Hotchkiss - Preschool Co-Teacher

Position Type:
Delta Family Center/ Assistant Teacher

Date Posted: 12/17/2025

Location:

Delta Family Center

Closing Date:
Until Filled

• Assist full day BELA classrooms with daily activities including food service and plan and prep for full day BELA teachers and coat teachers.
• Upholds responsibility as a mandatory reporter for Delta County School District.
• Provide support to the Head Start center, classrooms and transportation (where applicable). Activities of the Center Assistant will be coordinated by the Delta Family Center Executive Director.
• Assist in completing required monthly paperwork, that may include:
• Record of meals and attendance, inventory forms, volunteer/in‑kind forms, child development plans and other internal and external reports/documents in accordance with federal and local regulations, policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards.
• Responsible for the welfare and safety of children during classroom hours, bus and field trips.
• Assist in preparing, setting up, serving, and cleaning up of family style meals and snacks.
• Models developmentally appropriate behavior and activities in dealing with children, families and staff.
• Interacts with parents or guardians during pick‑up and delivery of children. This may include receiving notes from parents to teachers and notes from BELA staff to parents.
• Assist in ensuring children are dropped off to only authorized contacts on file with BELA.
• Assist in ensuring children are escorted to their appropriate classrooms and checked‑in appropriately.
• Assist in managing emergency situations such as a parent or known guardian not being present during delivery and/or pickup of child.
• Understands and adheres to health, safety, food handling and sanitation requirements before, during and after meal service.
• Prepares classroom for meal time by ensuring tables are properly sanitized and dishes and tableware are available to children.
• Prepares, serves, and cleans‑up after family style meals and snacks. Stores food and supplies properly.
• Takes temperature of food before being served to children and calibrates food thermometers daily.
• Ability to calm others under stressful or confrontational conditions.
• Comply with standard operating procedures established by RMSER.
• Assist center staff in completing the hearing and vision checks for students as needed.
• Participates in all required trainings for all components including, but not limited to, Nutrition, Education, and Transportation (where applicable).
• Provide break coverage to educational and other center staff as needed and to maintain ratio compliance in classrooms.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Must adhere to Head Start Family Advocate requirements as stated in attached documentation (2016 Job Description s: Family Advocate - Revised 9.2016).
• Required to meet Highly Qualified status (High School Diploma/GED and Associate degree or 48 hours of college credit or have passed the Workkeys test). Enrollment in a program leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree in Early Childhood Education or related field preferred.
• Must have previous working knowledge of computers, internet and web browsers, word processing, and electronic timesheets using an internet‑based system.
• English proficiency (reading, writing, speaking) is required for all positions. Some areas may require bilingual (English and Spanish) based upon parent/student populations.
• Ability to follow detailed schedules, programs and policies.
• Certified CPR and First Aid.
• Ability to understand and strictly adhere to the Delta Family Center confidentiality policy.
• Ability to express patience and understanding with all children at all times.
• Ability to read and understand written materials.
• Ability to work under the supervision of Backpack/BELA/Family Literacy coordinators.
• Ability to be flexible with schedules and job assignment.
• Willingness to attend conferences and trainings.
• Must be able to lift 40 pounds or more.
• Excellent people skills.
• Able to multitask.
• Work ethic that exemplifies enthusiasm, teamwork, and self‑motivation.
• Fingerprint and background clearance.

All Delta Family Center staff will foster a positive attitude…