Classroom Student Assistant

Associated Students Inc•Pomona, CA

16h

About The Position

Established in 1963, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is a non-profit corporation guided by a student board and managed by full-time professional staff. ASI is a part of the Cal Poly Pomona Division of Student Affairs with a dashed reporting line to Administrative Affairs. ASI serves the entire campus population, including over 26,000 students, by providing opportunities for student engagement, student employment, and a multitude of programs and services such as recreation and wellness, student union and activities, student government, and childcare. ASI operational support areas include human resources, financial services, information technology, facilities management, and marketing. ASI employees exhibit our values of integrity, honor, dedication, loyalty, and respect in every interaction with each other, our students, the campus community, and guests of Cal Poly Pomona.  The Cal Poly Pomona Children’s Center is a high-quality preschool program that is operated jointly through a partnership between the Associated Students Inc. (ASI) and Cal Poly Pomona. The Children’s Center opened in 1974 to help support student parents achieve their educational goals while attending Cal Poly Pomona. The Children’s Center places a high value on intentional and respectful relationships among staff, our families, and the children. Our student assistants are an integral part of our program as they assist classroom and office staff in a variety of tasks related to maintaining the children’s Learning Environments, providing active supervision of the children, and providing professional office support so that the needs of families and CPP students providing services at the center are met. POSITION DEFINITION Under the general supervision of a Classroom Teacher the Student Assistant provides classroom support for a specific classroom at the Children’s Center.

Requirements

6 semester units of ECE or child development including core areas of “CUR”, “CFC”, and “CGD”. With-in twelve months of hire should have total of 12 ECE or child development units.
Certification in pediatric CPR/AED (Employment offer contingent on obtaining CPR/AED certification within 30 days of hire)
Must enjoy children and be patient and flexible.
No Kitchen or Front Desk experience needed.
Ability to work effectively in a team environment
Ability to perceive children’s needs and develop positive relationships
Ability to communicate sensitive information with tact and consideration
Ability to adapt willingly to frequent changes in activity, priorities, and/or work schedules.
Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
Ability to anticipate and diffuse problems and disruptive situations
Ability to satisfactorily complete a background check (including a criminal records check)

Nice To Haves

Paid or volunteer experience working with children 5 years and younger desirable.

Responsibilities

Work as a collaborative member of a classroom teaching team and:
Engages with children to facilitate their play and learning
Builds positive relationships with the children, their parents, and center staff
Actively supervises all children
Observes children’s behavior and documents their learning in anecdotal records and the children’s DRDP’s
Support classroom planning and attends classroom team meetings
Maintains work and play areas in a safe and clean condition
Removes items that may be a possible hazard to a child
Follows program policies and procedures and any regulatory mandates
Perform other related duties as assigned