Preschool Assistant #107 Hoover School

Job Summary

Work Hours: 7:46am-11:45am
Paid sick leave, vacation, and floating holiday.

Job Description / Essential Elements

DEFINITION: To assist teachers in a preschool program in supervising, providing learning experiences, providing a safe and healthy environment; and perform related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED: Receive general supervision from a teacher, or other certificated personnel. May receive technical guidance from other certificated personnel. Exercises no supervision.

• EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
  • Aid teacher in planning, preparing and collecting resource materials and learning activities.
  • Work with children individually and in groups.
  • Participate and interact with children during learning/experiences.
  • Promote the well-being of the children during learning/experiences.
  • Promote the well-being of the children by helping them develop a positive attitude/self-image and an ability to cooperatively play and interact with other children and adults.
  • Absorb and interact with children from varying ethnic backgrounds.
  • Understand and relate to children from varying ethnic backgrounds.
  • Interact and maintain cooperative working relationships with children, parents and staff.
  • Read and write at the level required for successful job performance.
  • Physical capability sufficient to perform job task.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of: Proper child care techniques, basic techniques and methods of interacting with children and adults, first aid and safety requirements, individual needs of children of a variety of ethnic backgrounds, activities for young children including educational, sports, games, crafts, psychomotor, art, drama, music and related learning experiences.
• Ability: To relate to children and assist them in age appropriate activities in order to enable them to learn at their own level, assist teacher with supervising children in educational and play activities, understand and relate to children from varying ethnic backgrounds, interact and maintain cooperative working relationships with children, parents and staff, work in a team situation, read and write at the level required for successful job performance, physical capability sufficient to perform job task.

Experience and Education

• Two years of college (minimum 48 semester units) or possession of an Associate degree or higher or proof of certification through a local assessment which meets the requirements of “No Child Left Behind” AND 6 (six) months of working with students.
• Possession of valid First Aid Certificate is required within six months from the date of hire. Possession of a valid CPR Certificate is desirable.
• No Child Left Behind Federal Requirement: Degree or completion of 48 semester units from accredited college or university –or- County office of Education Certificate showing compliance with NCLB/Paraprofessional Training/SUSD 5 part Assessment Test (SUSD proficiency test taken before 7/1/04 does not meet this requirement).
• *Proof of compliance must be submitted with application.

Requirements / Qualifications

• A Completed Application Must Include Resume, Letter of Interest and proof of NCLB compliance.
• Please note that applicants currently employed through an outside agency that is under a contract with Stockton Unified School District may not be eligible for employment in this position.

Comments and Other Information

Applicants are requested not to make contact with members of the Board of education, the administrative staff of potential panel members. Candidate not following these guidelines will be subject to disqualification from the process.

Stockton Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment), and bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, sexual orientation; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

For inquiries regarding our non-discrimination policies, please refer to the following contacts.

• Title IX Coordinator: Director, Constituent Services, 56 S. Lincoln Street, Stockton, CA 95203, (209) 933-7037 Ext. 2195, constituentservices@stocktonusd.net
• 504 Coordinator: School Counseling Program Specialist, 1141 Lever Blvd., Room 105, Stockton, CA 95206, (209) 933-7130 ext. 2617, 504-coordinator@stocktonusd.net
• Education Equity Compliance Officer: 1661 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95204, (209) 933-7022 Ext. 1387, educationequity@stocktonusd.net