August 26, 2025 Child Care Job Openings in Pittsburgh Are you looking for open child care positions? Early learning programs in the Greater Pittsburgh Area are hiring! See featured jobs for this week. Child Care Positions in Pittsburgh PRESCHOOL TEACHER Stepping Stones Early Learning Center is seeking a preschool teacher to create a safe, engaging, and developmentally appropriate learning environment for children between the ages of three and 5. Responsibilities include planning and implementing curriculum, fostering social-emotional growth, and maintaining clear communication with families. Those interested should send their resume to sschildcareinfo@gmail.com. PART-TIME FLOATER The Eastminster Church Child Care Center is seeking a part-time floater that will assist lead teachers in classrooms and receive $15 hourly. Applicants should search for the position on college or university websites. LEAD INFANT TEACHER The Eastminster Church Child Care Center is seeking a lead infant teacher who loves working with children and has experience working in an early childhood setting. Applicants should search for the position on college or university websites. GROUP SUPERVISOR Providence Connections is seeking a credentialed group supervisor/assistant group supervisor for a small transition classroom (children turning age 3). CDA or greater is required. Send your resume to Leslie White at lwhite@providenceconnections.org. MANAGER: FAMILY CARE CONNECTION UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is seeking a manager for Family Care Connection. The manager will be responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight to Family Care Connection centers and programs of UPMC Children’s Hospital and the Hello Baby Initiative, which includes partnership with Allegheny County Family Centers. The manager will be responsible for all aspects of the programs, including operational, capital and personnel budgets, budget planning and preparation, and employee performance. PRESCHOOL AGE EDUCATOR Thomas Childcare and Learning Academy is seeking a Head Start preschool teacher, who will create engaging lesson plans and provide a supportive learning environment that encourages the growth of preschool-aged children. Those interested in applying should email a resume to thomasleardningacademy@gmail.com or apply on Indeed. CHILD CARE PROVIDER Love and Bright Beginnings Childcare is seeking a child care provider who has a passion for working with children and a strong understanding of childhood development. The role involves caring for children of various ages, including infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, while promoting their physical, emotional, and social growth. Those interested should email director@loveandbrightbeginnings.com or call 412-717-3656. CHILD CARE DIRECTOR Each One Teach One is seeking a highly motivated and experienced day care director to join the team. The ideal candidate is a dedicated, positive, and knowledgeable leader with a solid understanding of day care regulations and a commitment to creating an enriching, safe, and nurturing environment for children. Those interested should send a cover letter and resume to admin@eachoneteachonepgh.com or apply on Indeed. TODDLER TEACHER Each One Teach One is searching for a caring and energetic toddler teacher, who will create a fun and nurturing environment where children can explore, learn, and grow through play with its Frogstreet curriculum. The teacher will help toddlers discover the world while building their confidence and skills. Those interested should apply by sending a cover letter and resume to admin@eachoneteachonepgh.com. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL The Boys and Girls Clubs of Western PA is seeking a youth development professional, who will serve as a direct-service leader in creating a safe, engaging, and inclusive environment that promotes the holistic development of all youth. The position implements daily programming with intentionality and enthusiasm, fostering relationships that support each child’s academic, social-emotional, and physical growth. EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh is seeking a full-time early childhood teacher for Child’s Way, a daycare center for medically fragile children. The positions works Monday through Friday, eight hour shifts per week. Under the supervision of the director of Child’s Way, the teacher is responsible for developing and implementing an ongoing program of activities that promote the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development of each child enrolled in accordance with DHS, Head Start, and Keystone STARS standards. Teachers will work with the nurses, therapists, and early intervention professionals to provide a safe, healthy, and developmentally appropriate learning experience. Those interested should apply online. TODDLER 2 TEACHER Hiland Child Care Center is seeking a Toddler 2 Teacher- to implement curriculum, assist with potty training, change diapers, make observations, and hold parent/teacher conferences three times per year. The teacher would also have to stay up-to-date on yearly trainings. Those interested should email a resume to Annie at hilandchildcare@gmail.com. