Foundations PreK Prep Teacher Assistant

Qualifications:

• Two-Year Associate Degree in Child Care/Education or
• 60 college hours with a minimum of three (3) college credit hours in early childhood, child development, or child/family related courses and experience working in a program with young children and their families.
• Bi-lingual skills preferred

 
Fair Labor Standards Act Status:  Non-Exempt
 
Reports to:
Deputy Superintendent or designee
 
Job Goal:
To assist the teacher in the implementation of high quality early education and care.
 
Performance Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing a nurturing and appropriate learning environment for children in the Early Education program
• Responsible for implementing a program for children that will provide experiences that encourage individual differences of the children regardless of special abilities, talents, ethnic heritage, culture, and language
• Share responsibilities of maintaining the physical environment by assembling materials needed for the daily activities, being responsible for daily sign in/sign out of children, participating in the daily classroom activities and making suggestions in planning and guiding of the learning activities
• Support and implement a process-oriented curriculum
• Assist in communicating and establishing rapport with families
• Attend and participate in parent and staff meetings and training sessions
• Participate in at least two home visits and two parent conferences per year
• Know and use appropriate, positive guidance, and discipline techniques
• Maintain visual and auditory awareness of children at all times to ensure their safety in the classroom, on the playground, and on field trips
• Act as a team member in lesson planning and record keeping
• Maintain client confidentiality according to established policy
• Attend all required meetings, including designated evening meetings
• Follow district policies and procedures
• Have the ability to be flexible in working alternative hours or at another classroom/site should the need arise
• Other duties as defined and assigned

Terms of Employment:
The Pre K Kinder Prep Teacher Assistant will be employed in a nine (9) month position.  The salary and the work year will be established annually by the Board of Education.
 
Required Testing:
Post offer employment medical physical exam and essential functions test (EFT) required.
 
Work Environment/conditions:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors with minimal temperature variations and under conditions with risk of injury and/or illness.  The employee may also occasionally work with cleaning chemicals.  The noise level of the work environment is usually moderate, but occasionally can be loud.  Generally the job requires 5 % sitting, 50% standing, and 45% walking.
 
Physical Demands:

• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to bend at the neck.
• The employee is frequently required to climb or balance, reach, bend, crouch or crawl, squat, stoop, and kneel.
• The employee must frequently lift, carry and/or hold, push, or move up to 50 pounds.

 
Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated by the Principal using the Early Education Teacher Assistant Evaluation.