Are You Passionate About Play?

With two Southern Maine locations, Saint Elizabeth’s in Portland and St. Louis in Biddeford, Catholic Charities Maine’s Child Development Centers nurture and inspire children aged 6 months to 7 years to achieve their fullest potential.

When you join our team, you are helping to create a different — and better — early learning environment. We recognize and value the role our teaching professionals have played in our more than 50-year history of providing holistic, child-centered care. In addition to a collaborative, mission-driven work environment, we celebrate and share our core values of Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Hospitality, Excellence and Stewardship (our RICHES) every day, and in all our work with children and families.

“We see child care as family care, and our team of teachers develop programs that address more of what today’s families need,” Bill Hager, program director of Catholic Charities Maine’s Child Development Centers explains. “Our centers are open to all, including low-income families, because Maine has children in need. We embrace them without judgment and set them up with an early learning foundation that can help them succeed through their school years and beyond.”

We are committed to creating a child-centered experience with:

• Creativity, curiosity, collaboration, and compassion
• Developmentally appropriate curriculum
• A friendly, professional staff
• A commitment to learning and social development
• A safe, loving and welcoming facility
• A true sense of community!
• Our Step 4 rating, the highest awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Quality for ME program.

If you are passionate about play, celebrate diversity, and recognize every child as a unique individual who is deserving of love and respect — we want you to join our team!