Preschool Assistant

Job Summary

This position requires a dependable, patient, and nurturing individual to work with 3-5-year-old children in a preschool classroom setting under the direction of the Leadership Team.

Essential Functions

• Has basic computer skills to create newsletters, calendars, check email, complete online surveys, and trainings.
• Attends and implements all monthly required Professional Development training.
• Collaborates and shares responsibilities with all team members.
• Attends monthly team meetings.
• Utilizes district assessment procedures for students.
• Arranges for a substitute when absent and notifies team and coordinator.
• Follows district policy for attendance.
• Builds positive relationships with students, parents, and staff.
• Follows preschool professionalism policies (e.g. cell phones, dress code, tardiness, timeliness).
• Creates daily lesson plans from the GSD scope and sequence of Essential Preschool Skills (EPS).
• Provides direct instruction in small and large groups daily.
• Uses We Can! Management system to enable independence and responsibility.
• Engages children with enthusiasm, variety, and novelty across the whole day.
• Provides supervision in all activities and settings.
• Gives specific, immediate, and frequent positive reinforcement (at least 4:1).
• Assists in the personal management needs of the students as needed (e.g., feeding, dressing, toileting/diapering, grooming, lifting, positioning, etc.).

Required Education And Qualifications

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent.
• May require a Food Handler permit from a Utah Department of Health approved entity or willingness to obtain within 3 months of hire.
• May require a current CPR certification depending on assigned duties.
• May require a passing score on the ParaPro assessment.

Required Prior Experience

No prior experience required.

Required Knowledge And Skills

• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to collaborate and share responsibilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Displays patience and positivity.

Assigned Decision Making

Makes decisions concerning the best way to accomplish tasks assigned by the classroom teacher and related service professionals. Must take directions well and be able to work within specific guidelines. Makes suggestions but must be willing to follow directions. Concerns for safety of self and others.

Interactions With Others

• Interacts positively with students, parents, staff, teachers, administration, and other district personnel.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Spend long periods of time of the floor.
• Able to run short distances.
• Able to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.