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SY26-27 Assistant Teachers (Early Childhood/Elementary)

Inspired Teaching Demonstration School•Washington, DC
•Onsite
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About The Position

Assistant Teachers are placed in early childhood or elementary classrooms, and may engage in small group instruction, managing groups of children, substituting, providing one-to-one support for a specific student and/or administrative support for teachers. The Assistant Teacher is responsible for assisting the Lead Teacher in creating a warm, inclusive and stimulating environment for all children and families in their classrooms. They will support the development of students’ literacy, language, math, science, social studies and social emotional development using intentional and engaging instruction. This role involves planning collaboratively and sharing ideas and resources with the instructional team, and supporting the creation of environments and instructional opportunities that meet the needs of diverse learners. The Assistant Teacher will encourage students’ ownership and contributions to the classroom environment, actively seek to make connections with their students’ family members and other important people in their students’ lives, and assist volunteers, including family members, in the classroom. They will work with the teaching team to ensure the classroom contains sufficient supplies and materials for all students, serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitutes or guest teacher assigned in the absence of the Lead Teacher, and perform clerical, classroom maintenance, and instructional duties as assigned. Additionally, they will perform assigned supervision of students during lunch periods, play periods, and on field trips, and perform assigned non-instructional classroom duties, such as snack time, and in our youngest students’ classrooms, toileting and clothing routines. Demonstrating ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in the school environment and community is also a key responsibility.

Requirements

  • Knowledge and experience in the field of progressive, constructivist education.
  • A secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent.

Nice To Haves

  • Completed two years of study at an institution of higher education.
  • Obtained an associate's (or higher) degree.
  • Achieve a score of 461 on the Parapro, the state's formal academic assessment, demonstrating knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics.

Responsibilities

  • Assisting the Lead Teacher in creating a warm, inclusive and stimulating environment for all children and families in their classrooms.
  • Supporting the development of student’s literacy, language, math, science, social studies and social emotional development using intentional and engaging instruction.
  • Planning collaboratively and sharing ideas and resources with the instructional team.
  • Supporting the creation of environments and instructional opportunities that meet the needs of diverse learners.
  • Encouraging students’ ownership and contributions to the classroom environment.
  • Actively seeking to make connections with their students’ family members and other important people in their students’ lives.
  • Assisting volunteers, including family members, in the classroom.
  • Working with the teaching team to ensure the classroom contains sufficient supplies and materials for all students.
  • Serving as the chief source of information and help to any substitutes or guest teacher assigned in the absence of the Lead Teacher.
  • Performing clerical, classroom maintenance, and instructional duties as assigned
  • Performing assigned supervision of students during lunch periods, play periods, and on field trips.
  • Performing assigned non-instructional classroom duties, such as snack time, and in our youngest students’ classrooms, toileting and clothing routines.
  • Demonstrating ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in school environment and community.

Benefits

  • Health care (multiple plan options)
  • Retirement plan (employer match available)
  • Flexible Spending accounts
  • Supplemental insurance through AFLAC
  • Pre-tax public transportation/Metro benefit

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Full-time

Career Level

Entry Level

Education Level

High school or GED

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