Assistant Teacher

**Assistant Teacher** **Department:** Early Childhood Education Center **Reports to:** ECC Director **FLSA Status:** Non-Exempt **Supervises:** 0 **Hours:** 7am - 4pm **Rate:** $19.10 per hour **Summary:** To assist with creating a quality program and a class environment conducive to learning and personal growth; to establish effective rapport with children; to establish a respectful, supportive, and collaborative relationship with children, families, and staff. **Essential duties and responsibilities:** - Promote and support children’s social, emotional, and physical development consistent with the philosophy of Head Start. - Assist and provide input with planning and developing an early learning curriculum with intentional opportunities for social and emotional development. - Work respectfully in collaboration with all program staff. - Assist with the implementation of lesson plans and daily activities both indoors and outdoors. - Demonstrate knowledge of early childhood theories of child growth and development. - Provide support with individualized learning opportunities for children in order to enhance their development of cognitive and language skills. - Establish a quality early childhood learning environment, aligned with quality standards of education, health, and safety, while maintaining program policies and procedures. - Consult with the lead teacher on observations and assessments of children. - Observe and document each child’s learning and development in support of DRDP data collection. - Assist with maintaining required individual children assessments in compliance with Early Childhood affiliated Federal and State contracts. - Provide the lead role of lesson implementation in the absence of the Lead Teacher. - Maintain a professional relationship with staff and families. - Attend and complete required professional training, classes, meetings, and workshops - Maintain confidentiality regarding children and parents. - Perform other related duties as assigned. **Qualification Requirements:** To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. **Qualifications:** - High School Diploma required - Valid driver’s license required - Preschool Child Development Associate (CDA) credentials required - Associate’s degree in Early Childhood or Associates degree with 9 hours in Early Childhood preferred - One (1) year of experience working in Early Childhood Education preferred - Must have early childhood classes on the transcript or must be currently enrolled in Early Childhood classes. - Current Certificate in Early Childhood Education. - Attentive and patient with a friendly and energetic nature. - TB test is required - Physical test is required - FBI and MO State fingerprint clearance required. - Bilingual English/Spanish preferred - Knowledge of community diversity and cultural dynamics. - Ability to work in a non-judgmental way with a diverse range of people maintaining a respectful and inclusive culture. **Work Environment** This job operates in an early childhood school and professional environment. This role continually uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. Guadalupe Centers serves a diverse population, including children, adolescents, and adults, who may have mental or behavioral health problems. Consequently, all GC staff must demonstrate appropriate daily behavior, appropriate expression of emotions, and appropriate role modeling. Hostility, aggression, unnecessary or inappropriate physical actions and inappropriate emotional expression are not acceptable behaviors for our employees. **Physical Demands:** The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must mee…