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHER Angels’ Place, Inc. is seeking teachers with a passion for teaching the youngest learners. The position is full-time with a competitive wage and benefits package. Those interested in the position should submit an application and cover letter to angelsplacepittsburgh@gmail.com. Submit a Job Trying Together highlights employer-submitted jobs on our website, social media, and in our newsletter. 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July 31, 2025 OCDEL Announces It Will Offer Keystone STARS Award for 2025-26 Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has announced that it will offer the Keystone STARS Quality Improvement (CQI) Award again during the 2025-26 school year. Learn More The Keystone STARS CQI Award is paid directly through ELRCs to eligible child care programs that have a state Department of Human Services regular Certificate of Compliance and are designated as a Keystone STAR 2, 3, or 4. The intent of the award is to improve, support, and recognize the quality of Pennsylvania’s early learning and school-age programs. A child care provider application for this award is not required. Instead, providers who are eligible for the award will receive an eligibility and acceptance letter from their ELRC. The letter will include the maximum award amount that a child care provider is eligible to receive as well as contact information for their ELRC. After spending the award on eligible expenses, the provider will be responsible for submitting a final expense report electronically to their ELRC. To be eligible, a provider must possess a current, regular Pennsylvania Department of Human Services certificate of compliance. Providers with provisional certificates, those in a “refuse to renew” status,” or those whose certificates have been revoked are ineligible. For more information on the award, visit The Pennsylvania Key website.
July 1, 2025 OCDEL Releases Announcement on NAEYC Accreditation Standards, Keystone STARS Alternate Pathways The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has released an announcement regarding changes to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) accreditation standards and system and implications for Keystone STARS Alternate Pathways. Learn More The announcement shares information on how changes to NAEYC will affect early care and education providers using NAEYC accreditation as a Keystone STARS, OCDEL-approved, Alternate Pathway to a STAR 4 designation. As of March 3, NAEYC began using a new tiered system of accreditation. The three tiers included: Recognition: NAEYC defined this as the first step to high quality. It requires a documentation review, and a one-year term is renewed annually. Accreditation: Requires a documentation review and there is potential for a random site visit. It has a five-year term with annual reporting required. Accreditation +: This requires a documentation review and site visit, and there’s potential for a random site visit. This has a five-year term with annual reporting required. Impact of Accreditation Changes on STARTS Designation Following an internal review of NAEYC’s new accreditation standards and tiers, OCDEL established that the Accreditation + tier will be acknowledged as an approved Alternate Pathway to a STAR 4 designation. The NAEYC tiers of Recognition or Accreditation will not serve as OCDEL-approved Alternate Pathways to higher STARS designations. Programs that are currently NAEYC accredited will transition to the Accreditation + tier and will not see any impact on their STAR 4 Alternate Pathway designation. If these programs experienced a drop in their NAEYC accreditation status to one of the lower tiers, they would also be designated as a STAR 1. Programs that want to move up in STAR levels can do so by using the Keystone STARS Performance Standards or achieving the highest NAEYC accreditation tier of Accreditation +. Programs using an OCDEL-approved Alternate Pathway to a higher STAR level must complete all requirements for Keystone STARS as explained in the ELRC Policy Announcement 21 #08. Next Steps All programs currently using or planning to use NAEYC as an Alternate Pathway to a STAR 4 designation should: Review the information contained in the OCDEL announcement. Complete any upcoming Keystone STARS designation renewals as required. Review their current Accreditation VUD to determine their NAEYC renewal status. For questions regarding NAEYC standards, assessments or processes, email accreditation.information@naeyc.org or call 1-800-424-2460. Programs are encouraged to discuss their Keystone STARS designation with their quality coach. ELRCs should review the information in the OCDEL announcement and direct any questions to their program representative.
