Assistant Preschool Teacher 2024-2025

The Primary School • East Palo Alto, CA

352d • $21

About The Position

The Assistant Preschool Teacher is responsible for supporting Lead and Associate Teachers in developing and delivering engaging, comprehensive and integrated units across a student's day. Assistant Teachers provide students with continuity and support, and leverage multiple modalities of learning to ensure that all children receive the small group and individual attention they need to maximize growth. Assistant Teachers work with one classroom and teaching team (Lead Teacher + Associate Teacher) and provide classroom teachers with coverage for prep time, lunch, and breaks. Assistant Teachers also help to support classroom and school-wide systems (e.g., student pick-up, meal preparation) that allow The Primary School to provide students and families with a seamless and enriching day-long experience. Assistant Teachers schedule is from 9am-5pm to help facilitate our TPS ECE After School Care program. Assistant Teachers receive coaching and feedback from the classroom teams with whom they work as well as the ECE Dean.

Requirements

• You have a minimum of 6 ECE units.
• You love spending time with kids and kids love spending time with you
• You have a high school degree or GED-equivalent and are in pursuit of a college degree
• You have experience working with students in a school or similarly structured environment - after-school program, summer camp, child care program or tutoring session.
• You have a parent- and family-centered mindset
• You learn new systems quickly and feel comfortable with technology
• You are unafraid of diversity and engage confidently across difference
• You are kind, humble, and collaborative

Nice To Haves

• You speak fluent Spanish
• You have ties to the East Palo Alto Community

Responsibilities

• Build relationships and actively engage with all students in the classroom
• Provide general support for Lead and Associate teachers while in classroom
• Facilitate specific social skill/behavioral interventions for individual students and/or small groups - both inside and outside of the classroom
• Attend regular professional development and meetings with the Behavioral and Emotional Support Team.
• Support parent sign-in/-out process, transition to/from classroom, and/or other operational procedures
• Communicate information gathered from children or families to appropriate staff
• Regularly, support in one classroom for the entire day if there is a coverage need due to teacher absence.
• Co-Lead ECE TPS After School Care from 3:15-5pm, four days a week (M,T,Th,F)
• Collaboration with Classroom Teams to practice skills and jointly problem solve
• Regular communication with and outreach to families.
• Participation in ongoing Wednesday Professional Development

Benefits

• Hourly rate for this role begins at $21.00/hr.
• Excellent health benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401k retirement plan
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Dependent care FSA
• Generous paid time off, including a competitive paid parental leave benefit
• TPS will cover 93% of the total premium cost for individual team members in our HMO and PPO plans, and 95% for individual team members in our HDHP plan.
• TPS also covers 50% of enrolled partners and/or dependents' costs on all three of our medical plans (HMO,PPO, HDHP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees