Preschool Floater Assistant Teacher - Classroom Support

Brooklyn Bureau of Community Services, Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Brooklyn Community Services is seeking a Floater Assistant Teacher for Cumbo Preschool to support classroom teachers and maintain a safe, engaging learning environment. You’ll substitute as needed, assist with meal prep, and help implement developmentally appropriate activities for infants to preschoolers.

This full-time, in-person position requires strong child-care basics, ability to lift up to 50 pounds, and effective collaboration with the Lead Teacher and families.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma.
• One year of previous teaching experience in N – 2nd grade promoting healthy growth and development with toddlers and preschoolers.

Responsibilities

• Provide substitute and other coverage to classrooms as needed
• Responsible for food handling and preparation, including warming prepared meals, slicing fruit, distributing meals, and cleanup
• Assist Lead Teacher in planning age appropriate, high quality activities designed to support increased learning in young children through developmentally appropriate practices.
• Assist Lead Teacher in the daily supervision of children and effecting sound classroom management and curriculum activities.
• Promoting physical, intellectual, social, cultural, and emotional well-being of students / children.
• Providing adequate supervision of all children / students during all enrichment / learning activities.
• Share in all student and classroom record keeping tasks i.e. daily attendance, meal counts, daily health checks; Conduct observations and assessments of children and the classroom environment; Assist Lead Teacher with entering all observations into Teaching Strategies.
• Participate with Lead and Assistant Teachers in conducting quarterly parent teacher conferences.
• Participate in all classroom activities, field trips and all related classroom routines i.e. meal service, circle time activities, toileting, assisting children in changing soiled clothing.
• Actively engage with children and their activities; Teach children through their play, all concepts necessary to achieve developmental levels i.e. colors; shapes; differentiation of letters and numbers; sounds of letters; quantities of numbers; help build and expand child’s thinking through the appropriate use of questioning techniques, i.e. open-ended knowledge questions, comprehension and analysis questions, etc.
• Ensure the safety of all children at all times through maintaining a direct line of vision supervision as per Article 47.23; Ensure safety of children by keeping an accurate count of all children in attendance at all times of the day – morning arrival and evening dismissal.
• Ensure classroom furnishings, materials and environment is maintained in a neat, clean and safe manner at all times.
• Actively participate in team meetings and supervision sessions. Collaborate with a team to implement a high-quality learning environment.
• Assume the role and duties of the Lead or Assistant Teacher in their absence
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with parents and families of children served. Maintain open communication and professional relationships with colleagues and administrators.
• Ability to work multiple shifts and/or staggered shifts to provide extra coverage to assist in maintaining proper ratios as set forth by NYCDOHMH and Article 47.23; assist with evening special events; parent meetings, etc.
• Work within the framework of the Brooklyn Community Service in carrying out its policies and procedures;
• Participate in agency wide groups and meetings as required
• Participate in other related duties, as assigned and consistent with above.

Skills

Teaching experience

Education

High School Diploma

Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Development

Job description

Brooklyn Community Services is seeking a Floater Assistant Teacher for Cumbo Preschool to support classroom teachers and maintain a safe, engaging learning environment. You’ll substitute as needed, assist with meal prep, and help implement developmentally appropriate activities for infants to preschoolers.

This full-time, in-person position requires strong child-care basics, ability to lift up to 50 pounds, and effective collaboration with the Lead Teacher and families.