Teacher's Aide

Teacher's Aide Chester Springs School - Chester Springs, PA 19425 Overview Salary Range $15.00 - $17.00 Hourly Description At every Celebree School, our mission is to protect, educate, and nurture the children in our care. Child care jobs with our School family are life-changing ones. We say Celebree Schools are a place where we grow people big and small because we all learn from each other, every day. At Celebree Schools, we are committed to offering qualified educators rewarding child care jobs. We encourage staff members opportunities to become increasingly proficient in their position with the chance to grow within the Celebree Organization. To those ends, we have developed and implemented our Employee Investment Cycle. At Celebree School we have an unsurpassed dedication to growing people BIG and small. As a member of the Celebree Team you have access to the tools and resources necessary to reach your full potential. The choice is yours, where do you want to go? What do you want to be? Make your time with Celebree one of personal and professional growth. Full Time (30+ hour per week) Benefits Offered: Free Continuing Education Units Tiers Program Career Development Short Term Disability 401K Plan Health Insurance Dental Insurance Life Insurance Employer Assistance Program Paid Holidays Paid Time Off Child Care Discounts Orientation Program Employee Referral Bonuses Monthly Team Building Initiatives Onboarding Cost Reimbursement Free Uniform Items **not an all inclusive list** Essential Functions Assists in managing classroom ensuring compliance with all Pennsylvania regulations, company standards, policies and procedures. Provides a welcoming and friendly classroom environment for all children, parents and visitors. Assists in maintaining attractive and current classroom/hallway displays and an educational and informative Parent Board that is updated regularly. Assists in creating and implementing thorough, timely lesson plans that are age appropriate and stimulating in accordance with weekly themes and Celebree's curriculum; assists in managing effective classroom transitions. Assists and supervises children during all activities; counsel children as needed using positive and appropriate discipline techniques. Ensures that appearance, cleanliness and safe environment of classroom is appropriately maintained. Assists in completing all classroom paperwork, e.g., daily Reports, accident reports, attendance records. Communicates effectively with parents, e.g., greeting by name, addressing concerns in a timely manner, giving positive feedback, and providing regular updates on their child's development and classroom happenings. Identifies opportunities and/or problems in the classroom/school and works with the senior staff teacher and director to resolve. Qualifications Education/Experience: An Assistant Teacher shall have attained one of the following qualification levels: A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field. A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate, including 600 or more hours of secondary training described in 3270.31(c) (relating to age and training). A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate, 15 credit hours from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field and 1 year of experience with children. A high school diploma or a general education development certificate and completion of a post-secondary training curriculum described in 3270.31(c). A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years' experience with children.