Teacher Assistant

Alcorn State University; Lorman (MS); On-site; USD 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Alcorn State University is seeking a Teacher Assistant to support early childhood education efforts. The role focuses on ensuring child safety, delivering developmentally appropriate activities, and assisting the teaching team with daily classroom operations.

Responsibilities include implementing the current curriculum, preparing lesson plans and teaching materials, observing and documenting progress, and facilitating positive interactions with children, families, and staff within a compliant,

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferably in Early Childhood Education.
• Child Development or closely related field from a regionally accredited program.
• Preferred Qualifications: Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or closely related field from a regionally accredited program.

Responsibilities

• Help ensures safety of each child, whether in the classroom or outside, in compliance with State regulations and university policy
• Interactions expressive of genuine warmth and concern for children as well as an understanding of their developmental needs
• Respect for children’s ideas, feelings, abilities and differences
• Insights into and tolerance for the range of age-appropriate behavior
• Ability to assume needed duties and responsibilities without supervision
• Ability to use discretion in communications with parents in the Teacher’s absence
• Ability to move and react quickly and to handle emergencies effectively
• Ability to abide by all rules and regulations applicable to workers of the center
• Ability to accept changes in schedules, environment, and other alterations.
• Acquire knowledge of the current curriculum and implement the curriculum practices in the classroom
• Other related duties, as assigned

Skills

Team collaboration

Classroom management

Observation & assessment

Communication with families

Adaptability

Child safety & welfare

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Early Childhood Education or related field

Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development (preferred)

Job description

Job Title

Teacher Assistant

Essential Job Functions

• Help ensures safety of each child, whether in the classroom oroutside, in compliance with State regulations and universitypolicy
• Interactions expressive of genuine warmth and concern forchildren as well as an understanding of their developmentalneeds
• Respect for children’s ideas, feelings, abilities anddifferences
• Insights into and tolerance for the range of age-appropriatebehavior
• Ability to assume needed duties and responsibilities withoutsupervision
• Ability to use discretion in communications with parents in theTeacher ‘s absence
• Ability to move and react quickly and to handle emergencieseffectively
• Ability to abide by all rules and regulations applicable toworkers of the center
• Ability to accept changes in schedules, environment, and otheralterations.
• Acquire knowledge of the current curriculum and implement thecurriculum practices in the classroom
• Other related duties, as assigned

Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent preferably in Early ChildhoodEducation

Child Development or closely related field from a regionallyaccredited program

Preferred Qualifications: Associate Degree in Early ChildhoodEducation, Child Development or closely related field from a regionally accredited program.

Minimum Experience

Three (3) years' experience as a childcare/daycare assistant or equivalent.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Work with the teaching team in all activities, including butnot limited to housekeeping, diapering, toilet training mealservice, and record keeping
• Share responsibility for the preparation of Daily Plans and thepreparation of developmentally age-appropriate teachingmaterials
• Conduct daily small-group activities for an assigned group ofchildren, sharing responsibility for large-group activities andusing appropriate adult/child interactions strategies with allchildren
• Assume responsibility for a classroom at any given time
• Collects required evidence of learning/ anecdotes andinformation for required ongoing assessments
• Observe and/or participate in parent-teacher conferences
• Provide coverage for breaks for other staff members
• Supervise and help daily lunch and outdoor activities, fieldtrips and walks
• Promote individualized attention for children by freeingteachers from routine duties