Early years teacher

Idee you turn ideas into trips – joy of learning under your guidance! We are seeking an early years teacher for Touhula Nättinummi in Turku. We are looking for an education professional who wants to help develop the operating culture, strengthen pedagogy and support the team’s shared success. Working in small groups allows presence and meaningful influence on children’s daily life. Perhaps you will be the new Touhula member whose impact leaves a warm memory for a long future. Touhula Nättinummi – what kind of day care is it? Our movement-themed day care keeps activity in every day. We encourage children to be active through guided and self-initiated movement, with equipment available to children all day long and movement reflected in everyday environments. During the day children can build obstacle courses, participate in scooter games, practice motor skills, or hop on a trampoline indoors and outdoors. We hope you bring your pedagogical vision, courage to tackle development targets, and the ability to inspire and support the team in their work. Your task as an early years teacher is to be the pedagogical lead and enabling force in your team. You will plan and evaluate your group’s activities and process of high-quality learning in line with Touhula rhythmic pedagogical year plan. Core duties include: Pedagogical leadership: responsible for daily pedagogy, small-group activities, and building versatile and safe learning environments. Individual support: design and evaluate support measures in collaboration with multi-professional networks. Customer experience: ensure high-quality customer communication and foster a positive atmosphere that families feel. Team support: develop inclusive feedback culture and support colleagues leveraging team strengths. We take care of you because you do the most important work. As an employee you are entitled to occupational health care, an Epassi benefit (€200/year), wellbeing fund (€80/year) for shared recreation days, comprehensive onboarding, access to quality pedagogical tools, broad training opportunities and expansion scholarships, and a culture that encourages experimentation and your ideas. We offer a competitive salary for early childhood teachers, with full-time positions ranging between €2,792.02 and €3,343.23 per month. Final pay depends on work experience and any personal pay supplement based on special expertise. We can discuss special expertise score and salary placement during interviews. We look forward to your application. Requirements: ability to build open and professional interactions with all stakeholders; responsible work attitude and willingness to try new approaches; police clearance and infection disease clearance as required by law; qualification as an early childhood teacher; we also value the skills of social educators and other multi-skilled professionals. We may also consider student teachers for the role. Learning joy is important to us, so we support you in becoming a qualified teacher with paid student days and a €1,000 grant in our incentive program. If you want to know more, contact team leader Susanne Mäkinen at susanne.makinen@touhula.fi. Touhula Nättinummi, Schalininkatu 4, Turku.