ASSISTANT TEACHER

Apply Description The Assistant Teacher works collaboratively with other site and classroom staff to provide educational experiences appropriate to the growth and development of each of the three to five-year-old children assigned to his/her care, while supporting the individual goals of the children and the overall goal of promoting social competency, and providing consistency in activities at the center and on the Head Start bus. Requirements RECORDKEEPING Complete all required paperwork according to program policies and procedures: weekly attendance records, USDA reports (daily meal counts), Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting form, monthly volunteer records, and all other records as required. Complete Classroom daytime family engagement reports, which include any activities or events that parents are invited to attend. Conduct and document observations/screenings as assigned. CURRUCULUM AND ASSESSMENT Work collaboratively with agency staff assigned to the classroom to prepare and conduct daily, individualized programming, for children and families according to team-developed lesson plans based on developmentally appropriate and best practices. Use the Positive Guidance policy and personal safety guidance with classes including any program approved curriculum. Provide behavior management for individual children, including consulting with the Mental Health Consultant who will assist with further screening and ISP development as beneficial. Follow all conduct and safety policies and procedures to ensure the children’s safety at all times including ensuring children are within sight and sound of RWCFS staff at all times. Participate in the IEP, IFSP process for serving children with special needs and implementation of appropriate support plan. FAMILY PARTNERSHIP BUILDING Advise mothers, fathers and guardians of classroom and Head Start activities, events, meetings and program initiatives, such as Family Literacy, Parent Center Meetings, Family Nights, Fatherhood Friday and other appropriate workshops, trainings or other opportunities for family engagement. Assist and participate in planning, set up, conducting and clean-up of Family Nights. Assist the lead teacher in making a minimum of three required home visits to each child’s home and two parent/teacher conferences held in the family’s home or at the center. These home visits will be used to provide orientation to the program, solicit parental input for their child’s curriculum, and support effective transitions to the next appropriate educational setting, to share child’s progress and to maintain a close partnership with parents. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Communicate with parents through a variety of mediums to provide program orientation, involve them in their child’s education, discuss their child’s progress, suggest activities that can be continued in the home, and develop individualized programing. Assist families with transition planning for children into and out…