Teacher Assistant

Teacher Assistant - Head Start

Location:

North & Central Illinois Division / Child Care

Reports To:

Teacher/Site Director

Pay Grade: 202

Base Pay Range: $17.00/hr - $20.40/hr

• Safety:
  Demonstrates safety practices, minimizes potential hazards, provides adequate supervision and safety instruction.
• Health:
  Maintains a healthy classroom environment; assists the teacher in planning activities that promote personal health and nutrition.
• Learning Environment:
  Maintains learning environment and provides choice of learning center activities for at least sixty minutes each day.
• Physical:
  Assists teacher with activities promoting physical development; maintains a conducive environment.
• Cognitive:
  Supports questioning, exploration, problem-solving; helps children develop conceptual frameworks with activities in classification, seriation, number, spatial relations, representation, time; promotes listening, articulation, adult-child and child-child communication.
• Creative:
  Supplies equipment that encourages creativity; encourages innovative uses and divergent thinking.
• Self:
  Assesses each child's skill level, writes observation notes weekly on C.A.R., summarizes skills twice per year on C.O.R., plans activities maximizing success, provides positive feedback.
• Social:
  Plans activities that develop awareness of feelings and emotions; capitalizes on empathy; serves as role model.
• Guidance:
  Maintains environment conducive to preventive discipline, sets limits, maintains positive classroom control, organizes transitions, focuses on activity rather than behavior, encourages self-control, avoids excessive lining up, guides appropriate behavior choices.
• Families:
  Involves parents in classroom and home programs, shares progress, plans in-home activities, makes home visits September/October and April/May, liaises between components and parents.
• Program Management:
  Uses resources for curriculum, plans programs timely, completes lessons, submits records and attendance accurately, uses personnel, ensures team cooperation, supervises aides.
• Professionalism:
  Maintains professional attitude, keeps abreast of early childhood practices.
• Other Duties:
  All other duties as assigned.

• Associate of Arts degree in early childhood education.
• Two years of experience in a pre-school setting.
• Some experience with young children.

• Some knowledge of social service programs helpful.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated initiative and self-starter.
• Positive attitude and flexibility with changing job situations or priorities.
• Attention to detail.
• Commitment to support and uphold the mission of The Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army offers a competitive benefit package for eligible employees, which may include medical, dental, vision, hearing, disability and life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 403(b) retirement accounts, a company-funded defined contribution (pension) plan, and generous time-off policies.

In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act, if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for this position, please contact the Human Resources department.

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disabled. Candidates who are back-to-work, US Veterans, people with disabilities, people who have been impacted by the justice system, and/or people without a college degree are encouraged to apply.