Assistant Teacher Head Start - Full Time; 5438-206-N
About The Position
The Assistant Teacher supports the Teacher in planning and carrying out age- and developmentally appropriate activities that reflect the Montessori curriculum. The role helps maintain classroom documentation and reports to meet applicable agency and regulatory standards, supports family participation, and promotes children’s physical, emotional, social, cognitive, language-literacy, and creative development. The Assistant Teacher follows agency and funding-source policies and procedures, including standards for attendance, punctuality, and confidentiality, and assumes responsibility for classroom operations when the Teacher is absent. The position includes sharing information about children and the program with parents through daily contact, formal and informal communication, home visits, and newsletters. The Assistant Teacher encourages parents as their children’s primary teachers, completes observations and progress-related reporting, and performs other assigned duties. Travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs may be needed.
Requirements
- Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential required.
- A study plan to obtain an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field is required.
- Must adhere to procedural standards for attendance, punctuality, and confidentiality relevant to HIPAA.
- Ability to travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs as needed.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, stooping, kneeling, crawling, and crouching; occasional lifting and/or moving of up to 30 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- 30 credits, 60 credits or an Associate’s degree, 90 credits, or a Bachelor’s degree preferred, including 24 credits in Early Childhood Education or a related field.
- Two years of teaching experience in a preschool classroom preferred.
- Montessori training preferred; if not already trained, commitment to enroll in the Agency’s Montessori training program within the first year of hire and complete training as required.
- Bilingual Spanish/English, Russian/English, Chinese/English, Korean/English, or English/Creole speaking preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Teacher in planning and executing age- and developmentally appropriate activities reflecting the Montessori curriculum.
- Help maintain written documentation and reports to meet compliance standards of CCNS, ACS, DOH, CACFP, and other relevant overseeing agencies.
- Help facilitate parent involvement in all aspects of the program.
- Ensure a Montessori-based learning environment that supports children’s physical, emotional, social, cognitive, and creative development.
- Supervise implementation of activities that promote children’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative development.
- Adhere to funding-source performance standards and agency mandates, policies, and procedures.
- Assume responsibility for classroom operation in the Teacher’s absence.
- Share information about children and the program with parents through daily contact, formal and informal communication, home visits, and newsletters.
- Encourage parents in their role as their children’s primary teachers by providing information, listening, and offering suggestions.
- Complete written observations, progress reports, outcomes reporting, CROWD, and other documents used to track children’s progress.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Generous vacation, personal, and sick days, plus paid holidays annually.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Retirement savings with Agency match.
- Transit Flexible Spending Account.
- Life insurance.
- Public Loan Forgiveness Qualified Employer.
- Training series and additional voluntary benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
