Teacher Assistant

Safety

Demonstrates safety practices.
Minimizes potential hazards.
Provides adequate supervision.
Provides safety instruction.

Health

Maintains a healthy classroom environment.
Aids the teacher in planning and implementing activities that promote personal health and sound nutrition.

Learning Environment

Maintains learning environment.
Aids the teacher in planning and implementing activities that promote an interest in the learning environment offering a choice of learning center activities for at least sixty minutes each day.

Physical

Aids the teacher in planning and implementing activities that promote the physical development of each child.
Maintains an environment conducive to development of physical skills.

Cognitive

• Aids the teacher in planning and implementing activities that promote questioning, probing exploration and problem solving.
• Promotes children’s listening skills.
• Promotes clear articulation and language production.
• Promotes adult-child communication.
• Promotes child-child communication.

Creative

• Supplies equipment and materials that encourage creativity.
• Encourages innovative uses of materials and divergent thinking.

Self

• Aids the teacher in assessing each child’s current skill level.
• Writes observation notes weekly on C.A.R.
• Summarizes child’s skills two times per year on C.O.R.
• Plans and implements activities which maximize opportunities for success.
• Provides positive feedback to children when appropriate.

Social

• Aids the teacher in planning and implementing activities that develop awareness of feelings and emotions.
• Capitalizes on spontaneous occurrences of empathy, display of feelings and emotions throughout the day.
• Serves as role model.
• Guides children in developing self-control and appropriate behavior.
• Ignores inappropriate behavior when possible.

Program Management

• Employs a wide variety of resources in implementing curriculum.
• Aids the teacher in planning classroom programs in an organized timely fashion.
• Completes weekly/daily lesson plans on time.
• SUBMIT RECORDS, REQUISITIONS, REPORTS AND PLANS WHEN DUE.
• Maintains accurate daily attendance and food count.
• Makes use of program resource personnel in planning for children and their families.
• ENSURES TEAM COOPERATION.
• Supervises classroom aides.

Professionalism

• Maintains a professional attitude.
• Keeps abreast of early childhood education practices.

Other Duties

All other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience

• Associate of Arts degree in early childhood education.
• Two years of experience in a pre-school setting.
• Some experience with young children.

Competencies

• Some knowledge of social service programs helpful.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use initiative and be a self starter.
• A positive attitude and the ability to be flexible in light of changing job situations/priorities.
• An attention to detail.
• A commitment to support and uphold the mission of The Salvation Army.