Teacher Assistant Floater ( Part-time

Teacher Assistant Floater

The Head Start Teacher Assistant reports to the Teacher and assists in providing services to the children ages 3-5 years in the Head Start Program. The Teacher Assistant is responsible for assisting the teacher with program planning and daily supervision of an assigned group of children (17-20) ages 3-5 years. Duties involves performing developmentally appropriate activities related to the social, physical, intellectual and emotional development of children.

Work is performed under the guidance of the Teacher and is reviewed through monitoring, conferences and evaluation.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Assist the teacher in the interaction of children in the classroom in order to aid in the educational, social, and motional development of children by helping the teacher prepare lesson plans and design learning activities.
• Assist the teacher in the implementation of the curriculum.
• Observes children daily and records child outcomes data on Teaching Strategies Gold ongoing assessment only system when needed.
• Assist with supervision of children in classroom, playground, restrooms and all other activities.
• Assist the teacher in the daily observation and evaluation of the cognitive, social, physical and educational development of children.
• Assist the teacher in providing social and learning experiences during family-style meal service and assist with mealtime clean up. Maintains accurate attendance and meal records.
• Assist the teacher in observation and recording of children's behavior.
• Assist with individualization of children.
• Ensures safety of children by performing safety checks, facility checks (indoor and outdoor).
• Assist the teacher in the selection and design of educational materials to enhance and improve the classroom and training of children.
• Prepares materials for learning centers and maintains teaching materials, equipment and supplies.
• Assist with home visits in order to encourage active parental participation in the Agency's program; to inform parents of the educational needs of their child(ren); and to inform parents of learning activities that may be conducted in the home.
• Provides immediate supervision of classroom activities in the absence of the teacher.
• Reports suspected child abuse/neglect situations.
• Work with parents and volunteers under the direction of the teacher. Assist in recruiting volunteers.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings when required. Attends required trainings, meetings and conferences to keep abreast of educational trends and enhance knowledge.
• Serves as a bus monitor as needed. Assists with loading and unloading of children from buses.
• Collects in-kind contributions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Position requirements include:

• Ability to read, interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of clients or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; and compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Education and/or experience:
  Level I:
  High School Diploma or General Development Diploma (GED) and no experience. Or Level II:
  High School Diploma or General Development Diploma (GED) and one or more years' child care experience in a school setting. Or Level III:
  High School Diploma or General Development Diploma (GED) and a Child Development Associate (CDA) or additional education in an accredited institution of higher learning, such as an Associates of Arts Degree in Early Childhood, may be substituted for experience.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Valid driver's license.
• Must have means of transportation.
• Physical demands include running, ability to move quickly, playing and being actively involved with children. It also includes bending, stooping and sitting at children's level.
• While…