PK-4 Teacher's Aide (Bilingual)

ESCUELA DE GUADALUPE • Denver, CO

just now • $19 • Onsite

About The Position

Working at Escuela de Guadalupe includes many different responsibilities to make a small, non-tuition driven school run effectively. As a close-knit community, we all pitch in to make this a great place to work and learn. Therefore, this description is not intended to be all- inclusive. Specific areas of responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Requirements

• Diploma or Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, or minimum 9 college credits in Early Childhood Education.
• Work experience 2 years minimum with children.
• Experience leading, working with, or teaching a group of children
• Successful completion of CBI and FBI background check, mandatory immunizations, meet minimum 18 clock hours training in ECE .
• Valid CPR and First Aid certification.
• Strong language skills to be able to teach Bilingual
• Authentic support of culturally rich and linguistically diverse learning communities.
• Open to working in a Catholic Environment and respecting the Catholic faith
• Proven ability to work in a team environment, develop effective interpersonal relationships, communicate patiently and effectively with coworkers and families
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, adapt to changing priorities, manage time and meet deadlines.
• Maintain the required hours of the work day, as well as the class schedule

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a teaching assistant, paraprofessional, or tutor
• Genuine love and enthusiasm for learning, reading and writing
• Effective in managing and supervising students
• Organized, flexible and reliable
• Willingness to learn new curriculums, technology systems, and software and the motivation to implement this learning to make a difference in the classroom.
• Willingness to learn new curriculums, practices for dual-language acquisition and linguistically diverse learners and the motivation to implement this learning to make a difference in the classroom.

Responsibilities

• Fully support the head teachers with all students during classes and recess
• Interact with children
• Assist children with lunch, nap time, and snack
• Prepared to take on the role of a lead teacher when needed.
• Helping the teachers with class activities.
• Help the lead teacher manage the classroom .
• Helping teachers to supervise children in indoor and outdoor activities
• Maintain daily organization and disinfect the classroom (toys, mats, once a week)
• Supervise Nap time
• Duties: supervision and attendance
• Support the culture of the school and monitor students’ well-being and safety during the teacher’s break times.
• Support positive social interactions and Restorative Justice problem-solving strategies with students
• Model the values of our school culture throughout the day and during interactions with students, teachers and families
• Duties include:
• Lunch and Recess Supervision
• Snack Supervision
• Daily nap time
• Attend all Professional Development days on the school calendar
• Participate and collaborate in school events which may occur outside of school hours
• Willing and able to substitute in classes or supervision in the event of faculty/staff absence.
• Carry out the mission and goals of the school
• Build positive compassionate professional relationships and communication with other employees, students, and families in the school
• Support the events that build community
• Incorporate themes of social justice within the classroom instruction and how groups of people working together can create positive social change
• Uses excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Approaches responsibilities and challenges with a creative and energetic attitude
• Possesses strong moral values and internal discipline
• Embrace Dual Language model
• Model language acquisition, language nuances, vocabulary usage, and grammatical fluency for students.
• Value the integrity of both Spanish and English as tools for reasoning, problem-solving, communication and intellect.
• Model a respect for cultural and linguistic diversity
• Respect that all employees, students and families are at different levels of language learning
• Respect Catholic Religion
• Respect the Catholic faith and the religious practices that happen daily and weekly
• Prepare the students for assigned dates of masses

Benefits

• Professional development including staff development, conferences, specialized training and education
• Tuition remittance for teacher’s children enrolled at Escuela de Guadalupe ($1,000 annual tuition)
• Small staff and tight knit community
• Direct contact with supervisors and families regularly
• Community that respects both English and Spanish and the different levels of proficiency each employee, family member, or student may have
• Opportunity for adults to enhance our own second language skills within a dual language environment
• Environment in which one can live and continue to enhance their faith
• Small class size and low student to teacher ratio

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree