Teacher Assistant (HS)

AVANCE San Antonio Inc•San Antonio, TX

35d

About The Position

This position is responsible for providing children a safe and developmentally appropriate environment that promotes the child’s cognitive, social/emotional, health and physical development through effective delivery of instruction/activities as directed by the Teacher, and in accordance with Head Start performance Standards and Federal, State, and Local regulations. The Teacher Assistant will be assigned to a specific Head Start classroom.

Requirements

Preschool CDA (Child Development Associate Credential) or Associate degree in Early Childhood Education or related field with the required 18 hours of Early Childhood Development.
Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills.
Proficiency in MS Office software applications with advanced skills using Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and Adobe Acrobat.
Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, board members, external partners, and donors.
Emotional maturity.
Highly resourceful team player, with the ability to be extremely effective independently with the capability of managing numerous simultaneous projects.
Forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
Strong analytical, presentation, verbal and written communication, problem solving and decision-making skills.
Ability to generate, analyze, evaluate, and summarize reports.
Ability to travel to various training sessions.
CPR and First Aid Training.
Must have dependable transportation daily, valid driver’s license, a clean driving record, current auto liability insurance and be bondable by AVANCE, San Antonio, Inc.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Business Administration, or related field and with at least 18 hours of early childhood development coursework completed.
Six (6) months in a licensed childcare facility or in a public/private school or early childhood facility or has completed an early childhood degree program where practicum(s) were required.
Spanish fluency helpful, but not required.

Responsibilities

Promotes and models the organization’s Core Values.
Always ensures the safety and well-being of children while under AVANCE’s care.
Follows program confidentiality policies concerning information about parents, children, and other staff members.
Provides individually appropriate activities in the classroom and knows each child’s capabilities and modes of learning.
Promotes feelings of security and trust in the children by being warm, supportive, and comforting, and by establishing strong and caring relationships with them.
Maintains an open, friendly, and cooperative relationship with each child and parent, encourages their involvement in the program and promotes parent-child bonding and nurturing parent-child relationships.
Plan and prepare healthy and safe activities and supplies needed according to lesson plans and as directed by the Teacher.
Assures that parents sign-in their children on the daily sign-in logs in each classroom and make sure that parents sign-in on the right day and time in and out are documented by parent.
Assures that parents label all children’s belongings and make sure that all belongings are returned at the end of the program year.
Maintains proper hygiene in children and all equipment and space used for care of children.
Report suspected neglect, abuse, medical conditions/illnesses immediately to the Teacher and Education Coordinator.
Maintains assigned child’s Portfolio and other documentation as specified by the Teacher and Education Coordinator.
Attends meetings and training sessions as specified by the Coordinator of Education Services.
Works cooperatively and effectively as a team member.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Senior Coordinator of Education Services, the Coordinator of Education Services or Senior Management.
Performs other duties as assigned.