Teacher Assistant/Bus Driver - Kids Plus Center

Mahube-Otwa•Park Rapids, MN

18d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young children? Is working for a company that is community-minded important to you? MAHUBE-OTWA is hiring caring individuals, with a strong independent initiative and excellent attendance to work in our Early Head Start Kids Plus Center as a Teacher Assistant/Bus Driver. Your workdays will be filled with education, laughter, art, stories, hugs and so much more. Go home each day having had fun at work and feeling like you made a difference! Eligible applicants will have a passion for educating young minds and be availability for full time work. In addition to working at our Park Rapids, MN site, Teacher Assistants may be required to float to other sites as needed.

Requirements

HS Diploma (or GED) plus Technical/Vocational certificate.
Must be willing to attain CDA.
Knowledge of early childhood development and developmentally appropriate practices for the classroom is essential.
Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions and correspondence.
Basic math skills.
Ability to apply common sense solutions in standardized situations.
Must have the ability to work in a positive and cooperative manner with children, staff and parents.
Must effectively and professionally deal with typical and unexpected classroom situations.
Must honor private/confidential information.
Must have basic computer skills including working with e-mail, internet, data entry, computer files, databases and/or web-based programs.
Must have valid driver's license and willing to get your CDL to drive our small bus.
DHS Net Study clearance required.
A COMPLETED AGENCY APPLICATION IS REQUIRED as well as 2 work related letters of reference.

Nice To Haves

CDA and 1 to 3 years working with low-income families and/or young children preferred.
Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.