Pre-K Educare Assistant Teacher

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Come join the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community at our early education center, Playworks as a Pre‑K Educare Assistant Teacher! In this role you will support the teachers in the classroom in the emotional, mental, and knowledge growth of our young minds. The ideal for this opportunity is someone who is passionate about working with children, patient, has positive communications. Enjoy weekly pay, on‑site clinics, and health benefits.

Whatever your career goals may be, let SMSC help get you there!

Monitors the wellbeing and safety of the children, contributes to sales and retention through positive communication with families, and assists in the planning, preparation, and implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculum. Ability to work in a team environment. Enjoys working with children.

• Supervises children while providing care and support, responsible for care, hygiene, learning, developmental activities, specialized programs, and redirection of children. Promotes positive child interactions.
• Organizes activities and smooth transitions.
• Assists the teacher with developing weekly curriculum involving physical, cognitive, social, language, and cultural/gender‑appropriate areas. Prepares the environment to provide developmentally appropriate activities and meet learning objectives.
• Uses a variety of teaching strategies to enhance children’s learning and development. Ensures the classroom environment is appropriate.
• Records information on department sheets, ensuring appropriate language and format on all forms when communicating to families. Passes on information or concerns to supervisor and communicates to families.
• Works with a teacher to complete biannual family conferences and informal conferences when needed, and sets goals with families for individual children.
• Is calm and patient with children, uses Playworks behavior guide techniques, asks supervisor for help when needed with behavior concerns, and is aware of all special needs of each child in the program.
• Recognizes injuries/incidents, completes forms using appropriate language, communicates to families and supervisor with confidentiality being a priority.
• Communicates effectively with children, customers, and employees in a variety of ways, keeping high‑quality customer service and confidentiality a priority.
• Keeps the work environment safe for children and employees, maintains classroom records, cleanliness, and orderliness, and sanitizes equipment regularly.
• Assists in evacuation and emergency procedures.
• Ensures release of children to authorized people only.

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must meet qualifications and experience requirements from the MN Rule 3 guidelines for the Assistant Teacher category.
• Must have worked a minimum of one year in an early‑childhood classroom.
• CPR/First Aid certification required.
• Pass background check, work physical, and drug test.
• Valid Class D driver’s license may be required with a good driving record.
• Ability to move in a variety of motions including bending, squatting, crawling, kneeling, twisting, pulling, and/or pushing.
• Capacity to handle and lift up to 50 lbs. as needed.
• Have the physical abilities to perform the required job duties with or without accommodations, including standing on feet 80 % of the time.

Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits and advancement opportunities. Generous benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, on‑site medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks such as discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes, and fitness membership, free uniforms, free uniform cleaning, and tuition reimbursement.

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC’s Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land.

Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community. To empower its team members to take part in the Dakota tradition of giving, the SMSC provides paid hours to team members to volunteer rn more