Assistant Teacher

Responsibilities

• Assist the Lead and Assistant teacher in the classroom.
• Assist the Lead and Assistant teacher in creating an environment in which children develop trusting and accepting relationships with adults and peers that foster growth and development.
• Assist the Lead and Assistant teacher in developing and facilitating a curriculum that is appropriate and provides opportunities for children’s meaningful exploration.
• Assist the Lead Teacher and the Assistant Teacher in overseeing and maintaining accurate records on each child.
• Assist the Lead Teacher and the Assistant Teacher in encouraging parent involvement.
• Participate in offered trainings, workshops, in-service days, and/or all-staff conferences.
• Maintain certification requirements and proof of attendance in professional activities.
• Support the growth of the center including participating in program-wide goal setting and individual and program self-assessment.
• Adhere to all state and city licensing requirements, teacher child/ratios, and CPR/first aid certification.
• Maintain a healthy and safe environment for children (i.e. clean toys, shelves, neat classrooms, reported damaged / broken equipment toys, etc.).
• Participate in community-building activities sponsored by program and agency to encourage participants to support these activities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• The Teacher Aide must satisfy Federal Head Start requirements, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Article 47), and UPK guidelines.
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Early Childhood training and/or experience. Have a child development associate (CDA) or be enrolled in a CDA program that will be completed within 2 years or employment. Bilingual (English/Spanish) or (English/Mandarin) a plus.

Benefits

As a NYC contracted agency all positions at Hudson Guild fall under the NYC vaccine mandate. All employees, consultants, volunteers and interns must show proof of vaccination upon hire.

Pay

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Hudson Guild is an Equal Opportunity Employer.