April 9, 2025 OCDEL Releases Announcement on Curricula and Developmental Assessment Tools in Keystone STARS The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning’s (OCDEL) Bureau of Policy and Professional Development has released an announcement to provide information on approved curricula and developmental assessments for use by Keystone STARS 3 and 4 programs. The release of Announcement ELRC #25-02, OCDEL Approved Curricula and Developmental Assessment Tools in Keystone STARS makes obsolete the previous announcement, ELRC Announcement 22 #07, immediately. The announcement is aimed at all Keystone STARS providers, Early Learning Resource Centers (ELRC), and OCDEL’s early learning resource center program representatives. Background OCDEL has an established internal process for the approval of curricula and developmental assessment tools for use by Keystone STARS providers seeking to earn points toward their STAR 3 or 4 designation. A component of this approval process requires the completion of a crosswalk aligning the curriculum and developmental assessment tool with the Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards (PA ELS). In December 2022, OCDEL released the ELRC Announcement 22 #07, which outlined that only currently OCDEL-approved curricula and developmental assessments would be valid for meeting the requirements of STARS EC 3.4.1 and EC 3.4.2 for STAR 3 and 4 designations. Historically, OCDEL released and maintained an annual listing of approved curricula and developmental assessment tools. The annual listing provided details of newly approved tools and those that were set to be discontinued at the end of the fiscal year. Since the release of ELRC Announcement 22 #7, OCDEL has evaluated the curricula and developmental assessment tool approval process to determine its impact on early childhood providers. Internal discussions, ongoing reviews of updated tools, and feedback from stakeholders concluded that discontinuing a tool simply due to the release of an updated version by the vendor seemed unnecessary and posed a potential financial burden for providers. In many cases, updates to previously approved curricula and developmental assessment tools that preserved the essential content and structure had no impact on the integrity of the material and alignment to the PA ELS. As a result, curricula and developmental assessment tools that were previously approved based on their alignment with the PA ELS will remain available for use by providers. Next Steps Moving forward, OCDEL will only discontinue approved curricula and developmental assessment tools under the following conditions: The vendor fails to respond to OCDEL’s annual request to confirm the tool’s information on file The PA ELS are updated, causing the curricula and developmental assessment tools to no longer align with the standards The curriculum or developmental assessment tool is updated and the tool no longer aligns with the PA ELS Keystone STARS providers should review the announcement with staff. Providers should subscribe to the PA EEN to receive updates to the approved listings of curricula and developmental assessment tools, and should refer to the listings on the PDE Early Learning Standards website to ensure the tools they are using continue to be approved as part of their annual Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) plan update and activities. Any questions should be directed to the local ELRC. ELRCs should review and share the announcement with staff and refer to the listings on the PDE Early Learning Standards website to become familiar with the current approved tools.
March 5, 2025 Community of Practice for Home-Based Educators ELRC Region 5 is hosting Communities of Practice for home-based early learning educators to discuss topics of interest, ask questions, and offer insight and inspiration to one another. Learn More Meetings occur virtually every other Tuesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The sessions include: March 25: Certification and Announcements April 8: Handbooks and Policies April 22: Health and Safety/Emergency Plans/Fire and Emergency Drills May 13: Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity May 27: Lesson Plans and Daily Schedules June 10: Outdoor Spaces June 24: Professional Development Training and Resources July 8: Keystone STARS – Star 2 Designation July 22: Keystone STARS – Star 3 and Star 4 Designations/National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) Accreditation Each of the sessions will be held on Zoom. For more information, contact Kathy Wolfe by email at Kathy.elrc@alleghenycounty.us or by phone at 412-224-0416.
