Classroom Aide - Head Start - Jefferson

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Join our Head Start team! The Classroom Aide works with Teachers, Teacher Assistants, and Family Educators to provide support in one or more program areas: education, food service, and cleaning.

This is a part-time position working 20-29 hours - with benefits.

The following requirements represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required for the role.

• High School Diploma or GED.

• Driver qualification status is not required for this position.
• Successful registration with the Central Background Registry of the Child Care Division.
• CPR/First Aid Certification or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire.
• Food Handlers Card or the ability to obtain within 30 days of hire.
• Candidate must pass a pre‑employment physical examination, renewable every two years.
• Candidate must pass pre‑employment and random drug/alcohol screenings.

• Previous experience with young children preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office (including Outlook), videoconferencing platforms, and web tools.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills, in both oral and written form.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive;
Employees may perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and other management as required.

• Ensures safety in the classroom at all times, with appropriate supervision, utilizing the transition and counting form and procedure.
• Ensures children are released only to parent/guardians or authorized adults.
• Supports the teacher in developing children’s cognitive, physical, social-emotional, and language skills through implementation of curriculum, lesson planning, and individualization.
• Maintains an acceptable and positive level of guidance in individual and group situations, reacting to emergency situations with competence and a calm attitude.
• Is positive when working with children; engages in talking, playing, laughing, and singing; participates in children’s activities.
• Works with the classroom team during pre-service to set up the classroom environment and maintain it by regularly changing, rotating materials, supplies and props, utilizing the Creative Curriculum, and the Monthly Environment Checklist.
• Creates a supportive climate and positive environment with opportunities for children to make connections with other children and staff; uses positive redirection and strategies to provide children with a safe, secure and enjoyable experience at school.
• Prepares materials, activities, and projects for class.
• Maintains a clean, sanitary, safe and orderly classroom during and after class times.
• Participates in family style meals, taking USDA required meal counts, and leading conversation at the table to enhance the social and emotional growth of children.
• Participates in monthly classroom emergency drills to prepare children and staff for fires, earthquakes, secure campus, and lockdown situations.
• Supports the team by providing coverage for breaks, lunches, and illnesses at home site as well as other sites in the program.
• Works with parents whose children require potty‑training support.
• Acts as a bus rider, making the bus an extension of the classroom and supporting a positive environment during bus rides.

There are no supervisory duties in this position.

• Specific vision abilities required: close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly lift and/or move 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Required to frequently reach with hands and arms; regularly required to climb or balance.
• Manual dexterity for handling office equipment.
• Incidental driving tasks may be requested for employees with a personal vehicle and proof of current auto insurance.
• Ability to remain calm and quickly evacuate children from the classroom in an emergency.
• Ability to work within Agency policies and guidelines under the direction of a site…