Assistant Teacher Head Start - Full Time - 5439-208-N

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Retirement match

Transit benefits

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Public loan forgiveness

Job summary

Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens seeks an Assistant Teacher to support Montessori-based early childhood education for children aged 3 to 5. The role emphasizes activity planning, documentation, and family engagement within a compliant program framework.

The incumbent will assist in maintaining records, support teacher-led lessons, and collaborate with families while adhering to agency policies and state requirements for Head Start and related programs.

Qualifications

• CDA credential required with plan to obtain an Associate's or Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education.
• 30 credits, 60 credits, or Associate's degree; Bachelor’s preferred with ECE focus.
• Montessori training or enrollment within first year of hire.
• Bilingual English/Spanish, English/other language combinations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist Teacher in planning and delivering Montessori-based activities aligned with curriculum.
• Maintain written observations and progress reports to meet compliance standards.
• Facilitate parent involvement through communications, visits, and newsletters.
• Adhere to agency policies and funding-source requirements; ensure classroom operation in Teacher's absence.
• Assist with documentation and reporting as required by NY agencies and HIPAA.

Skills

CDA Credential

Montessori training

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Associate's or Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education

30– credits / 60 credits / Associate's degree

Job description

For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness.

Early Childhood Development Centers provide free Head Start services to low-income families at no cost to the children ages 3 to 5 years. The high-quality services are offered in the center-based program settings available for the Brooklyn and Queens Communities.

Through the Montessori approach, the centers ensure children are ready for school by providing a variety of developmentally appropriate activities that promote cognitive, social, emotional, language-literacy, and physical development. The Head Start Program strives to actively engage parents, recognizing family participation throughout the program, as a key to a child’s robust development as well as to offer the learning experiences tailored to the changing needs and abilities of children.

STATEMENT OF THE JOB

The Assistant Teacher will assist the Teacher to plan and execute age and developmentally appropriate activities reflecting the Montessori curriculum. Responsibilities include but are not limited to assist the Teacher to maintain the written documentation/reports in order to meet compliance standards of CCNS, ACS, DOH, CACFP, and other overseeing agencies relevant to NYFD; help to facilitate parent involvement in all aspects of the program and promote positive growth and professional development. The candidate will adhere to policies and procedures established by CCNS, ACS, DOH, DOE, and CACFP and comply with procedural norms and standards of attendance, punctuality, and confidentiality relevant to HIPPA.

• Ensures a learning environment based on the Montessori approach that helps the children develop, physically, emotionally, socially, cognitively, and creatively.
• Supervises the implementation of activities that will promote social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and creative development of children.
• Adhere to all funding source Performance standards in addition to the Agency mandates of Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services, Inc.
• Assumes responsibility for the operation of the classroom in the absence of the Teacher.
• Shares information regarding children and the program with parents via daily contact and informal/formal interfacings, home visits, newsletters, etc.
• Encourage parents in their role as their children’s primary teachers by acting as resource person (i.e.: disseminating information, actively listening to parents, offering suggestions, etc.).
• Complete written observations, progress reports, outcomes reporting, CROWD, and other documents relevant to the tracking of children’s progress.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• CDA (Child Development Associate) Credential required plus a Study Plan to obtain an Associate’s Degree or Bachelors in Early Childhood Education or in related filed to Early Childhood Education (Elementary Education, Nursery to 6th Grade Elementary Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities Birth to 2nd Grade).
• 30 credits; 60 credits or Associates Degree; 90 credits; or Bachelor’s Degree preferred including 24 credits in Early Childhood Education or in related filed to Early Childhood Education (Elementary Education, Nursery to 6th Grade Elementary Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities Birth to 2nd Grade).
• 2 years teaching experience in a pre-school classroom preferred.
• Montessori trained or must commit to enroll in the Agency’s Montessori training program within the first year of hire and complete the training as required.
• Bilingual Spanish/English; Russian/English; Chinese/English; Korean/English; English/Creole speaking preferred.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing, stooping, kneeling crawling, crouching.
• Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Ability to travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs as needed.

BENEFITS:

• We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits, including:
• Generous time off (Vacation/ Personal Days/ Sick Days/ Paid Holidays annually)
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement Savings with Agency Match
• Transit
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Public Loan Forgiveness Qualified Employer
• Training Series and other additional voluntary benefits.

For more information on our organization, please visit our website at:

www.ccbq.org