Assistant Teacher Preschool - Floater

Brooklyn Community Services • Brooklyn, NY

126d • $31,601 - $34,494 • Remote

About The Position

The Floater Assistant Teacher position at Cumbo Preschool is designed to support the delivery of high-quality educational and social services to young children and their families. The role involves assisting classroom teachers in implementing lesson plans, facilitating classroom management, and ensuring appropriate student-to-teacher ratios. The position is fully in-person and requires a commitment to enhancing the physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and language development of children through developmentally appropriate practices.

Requirements

• High School Diploma
• One year of previous teaching experience in N 2nd grade promoting healthy growth and development with toddlers and preschoolers
• Must undergo pre-employment screenings such as the Criminal Background Check required by OCFS/DOH

Nice To Haves

• Food Handlers Certification
• Associates degree in Early Childhood Development preferred
• Good collaboration and communication skills
• Experience with behavior modification activities
• Ability to be a team player
• Good leadership and problem solving skills
• Ability to assist Lead Teacher with active student engagement as well as productive classroom supervision
• Ability to assist Lead Teacher with classroom management
• Available and willing to travel to professional/staff development training or workshops
• Available and willing to work evening hours including program shows, staff meetings, field trips, and/or medical emergencies

Responsibilities

• Provide substitute and other coverage to classrooms as needed
• Responsible for food handling and preparation, including warming prepared meals, slicing fruit, distributing meals, and cleanup
• Assist Lead Teacher in planning age appropriate, high quality activities designed to support increased learning in young children through developmentally appropriate practices
• Assist Lead Teacher in the daily supervision of children and effecting sound classroom management and curriculum activities
• Promote physical, intellectual, social, cultural, and emotional well-being of students/children
• Provide adequate supervision of all children/students during all enrichment/learning activities
• Share in all student and classroom record keeping tasks i.e. daily attendance, meal counts, daily health checks; Conduct observations and assessments of children and the classroom environment; Assist Lead Teacher with entering all observations into Teaching Strategies
• Participate with Lead and Assistant Teachers in conducting quarterly parent teacher conferences
• Participate in all classroom activities, field trips and all related classroom routines i.e. meal service, circle time activities, toileting, assisting children in changing soiled clothing
• Actively engage with children and their activities; Teach children through their play, all concepts necessary to achieve developmental levels
• Ensure the safety of all children at all times through maintaining a direct line of vision supervision
• Ensure classroom furnishings, materials and environment is maintained in a neat, clean and safe manner at all times
• Actively participate in team meetings and supervision sessions
• Assume the role and duties of the Lead or Assistant Teacher in their absence
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with parents and families of children served
• Ability to work multiple shifts and/or staggered shifts to provide extra coverage
• Work within the framework of the Brooklyn Community Service in carrying out its policies and procedures
• Participate in agency wide groups and meetings as required
• Participate in other related duties, as assigned and consistent with above

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees