Preschool Assistant2/Substitute

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

Assist Lead Teacher in providing preschool-aged activities designed to promote social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth needed for further development of young children.

Duties

• Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play.
• Attend to children's basic needs by feeding them, dressing them, and changing pull-ups..
• Assist in teaching basic skills, such as color, shape, number and letter recognition, personal hygiene, and social skills.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order.
• Read books to entire classes or to small groups.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, storytelling, and field trips.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Teach proper eating habits and personal hygiene.
• Serve meals and snacks in accordance with nutritional guidelines.
• Assimilate arriving children to the school environment by greeting them, helping them remove outerwear, and selecting activities of interest to them.
• Demonstrate activities to children.
• Arrange indoor and outdoor space to facilitate creative play, motor-skill activities, and safety.
• Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their ages and perceptual skills.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and staff training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of preschool programs.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Perform supervision duties, such as hall and lunch room monitoring and drop off and pick up duties.

Requirements

• Set up classroom materials or equipment.
• Provide for basic needs of children.
• Teach life skills.
• Read to students.
• Implement educational activities.
• Monitor student behavior, social development, or health.
• Discuss problems or issues with supervisors.
• Enforce rules or policies governing student behavior.
• Arrange childcare or educational settings to ensure physical safety of children.
• Prepare reports detailing student activities or performance.
• Plan educational activities.
• Display student work.
• Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
• Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
• Supervise school or student activities.

Nice To Haves

Year round - 12 mos

Part-time

Benefits

Discount child tuition

Training