PRESCHOOL ASSISTANT TEACHER

Job Description

Job Description

General Description of the Job

Perform a variety of activities that ensures the physical, cognitive, social-emotional and language development of children through a healthy and safe environment.

Specific Duties of the Job:

Responsibilities with the classroom

• Support the lead teacher with the plans and execute daily activities for the group.
• Helps the lead teacher maintain the classroom furniture into clearly defined learning centers that are appropriately supplied with materials and labels
• Helps the lead teacher maintain classroom decorated according to special events, holidays, seasons and the theme of the week, to support your teaching
• Knows and follows the daily schedule posted in the classroom and according to the school’s program.
• Maintains labels in all learning centers, cubbies, mats and materials using words and pictures. ? Communicates supplies or repairs needed in classroom and playground
• Daily cleaning, sanitizing and organizing of your building while children nap and at the end of the day
• Helps the lead teacher to set classroom and individual goals and then evaluate regularly.

Responsibilities with Children

• Supervises children at all times, including outside play, inside play, lunch, potty time and naptime.
• Treats each child with dignity and respect.
• Interacts with and stimulates each individual child through language development, gross motor development, fine motor development and socialization.
• Uses appropriate and positive discipline techniques consistently.
• Keeps personal cubbies and shelves clean and labeled with pictures and words ? Sends home children projects weekly ? All toys sanitized on a weekly basis.
• Constantly review with the lead teacher the developmental stage of each child to plan activities and experiences according to his/her needs in conjunction with the lead teacher.

Responsibilities with the school:

• Reports to work on time, ready to face the classroom's challenges.
• Reports and function as a team player to administrative personnel and coworkers.
• Communicates to director or assistant any parents’ concerns, questions or complaints.
• Gives advance notice for substitute schedule on vacation and personal days.
• Follows the guidelines of the staff handbook.
• Be flexible in your duties asked to perform by director.
• Promotes school positively in the community.
• Maintain a positive attitude and good relationship with co-workers.
• Willing to share ideas and plans that can contribute to the improvement of the total program.
• Participates in continuing education opportunities to improve and enlarge your knowledge.

Responsibilities with Parents:

• Maintain a positive kind relationship and communication with parents

Required knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of growth process of preschool children
• Skills in patient
• Skills in relaying positive reinforcement
• Skills in positive communication
• Team player

Qualifications:

• 45 Hours (State Mandatory)
• CDA/CDA or equivalent, or higher education
• Willing to continue with her education.

Reports to the Lead Teacher and the Director Preschool