Assistant Teacher Early Childhood Development

We offer the following competitive benefits to our valued employees:

• Pay: $16.00 per hour
• Hours: Typically either (1) Monday through Friday 8.5 hour shifts, between 7 AM and 6 PM, or (2) 7:30 AM – 6 PM up to 4 days per week
• $500.00 Retention Bonus ($250 after 90 days and $250 after 6 months of satisfactory service)
• Full benefits package including:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
  • 401K/403b Plan
  • Short Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • Paid Vacation Days
  • Paid Sick/Personal Days
  • Child Care Discount

St. Joseph Children’s Home provides inclusive and compassionate care to ensure a safe home and bright future for every child in our diverse community. We do this through our core values of caring, compassion, relationships, and teamwork.

As leaders in the child and family welfare arena, St. Joe’s continues to grow through the strategic visioning of our 4 core programs:
Residential Treatment Program, Therapeutic Foster Care, Child Development Center, and Behavioral Health Services. Our new Behavioral Health Services includes mental health therapy, targeted case management, and comprehensive community support services.

The annual Picnic For the Kids in August has raised over $1 million for the past two years with help from over 1,500 volunteers each year.

In 2023 the organization celebrated the Council of Accreditation’s (COA) expedited report with outstanding outcomes and zero deficiencies across all programs and departments employing approximately 180 individuals. Our  strategic plan focuses on Families, Community Partners, Volunteers, Staff and Governance (Board).

The Assistant Teacher assists with the implementation of daily routines and activities with children, under the supervision of the Team Leader and the direction of the Senior Childhood Teacher. The Assistant Teacher position is a flexible role. Assistant Teachers may be assigned to one classroom, a team of classrooms, or may function as a substitute, depending on the needs of the center.

• Maintains confidentiality about issues regarding staff, children and families eph Children’s Home, Board of Directors, and/or Center operations.
• In cooperation with the Team Leader, completes an annual self‑assessment using the ITERS/ECERS, meets with team leader and the coaches to review the self‑assessment and sets achievable goals for the year based on the results of the self‑assessment.
• Knows the whereabouts and number of children in care, keeping all children within sight and sound supervision at all times.
• If not familiar with an adult who is picking up a child, check photo  ensure that all adults picking up children are on the list of approved escorts in the CDC database.
• Completes Name-to-Face attendance checks multiple times daily as per policy and procedure.
• Assists with maintaining a classroom environment that is clean, tidy, and promotes age‑appropriate physical and emotional comfort and educational development of all children in care.
• In the absence of the Senior Teacher, the Assistant Teacher follows the lesson plans provided by the Teacher.
• Limits the use of screen time in the classroom as directed by the Senior Teacher / Team Leader.
• Engages in age‑appropriate play with children.
• Provides positive guidance, direction, and encouragement for each child using principles of Positive Discipline.
• Monitors the development of children in care. Documents any behavior and/or developmental concerns for individual children in their assigned classrooms and reports behavior and development concerns to the Senior Teacher and/or Team Lead for next steps.
• Greets children and families upon arrival and departure.
• Promotes a trusting relationship between children, parents, and staff.
• Ensures that all pertinent information regarding a child’s day, including important paperwork, is passed on to the responsible staff member if the Senior Teacher or Assistant Teacher will not be present at pick‑up.
• Completes an incident report for any illness, injury and incident and notifies the Team Leader. With guidance from the Team Leader or Teacher, the Assistant may be asked to share information about an incident report with a child's family…