Early Childhood - Teaching Assistant Nature PreKindergarten

Early Childhood - Teaching Assistant Nature Pre Kindergarten

3.5 hrs/day - 5 days a week; 8:45 am to 12:15 pm Begins:
Fall 2026 Pay rate: $19.81-$22.25/hour (2025-26 rates) - Category B Per MSEA Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement

Qualifications:

• High school graduate or GED.
• Pre-school or child care experience.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification.
• Initiative to help out where needed.

Reports To:

Assistant Director of Early Learning

Job Goals:

To assist in providing a well-organized, smooth functioning Early Learning Program.

Performance Responsibilities:

Support and monitor students in educational settings. Provide teacher support; objective observation, data keeping, and prepare and organize materials. Assist in implementing successful student programs as designed by education staff. Participate in program trainings provided. Demonstrate sensitivity to diversity in cultural heritage, lifestyles, and value systems among students and families. Performs other duties as assigned by the building principal and/or supervising teacher, specific to early childhood programming.

Ability to work outside in all weather.

Physical Demands:

Rarely: 1 to 10%;
Occasionally: 11 to 33%;
Frequently: 34 to 66%; and Continuously: 67 to 100% of the workday.

Stand Continuously

Walk Continuously

Sit Occasionally

Hand Dexterity Frequently

Hand and Arm Extension Frequently

Climb and/or Balance Frequently

Stoop/Kneel/Crouch/Crawl Frequently

Bend and/or Twist Frequently

Talk or Hear Continuously

Taste or Smell Rarely

Lift and Carry up to 10lbs Frequently

Lift and Carry up to 25lbs Frequently

Lift and Carry up to 50lbs Frequently

Lift and Carry up to 75lbs Occasionally

Lift and Carry up to 100lbs Occasionally

Lift and Carry more than 100lbs Rarely

Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated annually.