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Teacher Assistant

Teacher Assistant

The Salvation Army USA Central TerritoryChicago, IL, United States
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THE SALVATION ARMY

NORTH AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS DIVISION

CHILCARE

JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE : Teacher Assistant - Head Start

LOCATION / DEPT : North & Central Illinois Division / Child Care

REPORTS TO : Teacher / Site Director

PAY GRADE : 202

PAY RANGE : $17.00-$20.40

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety

  • Demonstrates safety practices.
  • Minimizes potential hazards.
  • Provides adequate supervision.
  • Provides safety instruction.

Health

  • Maintains a healthy classroom environment.
  • Assists the teacher in planning and implementing activities that promote personal health and sound nutrition.

    • Learning Environment

  • Maintains learning environment.

    • Assists the teacher in planning and implementing activities that promote an interest in the learning environment offering a choice of learning center activities for at least sixty minutes each day.

    Physical

  • Assists the teacher in planning and implementing activities that promote the physical development of each child.
  • Maintains an environment conducive to development of physical skills.

    • Cognitive

  • Assists the teacher in planning and implementing activities that promote questioning, probing exploration and problem solving.
  • Helps children develop conceptual framework for interpreting experiences, including :

    • Classification

  • Seriation
  • Number
  • Spatial relations
  • Representation
  • Time

    • Communication

    Promotes children's listening skills.

  • Promotes clear articulation and language production.
  • Promotes adult-child communication.
  • Promotes child-child communication.

    • Creative

  • Supplies equipment and materials that encourage creativity.
  • Encourages innovative uses of materials and divergent thinking.
  • Self
  • Assists the teacher in assessing each child's current skill level.
  • Writes observation notes weekly on C.A.R
  • Summarizes child's skills two times per year on C.O.R
  • Plans and implements activities which maximize opportunities for success.
  • Provides positive feedback to children when appropriate.

    • Social

    Assists the teacher in planning and implementing activities that develop awareness of feelings and emotions.

  • Capitalizes on spontaneous occurrences of empathy, display of feelings and emotions throughout the day.
  • Serves as role model.

    • Guidance

  • Maintains an environment conducive to preventive discipline.
  • Maintains consistent discipline in the classroom.
  • Sets and enforces appropriate limits.
  • Maintains a positive approach to classroom control and recognizes self-control as a learning process.
  • Organizes smooth and appropriate transitions.
  • Focuses on activity at hand rather than children's behavior.
  • Ignores inappropriate behavior when possible.
  • "lets go" of negative instances : does not harbor grudges.
  • Encourages children to make appropriate choices in controlling their own behavior.
  • Avoids excessive lining up.

    • Families

  • Involves parents in the classroom program.
  • Involves parents in extending the classroom program into the home.
  • Assists the teacher in sharing information on child's progress with parents.
  • Helps parents plan in-home activities to supplement the classroom program.
  • Makes home visits in September / October and April / May.
  • Serves as liaison between other components and parents.

    • Program Management

  • Employs a wide variety of resources in implementing curriculum.
  • Assists the teacher in planning classroom programs in an organized timely fashion.
  • Completes weekly / daily lesson plans on time.
  • Submits records, requisitions, reports and plans when due.
  • Maintains accurate daily attendance and food count.
  • Makes use of program resource personnel in planning for children and their families.
  • Ensures team cooperation.
  • Supervises classroom aides.

    • Professionalism

  • Maintains a professional attitude.
  • Keeps abreast of early childhood education practices.

    • Other Duties

  • All other duties as assigned.

    • EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

  • Associate of Arts degree in early childhood education.
  • Two years of experience in a pre-school setting.
  • Some experience with young children.

    • COMPETENCIES

  • Some knowledge of social service programs helpful.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to use initiative and be a self starter.
  • A positive attitude and the ability to be flexible in light of changing job situations / priorities.
  • An attention to detail.
  • A commitment to support and uphold the mission of The Salvation Army.
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