Benefits:

401(k) matching

Competitive salary

Dental insurance

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Paid time off

Training & development

Assistant teachers for Imagination Childcare Academy, Inc. assist co-teachers in planning and implementing learning experiences that advance the intellectual, emotional, social and physical development of children within a safe, healthy learning environment. They encourage the involvement of the families of the children of the program and support the development of relationships between children and their families.

Interact With Children

Use appropriate language, interactions, and positive discipline

Treat every child with respect

Model appropriate behavior using “what to do” language

Assist in instructing and supervising children in classroom activities

Implement age appropriate activities that support the classroom Curriculum and the NAEYC standards

Continuously monitor children to ensure safety at all times, and report child abuse and neglect when necessary.

While children are engaged in “work time” teachers and assistants should be interacting with the children, asking questions to promote further engagement and high level thinking.

Ability to accommodate children with varying needs mentally, physically, socially, academically and/or emotionally.

Assist classroom teacher with modeling classroom expectations

Assist classroom teacher with implementation of any individualized behavior support plans

Assess Children

Assess children on a regular basis using written, verbal and visual observations

Take pictures and maintain anecdotal notes, written observations, and other approved forms of documentation for each child.

Curriculum Preparation:

Assist the teacher in incorporating required activities into lesson plans that support children’s development

Help teacher prepare activities that support lesson plans.

Communicate with Parents:

Maintain open communication with parents

As a parent advocate, help resolve issues or concerns that are raised in collaboration with the classroom teacher.

Inform parents about daily classroom routines, expectations, policies, field trips and volunteer opportunities.

Communicate with parents about incidents that have been observed and/or recorded on site.

Supervision:

All children must be within your visual sight at ALL times.

Ratios must be maintained at all times.

Classroom Maintenance:

Help to maintain a clean and organized learning environment using the classroom cleaning checklist

Sanitize all surfaces, equipment, and classroom toys

Maintain a quality room arrangement in compliance with curriculum standards

Routinely check classroom equipment and materials to ensure they are in good repair. This includes playground equipment as well.

Assist children with toileting needs

Change diapers when they are soiled using the proper diaper changing technique as established by OCFS

Monitor that all children’s faces are clean and free from food and/or dirt

Other Duties as Assigned

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and see

The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit at children’s level; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.

Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range.

At times, this position may require more than 40 hours per week to perform essential duties

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

The employee will be required to supervise children outside on the playground twice a day, unless there is inclement weather (>90 degrees or < 20degrees).