Early Childhood Apprentice
About The Position
Only Apprenticeship Students will be considered for this position. This role provides continuity of services to Head Start and Early Head Start participants. Depending on work assignment, the Classroom Apprentice Head Start worker will assist the Lead Teacher and Teacher in providing educational and developmentally appropriate learning activities, attending educational conferences and home visits, and maintaining records of individual children. The apprentice will also assist in meal preparation, maintaining a clean and sanitary environment, ensuring children's safety, and supporting children's emotional and social development. The role involves creating individual lesson plans and attending all agency trainings as required. Basic support functions such as record keeping and answering the phone may also be required, along with other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must be an Apprenticeship Student
Responsibilities
- Assist the Lead Teacher and Teacher in providing educational and developmentally appropriate learning activities that will enable the child to succeed, including special needs children.
- Assist the Lead Teacher and Teacher in attending educational conferences and home visits.
- Assist the Lead Teacher and Teacher with record keeping of individual children to include daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
- Assist in preparation of meals and maintain a clean and sanitary environment at Head Start Centers.
- Be responsible to assist in a classroom of up to 20 children, providing appropriate activities and modeling family style dining during all meals.
- Assist in maintaining children's safety in a classroom at all times, following all safety and supervision procedures.
- Provide educational assistance to Head Start children in a center-based environment, including creation of individual lesson plans.
- Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
- Attend all agency trainings as required.
- May provide other basic support functions (i.e. record keeping, answer phone, etc.) as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
