Assistant Teacher

Position Title : Assistant Teacher

Assistant Teacher

Position Type : Regular

Regular

Hiring Range :

$20.72 to $22.79; Compensation will be based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role and internal equity.

Pay Frequency : Hourly

Hourly

A. POSITION PURPOSE

This position requires a minimum of 12 Early Childhood Education semester Units (including core classes : Child Development, Child Family & Community, Curriculum, and Infant / Toddler Development).

This is a part-time (25 hours per week / .63FTE) twelve-month teaching position. The assistant teacher is responsible assisting a lead teacher in the classroom with 8 to 16 children who are 10 weeks to 6 years old.

This is a team teaching position and the Assistant Teacher works with the Director and other teachers to plan and implement an appropriate educational program by providing excellent childcare services to faculty, students, and staff of the university.

B. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Essential Responsibilities :

Collaborate in a team teaching situation that includes administration, teachers, assistants, and student aids.

Perform operational duties necessary to maintain a quality early childhood program.

Communicate openly and positively with children, parents, and staff.

Establish effective relationships with families, children and staff.

Support and guide Kids on Campus university student staff.

2. Specific Duties : Organizational

Organizational

• Attend all faculty meetings / retreats / parent meetings / special programs.
• Assist in complying with state licensing guidelines.
• Attend pertinent KOC functions.
• Participate in opportunities for professional growth and development.

Team Involvement

• Communicate and work cooperatively and respectfully with all team-members.
• Strive for classroom practices that are consistent with the KOC Program Philosophy.

Classroom Practice

• Provide for the safety and well-being of all children.
• Uphold the philosophical guidelines of the KOC program.
• Support each teacher with classroom specific activities as needed.
• Assist teachers in planning and implementing an engaging classroom environment that support an emergent and inquiry-based curriculum.
• Assist in the arrangement and upkeep of classrooms.
• Assist in the development of classroom materials to be used by the children.
• Use discipline techniques which provide positive guidance, redirection, and the setting of clear limits.

C. PROVIDES WORK DIRECTION

Provide support and guides Kids on Campus university student staff.

D. QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The items below are representative of the knowledge, skills, abilities, education, and experience required or preferred.

Kids On Campus is a growth-oriented and collaborative learning community that is committed to our mission and core values.

We are dedicated to providing an environment that acknowledges and supports each child’s ability to construct an understanding of his or her world in a creative and intrinsically motivated fashion.

The successful candidate must demonstrate passion for working with young children; possess a nurturing teaching style, high energy, and a desire to work collaboratively with a team of teachers.

1.Knowledge

a. Understanding of a Play Based Approach and NAEYC’s Developmentally Appropriate Practice for young children.

2.Skills

a. Communicate and work cooperatively and respectfully with all team-members.

b. Assist the Teacher in preparing materials and classrooms for activities.

c. Assist the Teacher in preparing and / or clean up snack items.

3.Abilities

Attend all meetings and pertinent KOC functions. Follow the policies and procedures of the school as designated in the Santa Clara University Employee Policy handbooks and KOC Staff Handbooks.

Assist in the arrangement, cleaning, and upkeep of the KOC facility. Provide positive guidance, redirection, and clear limits for children.

Ensure the safety of each child at all times. Ability to work extended hours to provide staffing coverage as needed. Ability to communicate effectively with children, parents and staff.

4.Education

a. High School Diploma or GED; preferably Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development. Minimum 12 Early Childhood Education Units (Including core units) required, California Associate Teacher Child Development Permit, or eligibility for permit.

5.Years of Experience

a. Prefer one year of teaching experience with children ages 10 weeks to 6 years.

E. PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, the California Fair Employment & Housing Act, and all other applicable laws, SCU provides reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities.

A qualified individual is a person who meets skill, experience, education, or other requirements of the position, and who can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Physical Demands (The nature of physical effort leading to fatigue)

Caring for children can be physically demanding. The Assistant Teacher must be able to lift, push, pull or carry 50 pounds without assistance and / or have the ability to assess the weight in order to ask for necessary assistance or to determine a safer method of moving the load.

Must be able to move with agility over and under children and objects; to get down to child's level by kneeling, sitting, crouching or stooping.

This position requires sufficient hand eye coordination (vision correctable to 20 / 20), manual dexterity, sufficient visual acuity to recognize words, letters and numbers;

speech and hearing ability to carry on conversations in person or over the phone. The Assistant Teacher will be expected to move about easily throughout the community with children.

This may require frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, twisting, reaching, stooping and bending. The Assistant Teacher may come in contact with children who are ill and / or contagious, and must take precautions to ensure the health and safety of all children, parents, staff and themselves.

F. WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

The Assistant Teacher will be working in a busy and occasionally noisy environment, must be able to tolerate constant noises made by children such as crying, screaming, yelling and laughing.

There may be a number of activities and situations happening at once, and the Teacher will have to supervise all children at all times.

The Assistant Teacher may experience smells associated with toileting and children who are ill.

Caring for children can be stressful. The Assistant Teacher must ensure that children are supervised at all times, respond to children sensitively and appropriately, and ensure that children are involved in safe and appropriate activities.

There may be a number of situations happening at once, and the Preschool Assistant Teacher must be prepared to handle accidents and emergencies at any time.