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