Part-time Pre-School Floater

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists school teachers in instructing and supervising the activities of students.
• Performs specialized work by assisting school teachers in preparing instructional materials, preparing classrooms for activities, supervising and assisting children in the classroom and in other areas of the school.
• Reinforces classroom lessons and provides other assistance as requested.
• Supervises and assists students when unloading and loading buses, in the halls, on field trips, during testing, during lunch, during computer lab, and on school grounds.
• Assists in establishing and implementing behavioral objectives.
• Maintains student records, grades assignments, administers standardized tests, records and analyzes test scores/grades, substitutes as needed, sets up special projects, escorts children to other areas of the school, monitors student behavior, runs errands.
• Models appropriate social and play skills; observes students' behavior and notifies teacher and/or school nurse of behavioral changes as appropriate; redirects behavior if possible; may work with individual students to help them adjust behaviorally and academically into mainstream classroom and social situations.
• Attends staff meetings as required; participates in in-service training programs; keeps abreast of developments in areas of assignment.
• Performs routine clerical tasks as required, including but not limited to preparing reports and records, copying and filing documents, entering and retrieving computer data, preparing notices and newsletters, receiving and responding to e-mails.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or directed.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of professional child care experience.
• High energy.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
• An understanding of child development and developmentally appropriate practices.
• Maintain personal development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Infant / child CPR and First Aid Certification or willingness to obtain.