EC Infant Toddler Classroom Assistant
About The Position
The EC Infant Toddler Classroom Assistant assists the infant/toddler teaching staff in providing educational and social opportunities for enrolled children in a loving, safe and nurturing environment. This role involves supporting various aspects of early childhood education, including school readiness outcomes, family engagement, and data inputting. The assistant is expected to report to work regularly, be willing to work flexible hours, and act as a supportive team member. A commitment to the PGST ECEP mission, values, and policies is essential, along with a dedication to continuous professional development and maintaining confidentiality. The position also requires maintaining a safe and sanitary classroom environment, implementing developmentally appropriate practices, and integrating S’Klallam cultural practices. A key aspect of the role is fostering positive relationships with children and their families, supporting parents as the primary educators, and participating in family and community activities. Effective communication with staff, supervisors, and program participants is crucial, as is maintaining accurate child records. The role also includes assisting the bus driver as a monitor during child transportation and participating in staff meetings and reviews.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent- Required.
- Valid Washington State Driver's License with Commercial Driver’s License Endorsement
- Defensive Driving Certificate (when it is offered by the Tribe)
- Food Handler’s Permit-Required
- First Aid CPR Certification- Required.
- Strong knowledge of history, traditions, language and lands of the S’Klallam Tribe.
- Prefer one-year consistent paid experience working with groups of children 0-72 months in a child care center AND/OR experience working with children 0 -72 months in the local community.
- Deep respect for tribal members, values, sovereignty and history
- Outstanding customer service skills
- Experienced or able to learn: PC network/software/apps for placing food orders, ChildPlus, Microsoft Word, Excel
- Ability to interact with others in a professional and compassionate manner, maintain confidentiality and work well as a member of a team.
- Regularly required to finger, handle, reach with hands and arms
- Frequently required to walk, sit, stand
- Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Normal audio and visual acuity
- Frequently required to be in an outdoor environment rain or shine, to support classrooms in their outdoor land-based curriculum
Nice To Haves
- Commercial Driver’s License Endorsement
- Defensive Driving Certificate (when it is offered by the Tribe)
Responsibilities
- Education Services (80%)
- School Readiness Outcomes (10%)
- Family/Community Engagement (5%)
- Data Inputting (5%)
- Maintain a safe, sanitary and clean classroom areas that includes indoor and outdoor environments and equipment.
- Provide a curriculum and classroom environment that builds and strengthens the security, trust, positive self-concepts and individual strengths of each child.
- Provide warm, caring, nurturing, positive, supportive responses to all children.
- Implement developmentally appropriate best practices, principles, and performance standards in a comprehensive head start classroom environment.
- Integrate S’Klallam cultural practices in all areas of the environment.
- Promote positive transitions for all children from activities and services.
- Assist in conducting observations and recording of children’s behavior.
- Participate in established health and safety procedures daily.
- Assist in the development and implementation of routines and curriculum that promote good health habits and integrate the health and nutrition components in the classroom.
- Maintain an open, friendly and cooperative relationship with each child’s family and extended family; encouraging their involvement in the program; promoting parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships; work with the parents to strengthen the family’s knowledge of early childhood development.
- Support the partnership with families that promotes them as the primary teacher of their child in the areas of literacy, numeric, social and emotional growth and physical growth.
- Assist the bus driver as a bus monitor in transporting children
- Participate in family /community activities and educational activities.
- Assist in maintaining on-going records for each child, record pertinent information in child’s file, including but limited to child observations, verbal and written communications with families and staff in regard to child.
- Conduct all communication with staff, supervisor, program participants, and community in an effective, respectful, timely, and supportive manner.
- Maintains strict confidentiality of program staff and family/child information.
- Attend relevant staff meetings and staffing of children and families.
- Participate in annual reviews of work plan and program policies and procedures.
Benefits
- Situational remote work as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
