Early Childhood Education Teacher

Your ideas become outings – the joy of learning, guided by you! We are looking for an early childhood education teacher for Merikartta in Joensuu. For us at Touhula, children and families are close to our hearts. Together with them, we create a happy childhood and a good working life – the most beloved daycare centre, one we all share. We believe early childhood education is one of society’s most important expert fields. We want to welcome every child, guardian and colleague who comes through our daycare doors warmly, respectfully and professionally. We are looking for someone who champions childhood and play, wants to help build high-quality early childhood education and lead pedagogical activities together with the rest of the team. As an early childhood education teacher, you are responsible for planning, carrying out, assessing and developing the group’s pedagogical activities together with your team. Through your work, you create a safe, inspiring learning environment that supports children’s participation and allows every child to grow, learn and develop as their unique self. You can make use of your pedagogical expertise and support children’s individual needs as part of a multidisciplinary work community. We value a teacher who is enthusiastic about developing early childhood education, committed to shared goals and able to build open cooperation with children, guardians and colleagues. We hope you bring strong pedagogical thinking, good interaction skills and a genuine desire to create a safe, play-filled and meaningful everyday life for children. Touhula Merikartta – what is the daycare like? Touhula Merikartta is a warm and development-oriented daycare centre. We believe in continuous learning and boldly developing our activities. Over the past year, we have taken major steps forward, reflected in customer satisfaction and feedback from families. Families particularly appreciate our skilled and caring staff, the way children are considered when activities are planned, and our varied everyday programme. Our location offers excellent opportunities to enrich pedagogy with experiences in the surrounding area, and we actively cooperate with the neighbouring daycare centre. Pedapuu materials also support our everyday work, making it easier to plan and deliver high-quality activities. With a new group starting, we are looking for an education professional who wants to help develop our daycare’s work further. We particularly value expertise or interest in music, physical activity and crafts education, as well as supporting children. We hope you take an active, independent and development-oriented approach and can meet children, guardians and colleagues openly and respectfully. You will thrive at Merikartta if you are excited by new opportunities, ready to take the initiative in developing our work and keen to build high-quality early childhood education together with the work community. A sense of humour, a positive attitude and a willingness to commit to working together will help you enjoy being part of our small, diverse and renewed team. We promise you a thorough introduction, genuine support from your supervisor and an open culture of discussion and feedback. You will be able to influence your work, develop your expertise and leave your own mark on the daycare’s activities. Your tasks as an early childhood education teacher: As the teacher, you are your team’s pedagogical lead and an inspiring facilitator. You are responsible for planning your group’s activities and delivering a high-quality VASU process, using Touhula’s pedagogical annual plan and Touhula Rytmi. Your work centres on: - Pedagogical leadership: You lead your team’s everyday pedagogy and small-group activities and build diverse, safe learning environments. - Individual support: You plan and assess support measures for children in cooperation with multidisciplinary networks. - Customer experience: You are responsible for high-quality communication with families and create a positive emotional atmosphere that reaches them. - Team support: You develop an inclusive feedback culture and support colleagues in pedagogical work by making use of the team’s strengths. We take care of you: In return, we offer a work community where you can grow professionally, learn, use your strengths and influence your work. Whether you are at the start of your career or already experienced, we work to make Touhula the best place for you to do meaningful work for children’s future. We offer, among other things: - Occupational healthcare through Pihlajalinna - An Epassi benefit worth €200 per year - €80 per year for shared recreation and well-being days - A thorough introduction - High-quality pedagogical tools - Varied training opportunities and further-training scholarships - An encouraging, experimental culture where your ideas can make a difference We offer an early childhood education teacher a competitive salary. For a full-time employee, the monthly salary is €2,792.02–€3,293.23. The final salary depends on years of work experience and any personal supplement based on special expertise. During the interview, we can discuss how your special expertise may be reflected and where the salary falls within the range. What we expect from you: - The ability to build open and professional interaction with all stakeholders - A responsible approach to work and the confidence to try new ways of working - A criminal-record extract required by law and a clarification under the Communicable Diseases Act - The qualification for an early childhood education teacher required by the Early Childhood Education Act We may also consider students studying to become early childhood education teachers. We value the joy of learning, so we support you in qualifying as a teacher with paid study days and a €1,000 scholarship through our incentive programme. Would you like to know more? Please get in touch! Touhula Merikartta Email: anna.hukka@touhula.fi