Assistant Teacher- Stepping Stones Academy Beloit

Responsible to the Site Supervision for assisting classroom Lead Teachers with the integration of an educationally and socially positive classroom environment. Responsible for helping each child achieve their potential while following all CAI policies and state licensing rules. Additionally, responsibilities will include integrating the objectives of the program into a positive educational and social environment to ensure that the agency's policies, mission, and values are upheld in a culturally competent manner.

• Initiative: Self-starter requires minimal supervision, requests additional assignments or responsibilities; suggests and implements improved work methods.
• Relationships: Projects a positive attitude and relates effectively with others to build strong working relationships built on a foundation of honesty, compassion, and respect. Promotes and maintains appropriate professional boundaries.
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems, secures relevant information, and implements solutions.
• Planning and Organizing: Establishes and manages work priorities; efficiently allocates time and utilizes available resources appropriately; effectively handles multiple assignments.
• Attention to Safety: Assists in the creation of a safety culture by working in a safe manner; reports unsafe situations and accidents; follows safety procedures; requests and uses safety equipment and safety techniques; and participates in safety training.
• Attendance/Punctuality: Team member is on time and prepared for meeting with participants and stakeholders internal and external to the organization.

• Carry out activities according to the lesson plans provided by Lead Teachers and as developmentally appropriate when sole provider.
• Assist Lead Teacher in establishing and maintaining goals, and assessments for all children enrolled according to the Education Policy.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining a daily schedule that follows the Education Policy.
• Provide direct care and assistance to children with their basic needs including eating, dressing, and hand washing.
• Interact with children frequently while showing interest and modeling respect and affection regardless of race, gender, background, ability, culture, etc. of children or family members.
• Implement the positive guidance policy within the classroom.
• Encourage independence in children while teaching and modeling positive approaches to behaving constructively.
• Assist children in dealing with emotions, positive and negative, while expecting them to behave in developmentally appropriate ways.
• Participate in all required meetings and trainings.

• Assist in planning and setting up an organized environment to meet the Education Policy and Environmental Rating Scale requirements.
• Maintain a pleasant and welcoming learning environment for children, families, and co-workers.
• Assist in providing a healthy and safe environment that is conducive to positive learning, playing, and growing.

• Establish and maintain positive working relationships with children, families, co-workers, and supervisors.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with families, children, co-workers, and supervisors according to policies and the Environmental Rating Scales.
• Guide and mentor new team members, substitutes, volunteers, and students.

• Maintain a healthy and safe environment according to all safety and emergency standards, policies, and procedures.
• Understand and follow all Community Action, Community Kids, Young Star, and State Licensing rules, policies, and procedures.
• Complete all required forms according to policies such as, but not limited to, USDA, attendance, and accident reports.
• Maintain an organized, clean, and sanitized environment.
• Promote healthy snack times as pleasant, social learning experiences.
• Assist in overall building cleanliness, organization, and stocking of materials.

• Assist with transportation of children as needed.
• Access to reliable, licensed, insured driver and transportation.
• Assist or supervise in other classrooms/sites as required.
• Keep up to date with developments in the subject area, teaching resources and methods and make relevant changes to instructional plans and activities.
• Assist in Kitchen and/or Office as needed.

• Responsible for the supervision of the children under his/her care in the classroom.
• Responsible for the supervision of volunteers or student teachers within their designated classroom.
• Ensure all policies and procedures are being followed and stepping in when appropriate.
• Provide suggestions and feedback to new team members, volunteers, and student teachers within their designated classroom.

• Must be 18 years of age with a High School Diploma/GED.
• At minimum, meets teacher qualifications as approved by the Wisconsin Registry.
• Minimum one year experience in…