PreK Kinder Prep Teacher Assistant

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The PreK Kinder Prep Teacher Assistant will assist the teacher in implementing high-quality early education and care.

• Two-Year Associate Degree in Child Care/Education or 60 college hours with a minimum of three (3) college credit hours in early childhood, child development, or child/family related courses and experience working in a program with young children and their families.
• Bi-lingual skills preferred

To assist the teacher in the implementation of high-quality early education and care.

• Provide a nurturing and appropriate learning environment for children in the Early Education program
• Implement a program for children that will provide experiences that encourage individual differences of the children regardless of special abilities, talents, ethnic heritage, culture, and language
• Share responsibilities of maintaining the physical environment and participating in daily classroom activities
• Support and implement a process-oriented curriculum
• Assist in communicating and establishing rapport with families
• Attend and participate in parent and staff meetings and training sessions
• Maintain visual and auditory awareness of children at all times to ensure their safety
• Act as a team member in lesson planning and record keeping
• Maintain client confidentiality according to established policy

The Pre K Kinder Prep Teacher Assistant will be employed in a nine (9) month position. The salary and the work year will be established annually by the Board of Education.

Post offer employment medical physical exam and essential functions test (EFT) required.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors with minimal temperature variations and under conditions with risk of injury and/or illness.

• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to bend at the neck, climb or balance, reach, bend, crouch or crawl, squat, stoop, and kneel.
• The employee must frequently lift, carry and/or hold, push, or move up to 50 pounds.

Independence School District is an equal opportunity employer.