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(Urgent Hiring) Full-Time Infant/Toddler Assistant (Apprentice) Teacher

Apple Playschools·Ann Arbor, Michigan

$16 - $17/hr·Full Time·On Site
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0-2 yrs
·Posted 4 months ago
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About the role

The apprentice teacher will provide high-quality, mission-aligned early childhood education while collaborating with the lead teacher. Responsibilities include designing learning activities, ensuring student safety, and participating in peer learning and reflection.

Apple Playschools Apprentice Teacher

About Us

Apple Playschools is an early childhood educational center that offers outdoor immersion and Spanish immersion programs. At our Ann Arbor facilities, we seek to provide progressive early education for a better world.

What Sets Us Apart

  • Play-based education
  • Emergent curriculum
  • Anti-bias education
  • Reggio-Emilia approach to teaching
  • Social justice-focused
  • Muddy & Messy!

Your Role

As an apprentice teacher, you will provide high-quality, mission-aligned early childhood education for children in an assigned classroom while collaborating with the Lead/Mentor Teacher of that class.

What's In It For You

  • Competitive pay ranging from $16-16.75/hour, commensurate with experience
  • Growth opportunities
  • Daily on-the-job training under the Lead/Mentor Teacher
  • Flexible schedule options
  • Retirement matching
  • Network Health Benefit Plan
  • 4+ weeks of PTO
  • Child Care Assistance available! (TriShare, Subsidy, and Scholarships)
  • Low/No-Cost CDA Training Program
  • 50% tuition discount at any Apple Playschools youth program
  • Employee Assistance Program

*For staff working 30 hours or more a week

Your Impact

  • Designing learning activities and creating unforgettable experiences
  • Ensuring the safety of participants, reporting any concerns as per licensing guidelines
  • Participating actively in peer learning through reflection, feedback, and modeling
  • Providing exceptional partnerships with students, parents, and community members
  • Contributing to a fun, welcoming, and organized environment

What You’ll Need – The Must-Haves

  • Be age 18 or older
  • Eligible to work in the United States of America
  • Be able to work a minimum of 25 hours per week
  • Be able to pass all required background checks and criminal history review
  • Meet LARA licensing education requirements appropriate to the assigned role
  • Be able to be “on your feet” for most of the day
  • Hold, carry, or lift up to 25 pounds
  • Work outside in all weather conditions

What Will Give You an Edge – The Nice-to-Haves

  • Prior experience working with children
  • Prior experience and love of the outdoors.

Come Join Us and Transform Our Community through work and PLAY!

Requirements

Candidates must be at least 18 years old, eligible to work in the U.S., and able to pass background checks. Applicants must also meet LARA licensing requirements and be physically capable of lifting 25 pounds and working outdoors.

  • high school
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Classroom management
  • Early childhood education
  • Social justice
  • Child safety
  • Outdoor education
  • Emergent curriculum
  • Anti-bias education
  • Reggio-emilia approach

Benefits

  • Paid time off
  • Employee assistance program
  • Retirement matching
  • Child care assistance
  • Tuition discount
  • Health benefit plan
  • CDA training program

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
0-2 yrs
Salary
$16 - $17/hr
Location
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Posted
Apr 21, 2026
Closes
Jul 20, 2026
Application
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Apple Playschools

Apple Playschools is nonprofit providing progressive early childhood education in order to facilitate social responsibility, diversity, global and environmental awareness. We operate two unique preschool programs with three locations in Ann Arbor for infants through...

Salary listed on 4 jobs
IndustryEducation Administration Programs
TypeNonprofit
Size51-200 employees
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