Teacher Asst

Albany Medical Center • Clinton Hill, NY

324d • $38,937 - $50,618

About The Position

TA's assist in the implementing of the curriculum, supervision and management of the classroom. Position also reflects the mission of Albany Med Kids.

Responsibilities

• Interact with each child in the group in a warm, loving way on a daily basis.
• Assist the teacher in implementing positive, supportive methods of behavior management to nurture and foster each child's feelings of confidence, competence, and self-direction.
• Assist in the preparation of supplies and materials for daily activities.
• Ensure that the health, welfare and safety of each child in the class are maintained.
• Immediately report all accidents involving a child to the teacher and a member of the administrative team.
• Accurately record all details of the accident on an incident report, as outlined in Albany Med Kids' Employee Handbook.
• Participate in all aspects of custodial care of children as well as classroom.
• Responsible for each child's development of self-help skills through adequate supervision and encouraging children to accept gradually more responsibility in areas such as toilet training, dressing and undressing themselves, washing their own hands and face, and developing healthy and socially appropriate behaviors through staff modeling.

Benefits

• Excellent health care coverage with lower copays at most Albany Med providers.
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals