Head Start Teacher's Assistant Job at Centers For New Horizons, Inc.
Position Title: Head Start Teacher’s Assistant FLSA Code: Non-Exempt
Department: Education, Early Learning Report to: Site Director
Position Overview
Founded in 1971, Centers for New Horizons, Inc. (Centers) is a nonprofit organization that assists children, youth, and families to become self-reliant. With 200+ full-time staff, most of whom live in or near its service communities, Centers provides programs in seven locations throughout the Bronzeville and Riverdale communities of Chicago's Southside that reach over 1,000 individuals daily
Position Function:
Department: Education, Early Learning Report to: Site Director
Position Overview
Founded in 1971, Centers for New Horizons, Inc. (Centers) is a nonprofit organization that assists children, youth, and families to become self-reliant. With 200+ full-time staff, most of whom live in or near its service communities, Centers provides programs in seven locations throughout the Bronzeville and Riverdale communities of Chicago's Southside that reach over 1,000 individuals daily
Position Function:
The Teacher’s Assistant responsible for educating and nurturing the children in the Early Head Start and Head Start Childcare center. Ensure children have an opportunity to achieve, play, create, and be safe and healthy. The Teacher’s aide will provide classroom assistance to students and Teacher’s within the Early Childhood setting.
Essential Functions:
Essential Functions:
- Execute lesson plans as assigned by the classroom teacher(s).
- Participates and cooperated in special events, activities, parent/teacher conferences as deemed necessary by the administration.
- Supports the classroom teacher(s) and carries out assigned duties
- Implement and carryout organizational, facility, and program objectives in the classroom.
- Plan for the mental, social, physical, and emotional needs of the children served.
- Maintain a clean and safe learning environment.
- Helps supervise the lunchroom during the lunch period with the assigned classroom teacher.
- Record and refer student problems to the Center Director and/or Program Coordinator.
- Prepare and maintain student progress reports, lesson plans, and other reports related to the classroom experience under the guidance of the classroom teacher(s)
- Assist and participate in organizational staff committees and parent committees where appropriate.
Additional Functions:
Performs other functions as may be required to support the organization’s mission.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
Bachelor degree and Gateways level 4 ECE or
Associate degree and level 4 Infant Toddler Credential
Training and Skills
Ability to relate and develop a mutual respect for the families and children served.
Child Development Skills and creative teaching methods working with a primarily impoverished community.
Worker Traits:
Good oral and written communication skills.
Ability to get along with diverse personalities, tactful, mature, and flexible.
Flexible and creative. Patience and compassion for consumers.
Works primarily in a team environment and incorporate Umoja – Unity.
Work Environment:
The typical work environment in the classroom, but some locations will be outside of the classroom. The noise level will vary depending on the location. External vehicles, office equipment, machinery, telephone and children playing produce noise.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand, stoop, and walk.
The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to the 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
The employee may be required to work attend trips and/or visit areas in the city of Chicago and suburbs and must be able to transport himself/herself to various locations.
EEO Statement
Centers for New Horizons, its partners, and subcontractors are committed to a policy that provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation; and to making all employment decisions so as to further this principle of equal employment opportunity.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.
Centers for New Horizons, its partners, and subcontractors are committed to a policy that provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation; and to making all employment decisions so as to further this principle of equal employment opportunity.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.
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