EC Teacher Assistant

Early Childhood Teacher Assistant

Early Childhood Teacher Assistants may perform a wide range of tasks in order to support the efforts of the teacher, meet the needs of all students, and ensure the provision of quality instruction for all students in the EC classroom.

Qualifications

• Must at least hold an Associates' Degree or have 48 semester hours of college coursework
• Bus driver license must be maintained and employee must accept bus driving duties as needed and assigned

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists teacher in supervising students individually or in small groups with activities involving instruction, physical care, physical education, arts and crafts, and social integration
• Assists student(s) with personal hygiene, grooming functions, toileting, and other self-help skills
• Provides physical care for assigned student(s) such as changing diapers and clothes and positioning students on orthopedic equipment
• Provides support for students with challenging behaviors
• Assists teacher in operating classroom and teaching skills related to level of achievement for specified individual and/or groups of students
• Supervise students in the cafeteria, playground, buses, bathrooms, and other areas on and off school property (ex: field trips)
• Lifts student in/out of wheelchairs, assisting students off of floor, toilet/changing table
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher
• Performs other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to maintain confidentiality of student information
• Working knowledge of effective methods of dealing with children
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; ability to communicate with school personnel, students, and parents while complying with the confidentiality requirements in local, state, and federal policies and statues
• Physical ability (able to exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally) and dexterity to perform duties of the job.