsible for assisting a classroom of children from all backgrounds and identities in accordance with the policies and philosophy of Child Development Laboratory School and the Institute of Child Development. This includes assisting in establishing a learning environment that is inclusive and developmentally age appropriate, developing emergent curriculum (see CDLS Learning Philosophy below), supervising, and monitoring child development, providing high quality care, maintaining classroom materials, first aid and daily health checks. The Assistant Teacher also supports and advances the school’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This is a supplemental / on call position with variable hours.
To see the full job description and apply for the position, click here.