Head Start Teachers Aid -Southside

Young Mens Christian Association of Central Ohio Head Start Teachers Aid
-Southside (Education)

Sign On Bonus for Full Time Teaching Staff:
$250 after 90 days, $750 after 6 months of employment.

• Think, communicate, and behave as a cause-driven leader and role model for staff and members.
• Promote youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility in all job-related functions.
• Maintain professionalism and integrity in the classroom, staff/program meetings, trainings, and with any partners of the YMCA Head Start program.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to the YMCA and Head Start Codes of Conduct.
• Monitor professional development goals and complete the required annual training hours.
• Assist with implementing the program in accordance with Head Start Performance Standards and YMCA policy and philosophy.
• Complete duties required by the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
• Maintain prompt hours and follow absence procedures.
• May be assigned additional duties based on program needs and areas of developing expertise.
• Collaborate with other content areas to meet the needs of children and families.

• Establish working knowledge of initial assessments, observations, and curriculum planning.
• Participate in preparing classroom materials to support lesson plans and modify learning centers as needed.
• Help plan and initiate meaningful learning activities as part of the teaching team.
• Promote positive teacher-child interactions by offering appropriate affection, verbal praise, and acceptance while setting clear expectations for behavior.
• Work regularly with the teaching team to complete tasks accurately and timely, including designating roles and responsibilities.
• Maintain awareness of the needs of children and families in the program.
• Keep the learning environment clean and organized.
• Model healthy eating practices and family-style meals to support CACFP programming.

• Collect, record, and maintain required information and documentation.
• Monitor attendance throughout the day.
• Complete CACFP forms accurately.
• Submit monthly reports as prescribed by the Center Manager.
• Review and collect In-Kind forms.
• Identify supplies and materials needed for the class or center and submit requests to the Center Manager.

• Build rapport with families through positive, professional interactions.
• Attend home visits and parent-teacher conferences with other teaching staff.

• Develop and provide consistent routines and transitions throughout each day.
• Actively supervise indoor and outdoor activities while maintaining ratio requirements.
• Ensure each child is within sight, sound, and accounted for at all times.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear, occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.