Infant/Toddler Assistant Teacher

Scope Of Responsibilities

Provide responsive caregiving and continuity to help children develop secure relationships while focusing on the children’s social and emotional well-being.

Aid in the planning, preparation and delivery of age-appropriate instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences and promote the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development of each child.

Support and embrace the agency written plan for continuity of care.

Assist the Early Head Start Teacher in rigorous academic instruction for English Language Learners (ELLs) that will support children’s academic, intellectual and linguistic development.

Maintain awareness and supervision of the needs of the entire classroom and ensure the health and physical safety of children, at all times, whether indoors and outside.

Meet the individual needs of each child, at their physical level (kneeling, bending, or sitting on the floor).

Interact with and assist children individually or in small groups in order to guide and reinforce learning concepts.

Assist with the completion of daily recording of health checks, communication logs, attendance, and meals.

Guide and support all children, including dual language learners and those with special needs.

Model and promote appropriate English grammar, language, positive interactions and discipline and interactions for children and parents.

Establish a professional rapport and work cooperatively with adults assigned to the classroom (i.e., Teacher, Aide, Parents, and Volunteers), establishing clear expectations for roles and responsibilities.

Develop effective communication and professional relationships with families and encourage parent involvement through a variety of methods (e.g., classroom parent meetings & events, center-wide activities).

Participate and support agency/center efforts toward recruitment, enrollment, attendance and retention of eligible families.

Adhere to Head Start Performance Standards, Developmentally Appropriate Practices and the Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Two’s.

Collaborate with classroom team members to develop lesson plans with goals, objectives, activities and outcomes for children that integrate health, nutrition, mental health, disabilities and parent involvement.

Gather, arrange and display children’s work to help in a manner appropriate for their eye level.

Assist classroom team to maintain an attractive, clean, safe and engaging classroom environment which includes positive guidance techniques and that encourages support children's independence and self-selection of activities.

Model and implement family style eating during mealtimes.

Regularly sanitize all surfaces, classroom toys, equipment and laundry.

Absorb and implement positive guidance techniques and that encourages support children's independence and self-selection of activities.

Assist with classroom management, arrangement, organization, and labeling materials.

Assume joint share of classroom team to maintain a safe, clean, environment, and practice good personal hygiene and frequent hand washing.

Absorb and implement positive guidance techniques and that encourages support children's independence and self-selection of activities.

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