Preschool Student Assistant Teacher

Associated Students • Long Beach, CA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, the Preschool Student Assistant Teacher’s primary responsibilities are to provide safe and appropriate care, guidance, and supervision of children. This includes developing interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively and respectfully with children. The Student Assistant Teacher carries out responsibilities required by daily routines and assigned tasks such as but not limited to meal and napping routines, diapering/toileting procedures, care and supervision of equipment and supplies, and housekeeping tasks. Under the guidance of the head teachers, the Student Assistant Teacher helps set up and maintain a safe and nurturing environment that provides support, comfort, challenge, and predictability for children.

Requirements

• Must be enrolled at California State University, Long Beach in at least six units with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 and making satisfactory progress in a degree program.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• General working knowledge of the Associated Students, its programs, activities and services.
• Reading, writing, mathematical, and reasoning abilities appropriate to the position.
• Ability to develop trusting relationships with children and to demonstrate respect for and acceptance of children.
• Must be capable to work under pressure and handle multiple requests simultaneously.
• Must demonstrate eagerness and capacity to learn.
• Successful completion of a fingerprint background check (live scan).
• Must meet state health requirements: physical exam, tuberculosis test (every 5 years), TDAP (every 10 years), Immunization Record (MMR), and flu shot (annually or sign waiver).
• Completion of Healthy School Act (every year).
• Mandated Reporting Training (every 2 years).
• Compliance with CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in Pediatric CPR and Child Care First Aide preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establishes relationships and demonstrates skills with children, including knowing all children by name, providing quality care and supervision, demonstrating respectful and trusting relationships, exhibiting an understanding and acceptance of children's emotions, behavior, motivations, and needs, becoming aware of children’s individual needs and parental requests, demonstrating an understanding of when to use independent judgment and when to inform supervisor, acquiring effective skills for interacting (active listening, limit setting, problem solving, and guidance), forming an understanding of anti-bias and demonstrating the skills involved, and becoming familiar with Program Philosophy, Goals for Children, Mission, and Vision Statements.
• Develops and demonstrates effective communication and teamwork skills, including developing positive working relationships with other staff, communicating with staff on duty as required, informing supervisor about injuries, safety concerns, and/or unusual events, assisting in set up and cleaning tasks, conveying a willingness to help, working with others to solve problems, informing supervisor of purchasing needs in a timely manner, and reporting absences and requests for time off as stated in the personnel policies.
• Creates and maintains a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment by conducting daily wellness checks, helping maintain a safe environment through continuous inspection, reading and understanding the IPCDC’s Health, Safety, and Emergency Preparedness document, reporting child accidents, injuries, illnesses, and unusual incidents, and becoming familiar with the dietary accommodations of children during mealtimes.
• Engages in personal development and participates in the development of the program by attending bi-annual retreats and weekly staff meetings, demonstrating a willingness to learn about program philosophy, goals for children, and methods for interacting with children, taking part in self-evaluation process, and potentially helping to orient and shadow new staff.
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with parents by acknowledging parents, displaying a welcoming demeanor, referring parental questions and/or concerns to head teachers, and assisting parents during drop off and pick up times.
• Plans, prepares, and carries out activities with children by learning guidelines for planning and presenting activities and beginning to carry out activities that focus on the learning experiences.
• Observes children and produces records of observations by learning guidelines for writing meaningful child observations, observing and producing observations through anecdotal notes, and using observations to produce developmental checklist, DRDP summaries, and portfolios.
• Prepares and maintains records, reports, and checklists by becoming aware of and carrying out paperwork responsibilities, correctly filling out injury reports and activity sheets, and understanding and carrying out the opening and closing checklist.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed