Instructional Assistant - Pre-K

Gladstone School District Gladstone Center For Children and Families
- Gladstone, Oregon Open in Google Maps

Gladstone School District Gladstone Center For Children and Families
- Gladstone, Oregon Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in GLADSTONE SD 115

Job : 5887664

Final date to receive applications: Aug 21, 2026 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time)

Posted: Aug 14, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Final date to receive applications: August 21st, 2026

Start Date: ASAP

Gladstone Center for Children & Families has a Pre-K Instructional Assistant position beginning in the  school year!

Job Description

Supervisor:
Building Administration

Classification:
Classified
- Hourly

FTE: 1.0 (8 hours per day, Monday-Friday)

FTE Comment:
Please note that the position has a 1.0 FTE for the 2026/2027 school year. After the 2026/2027 school year, the position will be 0.4125 FTE.

Salary is based on experience as per the Classified Salary Schedule
- Level K. Gladstone offers stipends for classified staff based on educational experience.

Applicant agrees to assume cost and arrange for FINGERPRINT-BASED CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK upon offer of employment.

• Under the direction of licensed staff, provide developmentally appropriate instruction across multiple domains of child development, including oral language, early literacy, early math, social-emotional development, and approaches to learning.
• Flexibly applies inquiry-based learning theory, and employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media consistent with the capabilities, interests and motivations of individual students and the learning community to plan a program of study that meets the needs, interests and abilities of students.
• Works collaboratively with staff, families and with GCCF partner agencies as needed to support children’s learning and development. Functions of this family-focused collaboration include establishing and maintaining open lines of communication with staff, students and their families concerning both the physical, cognitive and social and emotional development of students; assisting in; the working in partnership with GCCF agencies to support GTP enrollment;
  
  conducting developmental screenings; connecting families to needed resources; planning and implementing family engagement activities, and other GCCF partnership activities designed to support children and families.
• Assists teaching individual children or children in a small group.
• Assists children in a variety of activities including arrival, departure, play, meals, and personal care, including changing diapers and soiled clothing.
• Obtains, produces, and prepares appropriate instructional materials and implements developmentally appropriate curriculum following department guidelines and reports progress regularly to families following program requirements.
• Collaborates with staff and community partners to identify needed resources and community referrals, including culturally and/or linguistically specific resources, for individual families.
• Maintains accurate and complete records in compliance with program requirements.
• Follows curriculum plans, which reflect developmentally appropriate practice, parental and cultural influences, and promote the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development of children.
• Assists in the recruitment and enrollment of children who meet program eligibility standards.
• Assists in completing developmental screenings.
• Experience incorporating the perspectives of multiple communities, including [communities of color], in the consideration of impacts and outcomes of a decision‑making process.

• Graduation from high school or equivalent.
• Satisfactorily perform the requirements of the position as described in the job description.
• Knowledge of early childhood learning, development and social/ emotional growth.
• Experience in a preschool setting desirable.
• Possess the emotional and physical stamina to perform duties as required by the designated task except for temporary disability.
• Other qualifications as may be established by the District.

• Spanish…