Paid Internship- Hyde Park

This Classroom Assistant position is part time, fixed hours Monday-Friday. Rate of pay is $14.52 hourly. Eligible for life insurance. SEP retirement plan after 13 months of employment. Must be proficient in speaking, reading, and writing in English, must also have a GED or high school diploma.

Under the general direction of the PHS Center Based Coordinator, direct supervision may be assigned according to program needs. The PHS Teacher Assistant will assist in providing high quality, individualized education to Head Start children in a developmentally appropriate environment. The Teacher Assistant will assist Head Start parents in helping their children develop social competency, positive self-esteem, and encourage peer involvement.

• Assist in establishing and maintaining a safe, healthy, learning environment to prevent injuries, minimize hazards, and provide adequate supervision.
• Assist in promoting good health and nutrition by planning activities that promote personal health and sound nutrition.
• Use the learning environment and routines as a resource to construct an interesting and secure environment that encourages play, exploration and learning.
• Help provide opportunities for physical and intellectual development by using developmentally appropriate equipment, activities, and incorporating differences in learning styles.
• Assist in actively communicating with children and provide opportunities and support for children to acquire and understand verbal and nonverbal communication of thoughts and feelings.
• Help provide opportunities that encourage children to play with sound, rhythm, space, materials, and language in individual ways and express their creative abilities.
• Assist in supporting social and emotional development and provide positive guidance in which children can learn and practice appropriate and acceptable behavior.
• Assist in maintaining an open, friendly, cooperative relationship with each child’s family.
• Assist in ensuring program responsiveness to participant’s needs.
• Maintain a commitment to professionalism.
• Prepare, serve and clean-up meals and snacks as needed.
• Have an understanding of and an ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Center Based Manager is the immediate supervisor of the Teacher Assistant.

• Ability to work productively under stress.
• Must be willing to learn.
• Proactive attitude.
• Tenacity and stamina.
• Integrity and strong ethical principles.
• Good organizational skills.
• Able to work well with diverse families, showing compassion, setting boundaries, and finding creative solutions.
• Need to have a sense of humor.
• Must pass a background check.
• Strong Computer Skills.
• Must be able to lift 40 lbs.
• Must be able to sit, kneel, and get up from the floor and small chairs frequently.

• Able to become CPR (adult, child, and infant) and First Aid certified, TB tested, free of communicable diseases, and obtain a Food Handler’s Permit.
• Must be proficient in speaking, reading and writing English.
• Experience with children required.
• Must currently be attending school.

All employment with Bear River Head Start is contingent upon Policy Council approval, and successful results of a background check. All applicants must also pass a drug test prior to hire including working with children and families. Refusal to submit to testing will result in disqualification of further employment consideration.