Seasonal Preschool Aide — Shape Young Minds in Classrooms

Community Council of Idaho; Caldwell (ID); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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401K

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Paid Holidays

Job summary

The Community Council of Idaho is seeking a Preschool Aide for a seasonal full-time position from April through December. This on-site role supports the classroom teacher with a focus on early childhood development and language growth.

Responsibilities include health checks, development screening support, and helping children prepare for kindergarten. The position offers competitive benefits and requires responsiveness to a dynamic Head Start environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist Teacher with planning and conducting classroom activities that promote language, social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and communication growth.
• Assist in daily health checks of children.
• Assist with developmental screening and support IEPS/IFSPs for families.
• Monitor progress of individual children.
• Supervise classroom activities when the Teacher is absent.
• Prepare, maintain, and present records, documents, reports, and reviews.
• Stay current on new educational practices and objectives.
• Help develop and maintain dual language in the classroom.
• Prepare children for transition to kindergarten.
• Help maintain a safe, supportive learning environment.
• Provide experiences that foster curiosity, initiative, problem solving and creativity.
• Help enforce age-appropriate rules and engage children in rule-setting.
• Multi-task, manage time, meet deadlines, and stay calm under pressure.
• May perform duties of bus monitor after training.
• Maintain confidentiality of CC Idaho clients and records.
• Operate in accordance with CC Idaho policies and Head Start standards

Job description

The Community Council of Idaho is seeking a Preschool Aide for a seasonal full-time position from April through December. This on-site role supports the classroom teacher with a focus on early childhood development and language growth.

Responsibilities include health checks, development screening support, and helping children prepare for kindergarten. The position offers competitive benefits and requires responsiveness to a dynamic Head Start environment.