Early Childhood Education Teacher's Assistant - Full Time

Hackensack Meridian Health•Hackensack, NJ

1d•$19

About The Position

The Teacher's Assistant assists the Lead Teacher with the responsibilities of the classroom. The role helps create a safe environment where children can play and learn, supports developmentally appropriate activities, and maintains a safe, healthy, clean, and organized classroom. The assistant interacts with children to support play, exploration, and learning, while cultivating positive relationships with families, team members, and community contacts. The Teacher's Assistant supports children’s individual needs, communicates with parents and caregivers in a manner suited to their developmental, educational, and literacy levels, and follows CCLC and HUMC policies, procedures, standards, and the Medical Center’s Organizational Competencies. The role also includes attending mandatory staff meetings, completing annual training, using assessment tools, fostering teamwork, and committing to continuing education.

Requirements

High school diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED-equivalent program.
At least 1 year of experience working with children in a group care setting.
Basic computer proficiency.
Ability to communicate in English, orally and in writing, with students, staff, administrators, and the community.
Ability to lift at least 15 pounds, push and pull at least 20 pounds, and stand for at least 3 hours a day.
Ability to assume low-level postures to allow visual and physical contact with children.
Ability to see and hear well enough to keep children safe.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of experience working with children in a group care setting.

Responsibilities

Assist in creating a safe environment where children can play and learn.
Provide for the safety and tracking of children.
Maintain a safe, healthy, clean, and organized classroom environment.
Assist in planning and implementing developmentally appropriate activities.
Communicate appropriately and professionally with parents and fellow staff.
Participate in mandatory staff meetings and complete annual training requirements.
Foster teamwork.
Use assessment tools.
Commit to continuing education.
Support CCLC and HUMC policies, procedures, and standards.
Interact with children to support play, exploration, and learning.
Cultivate positive relationships with families, team members, and community contacts.
Identify the needs of the population served and modify and deliver care specific to those needs, including age, culture, language, and hearing or visual impairment.
Communicate with parents and primary caregivers at an appropriate developmental, age, educational, and literacy level.
Adhere to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.