Part Time Assistant Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description: 

Summary/Role:

The Afternoon assistant Teacher assists both the Lead Teacher and Assistant Teacher in ensuring that the classroom environment promotes the children’s growth and development.  This includes assisting with the following: Practicing and implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practices by providing educational and routine activities with the children, lesson planning, communicating with parents, meeting health and safety standards, and keeping necessary records and data up to date.  The Afternoon Assistant Teacher works under the supervision of the Lead Teacher and Assistant Teacher. The Lead Teacher and Assistant Teacher along with the Afternoon Assistant Teacher keep open communication regarding any pertinent information involving classroom issues, situations, incidents, etc… communication is key in any and all incidents and situations

Qualifications and/or Experience:

• Must be 18 years old or older with a high school diploma/college transcript
• Preferably with a minimum of a Child Development Associate Credential (CDA).  A person may be considered if they have 12 college credit hours in Child Development and currently working toward a CDA Credential or higher
• Minimum at least one year teaching experience

Emotional & Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions
• Demonstrates emotional and intellectual competence necessary for self-control and good judgment when taking care of individual children and groups of children
• Demonstrates emotional and intellectual competence necessary for self-control and good judgment when working with other adults, such as coworkers or the children’s parents

Physical Demands:

• Bend, stoop, squat, crawl, and kneel in order to speak with children at child’s eye level, to play with children, and to pick up toys and equipment on the floor;
• Lift, carry, and hold children to assist with other daily routine activities such as diaper changing, potty training, and napping.  Able to lift up to 45 pounds;
• Reasonable accommodations (if needed) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1.  Child Care Guidelines:

-Understands and abides by the Minimum Standards by the TDFPS Child Care Licensing Division

-Understands and abides by the First Presbyterian Church Employee Handbook

-Understands and abides by the FPC Children’s Center Parent Handbook and Staff Handbook

-Understands and abides by the NAEYC Early Childhood Program Standards and Code of Ethical Conduct

2.  Curriculum and Instruction:

-Assists in planning and implementing developmentally appropriate activities each day to promote children’s social-emotional, physical, language, and cognitive development

- Assistant and Afternoon Teachers are responsible in assisting and being a support system for the Lead Teacher.

-Assists in arranging classroom environment to promote and implement the goals and philosophy of the school and the church

-Maintains a safe, healthy, attractive learning environment both inside and outside

-Assists the lead teacher in giving feedback and sharing ideas when preparing lesson plans.

-Assists alongside the lead teacher and assistant teacher to observe, assess and document children’s growth and development to be used in the children’s portfolios

-Assists with guidance to give input in being a part of the NAEYC classroom portfolio

3.  Supervision and Teacher/Child Interaction:

-Maintains visual and auditory supervision of the children at all times to ensure their safety in the classroom, on the playgrounds, and on field trips

- Interacts in a positive manner with children during daily activities and routines; fully participates in all classroom and outdoor activities; is consistently at eye level with the children and sits on the floor to interact and develop relationships. 

-Uses positive techniques of guidance and does not use humiliating or frightening discipline techniques

-Provides opportunities, guides, assists and supports children to develop self-discipline and learn problem-solving skills.

-Promotes positive self-esteem; interacts frequently with the children, showing affection, interest, and respect

-Fosters developmentally appropriate independence and self-help skills in children

-Handles transitions well and anticipates and eliminates potential problems

4.  Assessment of Children:

-Assists the lead teacher in observing, assessing, and at times, recording each child’s developmental progress to help the lead teacher in documenting the information in the children’s portfolios

-Assists the lead teacher and assistant teacher with formal and informal assessments, anecdotal records, work samples, family input, and other approved documentation that will help with child growth and development

-Using the information collected from observations and assessments, the afternoon assistant teacher assists with input to help with IPP’S (Individual Planning Profile)

5.  Safety and Maintenance:

-Assists in ensuring the classroom is maintained in an orderly fashion and makes sure the general housekeeping tasks, such as cleaning tables, cribs, mats, toys and all sanitation procedures are implemented and done correctly.  

-Checks classroom, hallways, grounds, and playgrounds for maintenance or security hazards and notifies the Director

-Handles all FPCC equipment responsibly and with care, including computer, copy machine, IPDADS, toys, furniture, and other school items

-Maintains all areas of the classroom clutter free, organized and safe of any safety hazards.

6.  Professional Relationships

-Employs a team-teaching approach to plan and implement the curriculum side by side with the lead teacher and assistant teacher

-Conducts themselves in a professional manner by being respectful and supportive with coworkers.

- Executes the conditions necessary for productive teamwork

-Participates as a member of the school team and contributes to group efforts

-Shares ideas and materials with co-workers and administrative staff

-Strives to assume a fair share of work. Initiates help where help is needed

-Communicates directly and avoids gossip

-Coaches & mentors on the job training experiences, as needed

-Follows the chain of command pertaining to any problems that might arise. Afternoon assistant Teacher address concerns to lead teacher followed by director….

7.  Community Relationships

-Always presents professional appearance and demeanor

-Positively  and in a professional manner represents the school and church in program events

-Assists as needed to be a part of partnerships and professional relationships with agencies, consultants, and organizations in the community that further the program’s capacity to meet the needs of the children and families it serves

8.  Professional Development & Training

-Participates in and documents at least 24 clock hours of training in child development and related child care topics each training year

-Participates in planning and program development sessions to discuss center goals and improvement of the program

-Receives and maintains certification in Pediatric First Aid and Pediatric CPR

-Attends and participates in all mandatory staff meetings required by the Director.

19.  General Work Habits:

-Manages time well, such as submitting required paperwork

-Comes to work with a positive attitude

-Approaches constructive criticism with an open attitude

-Demonstrates flexibility, dependability and is reliable

-Arrives to work on time has consistent attendance

-Performs any other reasonable task assigned by the Lead Teacher and  Director