Join Our Founding Team
We are hiring early childhood educators to build something from scratch in Greenpoint.
About Us
Gifted and Talented Kids is a new preschool and daycare opening at 16 McGuinness Blvd S in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in January 2027. Forty seats across four age-based programs for children 2 to 6. Our curriculum is built around Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences framework and a practice we call Discover, Develop, Shine.
Our Director is Susanna Isakova. Fifteen-plus years in early childhood education. She is hiring the founding team now so the people who open the doors are the people who built the classrooms.
Open Roles
Teaching Assistant / Caregiver with Teacher-Track Path
Start as a caregiver or teaching assistant while we prepare to open. Work directly with our Director on curriculum design, classroom setup, and family onboarding. When the program opens, promote into a lead teacher role for one of our four programs (Little Explorers, Bright Minds, G and T Ready, After School Enrichment).
What you will do:
- Support curriculum build-out for your assigned age group (Multiple Intelligences stations, materials, daily structure)
- Help onboard waitlist families through video calls and preview tours
- Assist with classroom setup, organization, and family onboarding ahead of opening
- Move into lead teacher role when program launches, run daily classroom with Director oversight
What you bring:
- Real love for 2-to-6-year-olds and a calm presence around them
- Prior experience in a daycare, preschool, or as a caregiver (professional nanny work counts, Special Ed experience a plus)
- Willingness to grow into a lead teacher role (certification support available if you do not yet have ECE credentials)
- CPR and first aid certified or willing to become certified before we open
- Reliable, on time, respectful of families of all backgrounds
- English fluent (Polish, Spanish, or Russian a plus, not required)
Lead Preschool Teacher (Certified)
If you hold current NYS teacher certification (Early Childhood, Birth through Grade 2, or equivalent) and are ready to run a classroom from day one, we want to talk. Every lead room here goes to a certified teacher, that is the owner's rule and we do not bend it. Competitive salary above our starting range, and you work with the Director on curriculum design.
Specialists, By the Hour
Art, dance, music and drama, one hour at a time. If you run a class children remember, you do not need a teaching certificate for this, you need the hour to be good. Tell us what you teach and what you charge for it.
Compensation and Benefits
- Starting $22 to $30 per hour based on experience (pre-opening)
- Wage increase to $50,000 to $65,000 annual for lead teacher role when the program opens in January 2027
- Paid sick leave per NYC requirements
- Professional development stipend for CDA / ECE certification
- Small group teaching, with a lead teacher and support staff in each room
- Real input on curriculum, environment, and culture from day one
Why This Role
You are not a replacement hire. You are a founding team member. The way we run our mornings, handle transitions, talk to families, and name what each child is learning: you help design all of it. The classroom that opens in January will have your fingerprints on it.
Most teachers take a job at a school that has already decided who it is. Here, we are still deciding. If you have opinions about how a 3-year-old should be treated and you want them to land, this is the place.
How to Apply
Fill this in and you are done. It takes about a minute, and no resume is required to start the conversation. If you have one, send it after we reply.
When we interview. We hire the team in November, ahead of the January opening. Send this now and Susanna comes back to you at the end of October with a time. If you are working somewhere else in the meantime, that is fine, tell us in the last box and we plan around it.
Questions about the job. Call Sergey, the owner, on 718-795-5207. He picks up himself. Anything about the school and enrollment goes to 718-675-0127.
Prefer email? Write to giftedandtalentednyc@gmail.com with the subject “Founding Team Application”.
Who We Are
A small, family-run Greenpoint business. Not a corporate chain. Decisions happen in a room, not a boardroom. We hire slowly, we pay fairly, and we keep the people we like around. If you are at your current job wondering whether early childhood education can feel intentional again, come talk.
Gifted and Talented Kids is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants based on qualifications, character, and fit for the role, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.