Teacher Assistant

Hetty's Brilliant Minds is a Christian childcare center that offers innovative, year-round, before school, full-day and after school educational preschool as well as infant care. It is at the heart of our vision to offer a program that addresses the whole child. The mission of our childcare center is to provide a safe, loving, and encouraging environment that not only meets children's developmental and academic needs. We would love to have an assistant teacher who shares our values to join our team to help teach our angels.

Requirements

Responsibilities

While the activities vary, infant and toddler teachers focus primarily on teaching children to share, express themselves, communicate, and collaborate well with others, follow their curiosity, and further their language and vocabulary development.

Other day-to-day duties can include:

• Implementing the Teacher’s lesson plans and maintaining daily classroom schedules
• Supporting each child’s social, emotional and intellectual growth and development
• Ensuring the wellbeing and safety of children at all times
• Using a variety of instructional and assessment strategies, as directed by the Teacher, to meet individual student needs
• Assisting students with assignments or difficult concepts
• Maintaining communication with parents, staff and faculty regarding the progress of students

• Helping children develop positive self-images and experience success Encouraging the exploration of interests and developmental social skills
• Working with lead teachers in observing, assessing, and documenting each assigned child’s health, skills, behavior, growth, and development Identifying any physical or mental development concerns in assigned children

• Creating and leading a supportive, nurturing learning environment that encourages responsibility and motivation

Additional Duties

• The assistant teacher has to be vigilant about the health and safety of the children. They should also have to report anything that poses a health hazard to the appropriate staff member.
• They should report any suspected cases of child abuse to the appropriate authorities.

Qualifications

• Must have 1 years experience of working in a childcare setting especially with infants (8weeks - 18 months).
• MAT, First aid and CPR Certificate preferred but not required.

Pay: $16.00

Schedule:

8 hour shift

Day shift

Monday to Friday

Benefits

• Employee discount
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement