Teacher Aide Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Valid Texas Driver's License.
• Must pass DFPS background check.
• Must pass an annual physical.
• Must attend 24 clock hours of professional development and staff training per year to include: active supervision, safety practices, training that improves child and family outcomes, training on methods to handle suspected or known child abuse and neglect cases that comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws, and any other trainings as outlined by the Head Start Performance Standards and Child Care Regulation from the State of Texas.
• Ability to work as a team member collaborating with staff, parents and community resources.
• Assist Teacher in maintaining accurate written records, including assessments, IEP documentation, screening instruments, anecdotal observations, and other required forms.
• Assure/assist in general maintenance and security of facility.
• Ability to supervise pre-school children and ensure a safe environment including the ability to monitor and respond to events going on at all times in classroom and outdoor play areas. This includes the physical ability to move quickly in order to respond to children who are very active and may need restraint or redirection in order to ensure their safety or the safety of others in the environment.

Nice To Haves

• Prior supervisory experience is preferred.
• A CDA credential or an associate degree in child development, early childhood education or equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education, with experience teaching preschool-age children.

Responsibilities

• Assists in implementing screening procedures that identify concerns in the developmental, behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, and emotional skills of each child in the classroom within 45 calendar days of the child’s entry into the Program.
• Assists in implementing with fidelity a research-based curriculum with effective teaching practices that promote positive outcomes by promoting growth in the developmental progression described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five. Integrate child assessment data and developmentally appropriate learning experiences in planning and implementing a collaboratively designed lesson plan.
• Assists in conducting Parent-Teacher conferences at least two center visits and two home visits, with more frequent conferences conducted as appropriate.
• Assists in implementing the classroom’s emergency procedures, including the posting of procedures, locations and telephone numbers of emergency response systems, emergency evacuation routes and other procedures and the maintenance of up-to-date family contact information and authorization for emergency care. Conducts and documents monthly fire drills. Conducts and documents severe weather and lock down drills four times per year.
• Assures that the child’s outdoor and indoor environments are safe and clean at all times, including storing outdoor equipment such as wagons and tricycles and storing dangerous materials and potential poisons under lock and key. Sanitize classroom equipment and supplies and maintain a clean classroom including restrooms and kitchen area.
• Supervises and ensures the safety and well-being of all children in the classroom at all times. Assures that the classroom’s environment is developmentally appropriate for each child.
• Assists in conducting activities in the classroom to conform to the Program’s written program plans, Performance Standards, Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five, Minimum Standards for Licensing, CACOST’s Head Start Birth to Five Program policies and procedures, School Readiness Goals and the Parent, Family and Community Engagement Framework.
• Assists in the implementation of children’s IEPs or Plans of Care for children with Disabilities.
• Maintains a cooperative attitude of working with the teacher, volunteers, parents and program staff.
• Assists with meal service as needed.
• Assists with children arriving late and facilitate activities.