(3) EC Instructional Assistant at La Mesa On Track Prek (Current Gadsden ISD Employees Only)

Job Description

To qualify for instructional assistant positions, candidates must meet one of the following criteria:

• Passing score on the ParaPro exam (457)
• Minimum of 48 semester hours of college credit from a regionally accredited college or university, with at least 15 of those credits dedicated to language arts (3 hours), mathematics (3 hours), writing (3 hours), and reading, writing, math readiness, or professional education (6 hours).

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Assist in the implementation of a voluntary, quality, Early Childhood program that aligns with the New Mexico Early Childhood Program Standards.

• Follows National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs serving children from birth through eight years of age.
• Affords support to the certified teacher in implementing an instructional program which meets the total developmental needs of children (e.g. physical, cognitive, social and emotional needs) and includes health care, nutrition, safety, and multicultural sensitivity.
• Affords support to the certified teacher during home visits and parent teacher conferences.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate strong collaboration and teamwork skills
• Educational Requirements:
  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
  • Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education or Active enrollment in a degree plan toward an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, with completion of 6 credit hours in Fall and Spring semesters and submission of grades and schedules to the Program Director
• Bilingual Preferred

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Reasoning Abilities

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical/Mental Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

We offer a complete benefits package through ALFAC, Allstate and NMPSIA to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, long-term and short-term disability, life insurance, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, holidays, and general leave. To learn more details, visit our benefits page.