Community of Practice for Home-Based Educators ELRC Region 5 is hosting Communities of Practice for home-based early learning educators to discuss topics of interest, ask questions, and offer insight and inspiration to one another. Learn More Meetings occur virtually every other Tuesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The sessions include: March 25: Certification and Announcements April 8: Handbooks and Policies April 22: Health and Safety/Emergency Plans/Fire and Emergency Drills May 13: Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity May 27: Lesson Plans and Daily Schedules June 10: Outdoor Spaces June 24: Professional Development Training and Resources July 8: Keystone STARS – Star 2 Designation July 22: Keystone STARS – Star 3 and Star 4 Designations/National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) Accreditation Each of the sessions will be held on Zoom. For more information, contact Kathy Wolfe by email at Kathy.elrc@alleghenycounty.us or by phone at 412-224-0416.
Community of Practice for Home-Based Educators ELRC Region 5 is hosting Communities of Practice for home-based early learning educators to discuss topics of interest, ask questions, and offer insight and inspiration to one another. Learn More Meetings occur virtually every other Tuesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The sessions include: March 25: Certification and Announcements April 8: Handbooks and Policies April 22: Health and Safety/Emergency Plans/Fire and Emergency Drills May 13: Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity May 27: Lesson Plans and Daily Schedules June 10: Outdoor Spaces June 24: Professional Development Training and Resources July 8: Keystone STARS – Star 2 Designation July 22: Keystone STARS – Star 3 and Star 4 Designations/National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) Accreditation Each of the sessions will be held on Zoom. For more information, contact Kathy Wolfe by email at Kathy.elrc@alleghenycounty.us or by phone at 412-224-0416.
Community of Practice for Home-Based Educators ELRC Region 5 is hosting Communities of Practice for home-based early learning educators to discuss topics of interest, ask questions, and offer insight and inspiration to one another. Learn More Meetings occur virtually every other Tuesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The sessions include: March 25: Certification and Announcements April 8: Handbooks and Policies April 22: Health and Safety/Emergency Plans/Fire and Emergency Drills May 13: Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity May 27: Lesson Plans and Daily Schedules June 10: Outdoor Spaces June 24: Professional Development Training and Resources July 8: Keystone STARS – Star 2 Designation July 22: Keystone STARS – Star 3 and Star 4 Designations/National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) Accreditation Each of the sessions will be held on Zoom. For more information, contact Kathy Wolfe by email at Kathy.elrc@alleghenycounty.us or by phone at 412-224-0416.
Community of Practice for Home-Based Educators ELRC Region 5 is hosting Communities of Practice for home-based early learning educators to discuss topics of interest, ask questions, and offer insight and inspiration to one another. Learn More Meetings occur virtually every other Tuesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The sessions include: March 25: Certification and Announcements April 8: Handbooks and Policies April 22: Health and Safety/Emergency Plans/Fire and Emergency Drills May 13: Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity May 27: Lesson Plans and Daily Schedules June 10: Outdoor Spaces June 24: Professional Development Training and Resources July 8: Keystone STARS – Star 2 Designation July 22: Keystone STARS – Star 3 and Star 4 Designations/National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) Accreditation Each of the sessions will be held on Zoom. For more information, contact Kathy Wolfe by email at Kathy.elrc@alleghenycounty.us or by phone at 412-224-0416.
Community of Practice for Home-Based Educators ELRC Region 5 is hosting Communities of Practice for home-based early learning educators to discuss topics of interest, ask questions, and offer insight and inspiration to one another. Learn More Meetings occur virtually every other Tuesday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The sessions include: March 25: Certification and Announcements April 8: Handbooks and Policies April 22: Health and Safety/Emergency Plans/Fire and Emergency Drills May 13: Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity May 27: Lesson Plans and Daily Schedules June 10: Outdoor Spaces June 24: Professional Development Training and Resources July 8: Keystone STARS – Star 2 Designation July 22: Keystone STARS – Star 3 and Star 4 Designations/National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) Accreditation Each of the sessions will be held on Zoom. For more information, contact Kathy Wolfe by email at Kathy.elrc@alleghenycounty.us or by phone at 412-224-0416.
