Substitute Assistant Preschool Teacher

Assistant Preschool Teacher

The position of Assistant Preschool Teacher is responsible for assisting and supporting all students of all abilities providing instructional support, implementing planned activities, ensuring safety, and assisting with the implementation of components of Individual Education Programs (IEP's).

The Bellevue School District is committed to a diverse workforce representative of our students, one that embraces and models cultural competency as an international community.

• Ensures the physical, health, and safety needs of students, arrival to departure from the program.

• Supports and interacts with children during age-appropriate and developmentally suitable activities.

• Provides social-emotional, behavioral, and educational support for students of all abilities.

• Delivers specially designed instruction (SDI) provided by a Special Education Teacher.

• Supports students of all abilities in their least restrictive environment.

• Maintains auditory and visual supervision of children at all times.

• Helps maintain a clean, organized, and safe environment.

• Establishes an appropriate rapport with families.

• Assists students with emotional regulation challenges and fosters independence in all settings.

• Supports students with daily living skills, including toileting, changing, tube feeding, and medical assistance, as needed.

• Monitors children's educational, recreational, and rest activities, ensuring proper hygiene and diapering when necessary.

• Communicates effectively with staff and collaborates on planning and implementing activities.

• Works with diverse student populations, including those with special needs.

• Provides comfort and nurturing to children.

• Stays current on emergency procedures and child safety drills.

• Attends staff meetings and professional development training.

• Assists in maintaining records of children's daily activities, including incident reports, medication logs, and attendance sheets.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

• Reports directly to and is supervised by the principal or designee.

Required:
• High school graduation or equivalent

Preferred:
• Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement and with behaviorally disabled students preferred.
• Right Response Trained

Required:
• High school diploma, GED or equivalent

Preferred:
• Experience working in a school setting

• Reading, writing, and arithmetic.

• Child development, behavior management, and behavior modification programs, including restraint techniques.

• Health, safety, injury prevention, and sanitary practices.

• Safety procedures for students and staff, including proper lifting techniques.

• Use of adaptive technological equipment.

• Non-violent crisis intervention and de-escalation strategies.

• Computer proficiency and familiarity with various software programs.

• Physical therapy techniques and procedures.

• Functional life skills instruction.

Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.

Medium Work:
Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Incumbents may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, odors, chemicals, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, and intense noises.

These are on-call positions. The number of days or hours that a substitute works is dependent upon the number of staff in the position who are absent on any given day. No specific guarantee of work is offered. The rate of pay is $ 31.30/hour. Substitutes are not eligible for benefits until they work 630 hours in a certain school year.

The above job description is intended to represent only the key areas of responsibilities; specific position assignments will vary depending on the business needs of the department.

Verification of identity and authorization to work in the United States must be completed. The District does not currently provide visa sponsorship. All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory results of background checks with prior employers/professional references; satisfactory outcome of a criminal history background check (includes fingerprinting); satisfactory outcome of sexual misconduct information from prior school district employers; and approval by the Bellevue School Board.