A full support team
Specialists work with the same children and families you do.
Early Childhood Careers · Ansonia & Waterbury
You bring the teaching. We’ll bring the team.
At TEAM, you walk into a fully resourced community built around the child — and around you. Find top-tier pay, real benefits, protected planning time, and a path that keeps going.
A career with purpose.
And people beside you.
60 years
Serving Connecticut families since 1965.
$14,090,682
Invested in early childhood this year.
Top tier
Compensation among Connecticut's best.
627 children
Learning and growing in our care.
The team around you
You are never the only adult responsible for whether a child thrives.
Family service workers know the family. Behavioral health coordinators support the child and you. Disability specialists work with each child’s unique needs. Health and nutrition staff help every child be their healthiest each day.
Early childhood is a family’s front door to everything else TEAM does. You are part of that story, without carrying it alone.
Funded and stable
A $25 million agency with strong public partners behind it.
Inclusive of every child
109 children with special needs received critical services this year.
Recognition on the record
Supervisors are present enough to notice your work and say so.
What a year of this work adds up to.
2025 Annual Report627
children accessed childcare and school readiness.
109
children with special needs received critical services.
269,790
diapers supported 640 children and families.
1,313
children improved their nutrition through healthy meals.
Pay, benefits & support
Paid among the best in Connecticut — and resourced to match.
Salary and benefits are our largest investment: $9.4 million. That is deliberate. The adults in the classroom are the program.
Compensation
Top-tier pay with structured steps
Hourly ranges among Connecticut's best, with structured progression after 90 days.
Time off
Paid vacation, personal, sick and holidays
Paid time away is built into the calendar. Rest is part of the job description.
Benefits
Comprehensive health and retirement
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, plus a 401(k) with a 6% company match.
Growth
Paid training and credentials covered
Professional development on the clock, conferences, coaching and re-certification fees.
Supervision
Focused planning time
Protected time to think and plan, with regular reflective supervision from experienced leaders.
Environment
Classrooms built for possibility
Beautiful, well-equipped rooms and a classroom team around you in Ansonia and Waterbury.
Career pathways
Most teachers hit a ceiling. Here, the path is already built.
You do not need a degree in hand to begin. We pay for the credentials that get you to your next role.
Teacher Aide
A high school diploma and six months with young children is enough to start.
Assistant Teacher
Commit to earning a CDA within a year and we help you get there.
Head Teacher
Lead a classroom team and shape each child's readiness goals.
Coordinator
Multiply your impact across classrooms, children and sites.
Site Director
Lead a center and its people — most often promoted from within.
Meet our team
Nicole came in as a parent. She stayed as a colleague.
Nicole enrolled William at ten months old so she could keep studying. Three years later, William is a curious preschooler, Nicole has an associate’s degree, and she is working toward a bachelor’s while teaching in an infant and toddler classroom.
She began as a substitute, moved into a Teacher Aide role, and is now a credentialed Assistant Teacher. That progression was not luck. It is the pathway, working as designed.
“For Nicole and William, this was never just a program. It was a foundation.”See where your own path could start
The best part is knowing someone is always beside you — for the children and for you.
Coaching gives us space to reflect, grow, and return to the classroom stronger.
Even on a hard day, this team reminds you why the work matters.
Open roles
Where you might fit.
Head Teacher
Bachelor's in ECE and two years in a preschool classroom. Ansonia and Waterbury.
View & applyAssistant Teacher
CDA or ECE degree — or commit to earning a CDA within a year of hire.
View & applyTeacher Aide
High school diploma and six months with young children. The classroom entry point.
View & applyEducation Coordinator
Coach Head Teachers, Assistants and Aides across classrooms. Waterbury.
View & applyBehavioral Health & Disabilities Coordinator
Guide screenings, referrals and the PPT/IEP process.
View & applyFamily Support Coordinator
Lead the specialists at the heart of family engagement.
View & applyFamily Support Specialist
Home visits, goal-setting and case management alongside the classroom team.
View & applyExecutive Assistant
Keep coverage, compliance and logistics moving for the whole program. Ansonia.
View & applyEarly Childhood roles are based at our Ansonia and Waterbury locations. Bilingual Spanish/English is a plus in every position.
Strengthening Communities — Making A Difference
Sixty years in, the best part of the job is still the people who do it.
Do work that matters in a workplace that takes care of you.