A full support team
Case management staff 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, and a career 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
With a team of professionals in and out of the classroom, together, we make sure every child thrives.
Family support staff meaningfully engage and support families. Behavioral health coordinators lean in to support the child and classroom environment. Health & nutrition staff support children to be healthy and ready to learn.
Early childhood is a family’s front door to everything else TEAM does. You are part of that story, without carrying it alone.
60+ year history
Join our well-established Head Start program, backed by federal funding.
Inclusive of every child
109 children with special needs received critical services this year.
Recognition on the record
Supervisory teams support and acknowledge the critical work you do with young children.
What a year of this work adds up to at TEAM Head Start Centers.
627
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.
TEAM invested $9,417,741 in salary and benefits last year, and $14,090,682 in early childhood overall. That is deliberate. The staff that work together each day to support children & families are the program.
Compensation
Top tier pay with structured steps
Competitive pay in the top tier of Connecticut early childhood compensation, with structured step progression after 90 days.
Time off
Paid vacation, personal, sick and holidays
TEAM believes that we all need to rest and recharge, so we can show up as our best each day.
Benefits
Comprehensive health and retirement
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance, plus a 403(b) with a 6% company match.
Growth
Paid training and certification fees covered
Paid professional development on the clock, in-service seminars, and payment of annual re-certification fees for Child Development Associates.
Recognition
Seen, named and celebrated
Agency Day, Staff Gatherings, and National Appreciation Days. TEAM celebrates you and your accomplishments, both small and large.
Top-Tier Facilities
Equipped for success
TEAM’s Early Childhood centers are modern and well-equipped. Every classroom comes fully stocked with the supplies and materials you need to create a great learning environment, so you can focus on your students, not your budget.
Career pathways
Most teachers hit a ceiling. Here, the path is already built.
You can begin with a high school diploma and six months in a classroom. From there, we’ll show you the path towards the next step.
Teacher Aide
A high school diploma or equivalent and six months in a center-based classroom is enough to start.
Assistant Teacher
A CDA or ECE degree starts you in this role.
Head Teacher
With a bachelor's in Early Childhood Education and classroom experience, lead a team of three educators and shape each child's readiness goals.
Coordinator
With five years of experience, including supervision, coach educators across classrooms and sites.
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 earned her Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees while teaching in and 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, Head Start isn’t just a program, it’s a foundation.”See where your own path could start
Open roles
Where you might fit.
Family Support Specialist - Full Time
Derby, Connecticut
View & applyAssistant Teacher - Infant/Toddler
Ansonia, Connecticut
View & applyAssistant Teacher
Waterbury, Connecticut
View & applyHead Teacher - Preschool
Ansonia, Connecticut
View & applyFamily Support Specialist
Ansonia, Connecticut
View & applyFamily Support Specialist
Waterbury, Connecticut
View & applyTeachers Aide
Waterbury, Connecticut
View & applyTeachers Aide
Ansonia, Connecticut
View & applyTeachers Aide
Milford, Connecticut
View & applyHead Teacher - Preschool & Infant/Toddler
Waterbury, Connecticut
View & applyEducation Coordinator
Waterbury, Connecticut
View & applyFamily Support Specialist
Derby, Connecticut
View & applyFamily Support Coordinator
Ansonia, Connecticut
View & applyEvery listing opens in TEAM's full career portal, where you can view the complete description and apply. Early Childhood roles are based at our Ansonia, Derby, Milford and Waterbury locations, and bilingual Spanish/English is a plus in most positions. Some classrooms are on a second floor without handicapped access.
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.