Head Start Teacher Assistant

Under the supervision of the Curriculum Specialist, and support from Head Start Teacher, the Head Start Teacher Assistant (HS Teacher Assistant) will work closely with the classroom Teacher to provide responsive care, effective teaching and an organized learning environment that promotes the health development and children’s skill growth aligned with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework:
Ages Birth to Five, (HSELOF) including for children with disabilities. HS Teacher Assistant will emphasize nurturing and responsive practices, interactions and environments that foster trust and emotional security; are communication and language rich; promote social, emotional, behavioral, and language development and support all children’s engagement in learning experiences and activities. (HSPPS 1302.31)

The Head Start Teacher Assistant will:

• Work closely with the classroom Teacher through a Planning Period outlined on the daily classroom schedule.
• Provide and deliver developmentally, culturally and linguistically appropriate learning experiences in language, literacy, and mathematics, social and emotional functioning, approaches to learning, science, physical skills and creative arts.
  HSPPS 1302.31(b)(1)(i).
• Assist the Teacher by Providing responsive care, effective teaching and an organized learning environment that promote health development and children skill growth aligned with Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, Birth to Five (HSELOF), including for children with disabilities.
  HSPPS 1302.31(b)(1)(i)
• Provide nurturing and responsive practices, interactions and environments that promote trust and emotional security. HSPPS 1302.31(b)(1)(i)
• Provide environments that are language rich and high quality, language modeling using self-talk, parallel talk, and open-ended questions as outlined in CLASS Language Modeling
  - Instructional Support.
  HSPPS 1302.31(b)(1)(i)
• Promote critical thinking and problem-solving, while also providing opportunities for social emotional behavioral and language development. Maximize student’s engagement by implementing interesting activities so that children have the opportunity to explore, utilize materials and gain positive experiences.
  HSPPS 1302.31(b)(1)(i)
• Support all children’s engagement in learning experiences and activities.
  HSPPS 1302.31(b)(1)(i)
• Together, the Teacher and Teacher Assistant will focus on promoting growth in the developmental progress described in the HSELOF by utilizing the High/Scope curriculum to direct planning of organized activities, schedules lesson plans and high-quality learning individualized learning experiences.
  HSPPS 1302.31(b)(1)(ii)
• Integrate child assessment data in individualized and group planning through the Galileo Electronic Management of Learning System (Galileo) using the Classroom Observation Record (COR).
  HSPPS 1302.31(b)(1)(ii)
• Recognize that bilingualism and biliteracy are strengths for dual language learners and will implement research-based teaching practices that include:
  HSPPS 1302.31(2)(ii)
  • A focus on both English language acquisition and the continued development of the home language HSPPS 1302.31(2)(ii)
  • Requests from the supervisor for culturally and linguistically appropriate materials (
    HSPPS 1302.31(2)(iii)
• Implement well-organized learning environments with developmentally appropriate schedule, lesson plans and indoor and outdoor learning experiences.
  HSPPS 1302.31(c)(2)
• Provide a balance of teacher-directed and child- initiated activities, active and quiet learning activities and opportunities for individual, small group and large group learning activities.
  HSPPS 1302.31(c)(2).
• Engage in Instructional Support assisting children in concept development, language modeling and quality feedback (Teachstone…