Preschool Teacher

Preschool Teacher (Daycare / Childcare / Early Education) – Essex, MA
Play, Teach, Inspire – Become a Preschool Teacher with Magical Beginnings Today!
Magical Beginnings is hiring a Preschool Classroom Teacher for our licensed early education center in Essex, Massachusetts.
At Magical Beginnings, we believe every preschooler deserves a joyful, safe, and enriching start to their educational journey. With Care, We Care® is more than a slogan; it’s the heart of everything we do. As a trusted early education provider in Massachusetts, our award-winning centers foster creativity, curiosity, and a lifelong love of learning.
In this role, you’ll lead a classroom of preschoolers through daily routines, hands-on learning experiences, and age-appropriate curriculum that supports social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. If you’re an experienced preschool teacher, pre-K teacher, daycare teacher, or early childhood educator who loves the 3-6 year age group, we’d love to meet you.
📍 Location: Essex, MA
🕒 Job Type: Full-Time
👶 Age Group: Preschool (3-6 years)
🎓 Certification: EEC Preschool Certification or CDA

You'll thrive in this role if you have:

- EEC Teacher Preschool Certification, CDA, or equivalent degree and experience (required)

- Daycare experience in a center-based, private, or public school setting

- An energetic approach to learning and an positive attitude

- Curiosity, creativity, and a strong team-focused mindset

Some requirements for this role include:

- Flexibility to work an 8-hour shift within the operating hours of the school, including opening and closing shifts

- Ability to spend extended periods of time on the floor with the children

- Ability to lift up to 50lbs

- Ability to stand up to 90% of the workday

- Attentiveness, strong time management, and strong collaboration skills

As a Preschool Teacher, you will be responsible for:

- Collaborating with your co-teacher to prepare curriculum, lesson plans, materials, and monthly newsletters

- Keeping parents informed via the Class Dojo app and classroom boards

- Maintaining a safe, clean, and orderly classroom environment

- Leading age-appropriate, interactive activities that encourage participation

- Opening and closing the classroom, including cleaning toys, tables, floors, and bathrooms, emptying trash, sanitizing after children leave, and preparing for the next morning

- Engaging children in free play, supervising outdoor time, and assisting with bathroom needs

- Supporting snacks, meals (preparing snacks, heating lunches, cutting food, opening containers), and naptime

- Following the school’s structured daily schedule

- Tracking children’s progress and completing assessments

- Maintaining your EEC-required professional development hours and PQ registry

- Attending monthly staff meetings

- Building positive, trusting relationships with children and families

What Magical Beginnings offers you:

- Paid sick time

- 13 paid holidays*, plus a guaranteed paid week-long winter break

- Paid snow days and vacation time*

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance*

- Long-term disability

- Company-paid life insurance with additional voluntary coverage

- Parental leave

- Child care discount ($25/day)

- Weekly pay and direct deposit

- Referral and enrollment bonuses

- Classroom tablets

- A budget for classroom supplies

- Paid classroom planning time

- Free coffee and tea

- Teachers’ lounge and break room

- Mentor program

- Teacher appreciation events

- Team building activities

- Holiday parties and seasonal events

- School community outreach projects

*Available to full-time employees only

If you are ready to join a team that has fun, laughs together, and support each other, contact us! We cannot wait to meet you!

Payroll is processed weekly.