Assistant Teacher

Starting Wage Range: $24.60/hr. - $31.84/hr.

Job Summary:

Provides assistance with developing and implementing instructional programs for 3- to 5-year-old children.  Creates a successful environment that will promote the growth and development of students and families.

Essential Functions:

• Assists with developing and implementing curriculum that is developmentally appropriate with parental involvement and Policy Council approval; provides student instruction in the absence of supervisor.
• Assists in preparation, implementation, and cleanup of meals, educational activities and cultural activities.
• Assists with ensuring the curriculum is being followed to fidelity; including setting up and maintaining a classroom environment that meets students where they are, and promotes their continued growth and success in school.
• Provides supervisor with information to accurately document and track student’s development and growth.
• Works with students and staff in classroom, on playground and in field trip supervision taking lead when the supervisor is out.
• May be required to oversee aftercare programing.
• Organizes, replenishes and prepares materials and supplies for classroom activities.
• Observes children's interactions and participation in program activities. Identifies preferences in activities and level of participation.
• Provides continuous opportunities for children of all ages and abilities to experience success.
• Conducts weekly staff meetings when supervisor is not available.
• Helps to provide an atmosphere that promotes and reinforces child development and educational status and progress.
• Assists children boarding and exiting the bus and assist with children with vehicle restraint systems assuring that all bus safety standards are met
• Responds to emergencies of children or vehicle.
• Assists with emergency evacuation.
• Enforces child drop-off and pick-up procedures/policies.
• Ensures compliance with program policies and procedures.
• Assists with maintaining the established monitoring system that assures compliance with performance standards and program goals.
• Immediately reports safety concerns to supervisor and administration
• Handles disciplinary problems promptly and consistently according to established policy.
• Reports cases of suspected child abuse according to established policy.
• Provides frequent feedback and guidance using positive communication skills with all students.
• Maintains positive parent contacts such as carrying out positive on-going relationships with families; scheduling and participating in home visits and conferences with families.
• Encourages experimentation and socialization skills with children.
• Shares information regarding child's progress or behavioral concerns with team members to ensure continuum of care between programs.
• Responds to parent/student requests for information, questions, or concerns.
• Assists with conferences for families re: child’s developmental and educational status and progress.
• Assists in inventory and ordering of equipment and materials.
• Schedules and coordinates field trips.
• Enters data about children into database daily.
• Operates standard office equipment; answers parent phone calls; files documents; creates purchase orders, check requests, newsletters, and flyers.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, Licenses:

• Requires a High School or GED equivalent and minimum of two (2) years of relevant work experience.
• Applicant must have a Child Development Associate Credential (CDA) or be enrolled in a Child Development Associate credential program within 6 months of hire or a program leading to an Associates or Bachelor degree in Early Childhood Education.

Driving Requirements:

• This position may require driving.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• First Aid/CPR certification required or must be obtained within 60 days of hire.
• Food Handler’s card is required or must be obtained within 30 days of hire.
• Maintains knowledge in Early Childhood Education.
• Must have the ability to work well with children and staff.
• Must be dependable and demonstrate willingness to participate in additional training.
• Requires TB and Hep B vaccinations and a physical every three years.
• Requires working knowledge and proficiency in use of office equipment and computer software such as Microsoft Products.
• Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, business and telephone etiquette.
• Must have the ability to work at times with minimal supervision.
• Knowledge of and sensitivity to Native American culture is required.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 40 pounds.
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during Emergencies, or when the Tribal Emergency Operations Center is opened.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

• Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.
• Must maintain registration in the State of Oregon Central Background Registry.