Assistant Teacher-Petoskey 1

Purpose:To promote school readiness by enhancing thesocial and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social, and other services to enrolledchildren and families.

• Comply with and utilize the Head Start Program Performance Standards, Head Start Act, State of Michigan Child Care Center Licensing Rules, the Early Childhood Standards of Quality forPre-Kindergarten, GSRP Implementation Manual (GSRP funded), Great Start to Quality, Program Procedure Manual Guidance, 5 Year Grant, USDA/CACFP/MDERequirements, and NMCAA Personnel Polices.
• Act in a manner that is conducive to the welfare of children.
• Assist in ensuring facilities are conducive to the welfare of children.
• Ensure appropriate care and supervision of children atall times.
• Assist in administering day-to-day operations.
• Assist in child assessment and in the planning,implementation, and evaluation of the classroom program and childassessment.
• Assist in providing remote services when necessary, tosupport children and families in a home environment.
• Assist in family engagement activities.
• Be responsible for the general management of the centerwhen the teacher is absent.
• Commitment to making progress toward program goals onan ongoing basis.

• Team with HS Recruitment and Health Specialist torecruit eligible children.
• Assist teacher in providing orientation for each newlyenrolled child as assigned.

• Provide a developmentally appropriate classroom environment using the Creative Curriculum, School Readiness goals, Early Learning Framework, Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), and Preschool Quality Assessment (PQA).
• Conduct child developmental screenings within 45 daysof enrollment and GOLD assessments three times a year.
• Provide clear behavioral expectations and use effectivemethods to prevent and redirect behavior using Conscious Disciplineguidelines.

• Team with HS Recruitment and Health Specialist torecruit eligible children.
• Assist teacher in providing orientation for each newlyenrolled child as assigned.

• Provide a developmentally appropriate classroom environment using the Creative Curriculum, School Readiness goals, Early Learning Framework, Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), and Preschool Quality Assessment (PQA).
• Conduct child developmental screenings within 45 daysof enrollment and GOLD assessments three times a year.
• Provide clear behavioral expectations and use effectivemethods to prevent and redirect behavior using Conscious Disciplineguidelines.

• Team with HS Recruitment and Health Specialist torecruit eligible children.
• Assist teacher in providing orientation for each newlyenrolled child as assigned.

• Provide a developmentally appropriate classroom environment using the Creative Curriculum, School Readiness goals, Early Learning Framework, Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), and Preschool Quality Assessment (PQA).
• Conduct child developmental screenings within 45 daysof enrollment and GOLD assessments three times a year.
• Provide clear behavioral expectations and use effectivemethods to prevent and redirect behavior using Conscious Disciplineguidelines.
• Partner with teacher to encourage and mentor families to participate in their child's education.
• Assist teacher in educating families aboutdevelopmentally appropriate expectations for preschool-age children.
• Assist in sharing safety and injury prevention tips andhousehold safety checklists with families.
• Assist in providing home visits and parent teacher conferences using the Child and Family School Readiness Plan.
• Assist in building collaborative partnerships with families to establish mutual trust and identify family goals, strengths,necessary services, and other support.
• Assist teacher to develop school readiness goals andfamily plans. Support teacher to review progress of the goals and plansthroughout the year.
• Mutually identify family needs and link to NMCAAprograms, community resources, service providers, and health care systemsto problem solve barriers.
• Partner with teacher to coordinate and facilitatefamily engagement activities.

• Attend IEP's as assigned by the teacher to advocate for families and children.
• Assist teacher in developing and implementing an IAP(Individualized Action Plan), as needed, to meet identified child goalsand objectives based on Individualized Education Plans (IEP's), DECA's,and/or child assessments.
• Ensure individualizing based on IEP goals is carried out when engaging children.
• Attend local ISD MTSS/Building Block Meetings.

• Assist in the preparation, collection, aggregation andanalyzation, use, and sharing of data.
• Use provided guidance and checklists, including theWhat's Due…