Teacher Assistant

About the role

The Teacher Assistant (including substitutes and floaters) assists the Head Start Teacher in delivering the classroom curriculum in accordance with Head Start regulations, licensing, and guidelines, and will use agency standards to ensure that services provided are in alignment with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma informed care lens as defined by the agency.

Responsibilities

• Aids in the delivery of the classroom curriculum
• Maintains classroom supervision at all times
• Ensures the classroom environment supports positive communication, appropriate physical proximity, respect, positive discipline, and guidance

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED plus a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential required
• Working towards an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree with a major relative to early childhood education preferred
• Current Pediatric CPR and First Aid Certification
• Previous classroom experience and ability to utilize various learning techniques in the successful delivery of curricula
• Understanding of cultural differences and sensitivity to their implications for service delivery
• Fluency in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable

Qualifications

• Education Required: High School or better in Early Childhood Education. Preferred: Associates or better in Early Childhood Education

Skills

• Positive communication
• Appropriate physical proximity
• Respect
• Positive discipline
• Guidance

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Pay

$17.91 per hour

Schedule

N/A

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