HEAD START - RXII - Classroom Aide, Seasonal

Safety & Sanitation

• Tends to children's personal hygiene needs, including diaper changing, cleaning, feeding, and changing soiled or wet clothes.
• Utilizes disciplinary measures appropriately as outlined in the Behavior Guidance Policies and Procedures.
• Protects all children from physical punishment or verbal abuse by anyone in any program activity, and immediately reports any such incident to the person in charge.
• Ensures the physical safety of each child from arrival time until departure time.
• Affirms that safety and sanitation policies and procedures are followed appropriately.
• Affirms that children are dressed appropriately for the weather and type of play in which they are engaged.
• Affirms that children are always supervised.
• Obtains or maintains within 90 days of hire a First Aid and CPR Certification as well as maintain the certification during employment.
• Administers First Aid and/or CPR (if trained) when necessary.

Communication

• Maintains an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with each child and family.
• Greets children and their parents warmly and with enthusiasm.
• Maintains a cooperative attitude of working together with other staff, parents and volunteers in planning and implementing activities for the program/classroom.
• Maintains a positive, calm attitude and a pleasant, soothing voice, and models this attitude and voice for parents and others working or volunteering in the program.
• Schedules, Plans and Transitions Implements transition activities to assist children with changes in the environment as determined by teacher.
• Follows established routines to help children gain a sense of security.
• Affords assistance in creating intentional teaching opportunities in preparation for school readiness.

Individualizing

• Affords assistance in determining the needs of children and expediting services accordingly.
• Affords assistance in observations for individual children.
• Affords assistance in the planning and conducts activities with the child that creates a developmentally appropriate and varied range of opportunities to explore and experience which meet the individual needs of the child.

Parent Contact and Involvement

• Affords assistance in conducting parent conferences and home visits as requested.
• Affords assistance in providing ongoing contact with families via telephone calls, notes or visits, documenting activity on contact sheets.
• Affords attendance at Parent Meetings as requested.