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Early Preschool Teacher

🇺🇸 Apex, NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Teaching 🗓️ March 25th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Bright Horizons is hiring an Early Preschool Teacher. The role involves creating hands-on learning activities, maintaining communication with parents about children's progress, ensuring a safe and clean classroom environment, and providing teaching support across various age groups as needed.

Highlights
  • Create hands-on activities tailored to children's interests and developmental needs
  • Communicate regularly with parents regarding their child's daily milestones
  • Ensure classroom safety and cleanliness by following established procedures
  • Provide teaching coverage support across classrooms or nearby locations when required
  • Use knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in early education
  • Requirements include a high school diploma or GED, related early education coursework or CDA, and passing background checks
  • Preferred qualifications include at least one year of teaching experience and higher education credentials in early education
  • Physical demands include lifting children up to and exceeding 40 pounds and participating fully in classroom activities
  • Compensation includes a salary range based on experience, education, certifications, and location
  • Benefits offered include medical, dental, vision insurance, paid leave, 401(k), disability and life insurance, career development, and caregiving support

Early Preschool Teacher Full Description

Early Preschool Teacher

Apex, North Carolina, United States of America, 27502
Teachers & Center Support
 Full time
  
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 and part-time positions are available with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. [TA edit relevant hour and age group information]

ALL STATES & POSITIONS: TA TEAM KEEP & UPDATE RESPONSIBILITIES AS APPLICABLE TO ROLE

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 guidelines

  • If Resource role must include: Provide support in any classroom or age group where teaching coverage is needed across a center or in nearby locations

ALL STATES & POSITIONS: TA TEAM KEEP & UPDATE QUALIFICATIONS AS APPLICABLE TO ROLE

Qualifications:
Candidates must pass required state and company background checks and meet state and company minimum education and experience requirements:  

  • 18 years of age with a high school diploma or GED is required

  • Related college-level early education course work or CDA is required

  • 1 year of professional experience teaching in child care, daycare, or preschool settings is preferred

  • CDA, Associate, or bachelor’s degree in early education or related field is preferred

  • Demonstrated knowledge of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) for children is required

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.

ALL STATES & POSITIONS: MUST KEEP PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
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.

ALL STATES & POSITIONS (Int/Ext): IF ROLE IS IN-PERSON, TA TEAM MUST INCLUDE CITY/STATE WHERE WORK WILL BE PERFORMED
This position requires in-person work in the [City, State] area.

ALL STATES & POSITIONS (Int/Ext): TA TEAM MUST INCLUDE & CUSTOMIZE SALARY/HOURLY RATE RANGE AND OTHER COMPENSATION DISCLOSURES. ENSURE PAY RANGE MATCHES FIELD IN WORKDAY

Compensation:
The [annual salary/hourly rate] for this position is between [$XX,XXX – XX,XXX annually]/[$XX.XX – XX.XX 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.

ALL STATES & POSITIONS (Int/Ext): TA TEAM MUST INCLUDE & CUSTOMIZE THE FOLLOWING – DELETE IF N/A
This position is also eligible for [bonus] [hiring incentive] [cash incentive] [long-term incentive compensation awards].

ALL STATES & POSITIONS: TA TEAM MUST DELETE OR ADD BENEFITS AS APPLICABLE TO THE ROLE, e.g., free parking, child care discount, employee referral bonus program – DELETE IF N/A (e.g., temporary role with no benefits)
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 Program 

  • Caregiving support and resources for the children and adults in your family 

  • Learn more at https://careers.brighthorizons.com/us/en/health-and-wellness 

WASHINGTON STATE & ANY REMOTE POSITIONS: TA TEAM MUST ADD & FORMAT APPLICABLE PAID TIME OFF DETAILS USING THE RESOURCE IN MS TEAMS – DELETE IF N/A

COLORADO & ANY REMOTE POSITIONS (Int/Ext): TA TEAM MUST INCLUDE & CUSTOMIZE THE FOLLOWING – DELETE IF N/A

Deadline to Apply:
This posting is anticipated to remain open until [DATE].
IF TRULY EVERGREEN, DELETE ABOVE AND INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
Bright Horizons is accepting applications for this role on an ongoing basis.

Life at Bright Horizons:

At Bright Horizons, you’re more than your job title — you’re the difference. Whether you’re nurturing a child’s first steps or supporting the systems behind the scenes, your work creates real impact. We’re a community that celebrates individuality, invests in your growth, and supports your whole self. Because when you thrive, so do the children, families, and clients we serve. Join us and help build a brighter future — for yourself and for others.

Bright Horizons provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law. Bright Horizons complies with the laws and regulations described in the following federal government resources: Know Your RightsFamily and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).

If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in completing these application materials or any aspect of the application and hiring process, please contact the recruitment helpdesk at 855-877-6866 or bhrecruit@brighthorizons.com. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.