Early Childhood Education Teacher

Your ideas become outings – the joy of learning, guided by you! We are looking for an early childhood education teacher in Pyöreenlahti, Siilinjärvi. For us at Touhula, children and families matter deeply. Together with them, we create a happy childhood and a good working life, building the most loved daycare together. We believe early childhood education is one of society’s most important expert roles. We want to meet every child, guardian and colleague who comes through our doors warmly, respectfully and professionally. We are looking for someone who champions childhood and play, and wants to help build high-quality early childhood education and lead pedagogical activities together with the team. Touhula Pyöreenlahti – what is the daycare like? Touhula Pyöreenlahti is a warm, five-group log daycare in Toivala, Siilinjärvi, with good transport connections. Our nature-oriented surroundings, strong sense of community and genuine desire to develop early childhood education together come together here. Physical activity is an important part of our everyday life, and we want it to be visible at the daycare every day. We make varied use of opportunities for exercise and encourage children to lead active lives through enjoyment, a sense of achievement and doing things together. We are looking for someone enthusiastic about physical education who wants to bring their expertise into our activities. Our work community is humorous, imaginative and keen to develop. We work closely across all groups and believe the best ideas come from working together. As a team, we plan, assess and develop our activities so that children can enjoy educational, safe and memorable days at daycare. Our staff include long-standing professionals and educators with a wide range of early childhood education expertise. We value everyone’s strengths and want each person to use their skills and develop in their work. Through this recruitment, we especially want to strengthen pedagogical leadership and make high-quality pedagogy visible in everyday life. We hope to welcome an active, self-motivated and collaborative professional who takes initiative, sees how their work contributes to the success of the whole daycare and wants to develop high-quality early childhood education with the wider work community. Customer satisfaction is essential to us. We want to earn families’ trust every day through high-quality activities, warm encounters and professional staff. Families especially value the daycare’s varied activities, a daily routine that inspires children, and a safe, caring atmosphere. We promise new employees thorough onboarding, support from an approachable and present supervisor, and a work community that values the joy of learning, a safe working atmosphere and succeeding together. At Touhula Pyöreenlahti, you will not be left on your own: you will join a community where everyone’s contribution is valued and where we build a happy childhood and a good working life together every day. Your role as an early childhood education teacher You will be your team’s pedagogical lead and an inspiring enabler. You will plan your group’s activities and take responsibility for a high-quality early childhood education plan process, using Touhula’s pedagogical annual plan and Touhula Rytmi. The core of your role includes: - Pedagogical leadership: You are responsible for your team’s everyday pedagogy, small-group activities and creating varied, safe learning environments. - Individual support: You plan and assess support measures for children in cooperation with multidisciplinary networks. - Customer experience: You ensure high-quality communication with families and create a positive emotional atmosphere that reaches them. - Supporting the team: You develop an inclusive feedback culture and support colleagues in their 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 starting 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 (€200/year) - €80/year for shared recreational and staff-wellbeing days - Comprehensive onboarding - High-quality pedagogical tools - Varied training opportunities and continuing-education 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, it is €2,792.02–€3,293.23 per month. The final salary depends on years of work experience and any personal supplement based on special expertise. We can discuss how your special expertise may be recognised and the precise salary placement within the range during the interview. What we expect from you: - The ability to build open and professional interaction with all stakeholders - A responsible approach to work and the courage to try new practices - A criminal record extract required by law and information required under the Communicable Diseases Act - Eligibility as an early childhood education teacher under the Early Childhood Education Act Early childhood education teacher students may also be considered where appropriate. The joy of learning matters to us, so we support your qualification studies with paid study days and a €1,000 scholarship through our incentive programme. Would you like to know more? Please get in touch! Touhula Pyöreenlahti Email: anni.heikkinen@touhula.fi