Wee MAC Preschool Teacher Assistant; Part-time, position

Teacher Assistant

Location:

Early Childhood Education Center

Reports To:

Lead Teacher / Center Director

Hours:

11:30am to 5:00pm

The assistant to the teacher in this classroom is responsible for helping the teacher to execute all aspects of the class as described below. The lead teacher is ultimately responsible for the classroom and assistants should take their direction and receive guidance from the lead teacher.

Responsible for planning and implementing developmentally appropriate practices that meet the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional needs of children offering a stimulating environment for infants. The development and safety of children will be ensured based on the School Administered Child Care Rules of the State of Tennessee Department of Education and with other high quality early childhood practices and policies.

• Create, provide, and maintain a nurturing, stimulating, clean, safe environment for the healthy development of infants.
• Ensure children are supervised at all times (100% attention toward children)
• Create an environment where children can explore and learn about their "world"
• Motivate individual infant development of large muscles by climbing, crawling, and other physical activities taking into consideration safety and security issues
• Practice good sanitation procedures
• Establish and build secure relationships with children
• Establish and maintain positive communication with parents including a daily report
• Practices developmentally appropriate activities with the babies
• Creates expression and imaginary play for toddlers
• Use a smiling, pleasant tone of voice when communication with children
• Understands and attends to the infants/children's expression of feelings
• Engages and maintains one-to-one, face-to-face interactions with infants
• Provides warm, responsive interactions with infants throughout the day
• Talks, sings, and reads to the infants frequently
• Labels children's belongings
• Keeps classroom neat and orderly
• Follows regulations regarding separation of diapering and food preparation
• Responsible for reporting any symptoms of child abuse and neglect, abnormal behaviors, injuries, and illnesses to supervisors, parents, or proper authorities

Complete necessary administrative tasks and training requirements

• Maintains daily, weekly, and monthly reports and logs as required
• Attends conferences, workshops, trainings, meetings, and other institutions to enhance knowledge and skills
• Keep parents informed of center expectations, activities, and their child's progress
• Maintains confidentiality of records and information, lesson plans, and child developmental profile
• Develop lesson plans for classroom
• Work with center director as needed for other administrative tasks

Knowledge and physical requirements

• Understands normal growth and development of infants and toddlers
• Knows appropriate developmental procedures and practices for infants and toddlers
• Able to understand the communication of infants and toddlers and respond appropriately to their needs
• Able to understand babies'/children's' emotions and respond appropriately

Physical Requirement

• Able to lift 30 pounds from the floor to a waist-high table when necessary
• Reach a child 20 to 30 feet away within 30 seconds without endangering self
• Crouch to or sit at a child's height
• Handle the responsibilities and routine stress often associated with providing childcare services

Application Procedure:
Apply online Franklin Special School District Pay Scale