Teacher Assistant

Child & Family Services of Newport County; Middletown (RI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Child & Family Services of Newport County is seeking a compassionate Direct Service Staff to support early childhood education and family-centered childcare. You will assist teachers, help plan monthly curricula, and ensure a safe, welcoming environment for children.

You will collaborate with staff to meet each child's social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs, while adhering to background checks and medical clearances as required by the program.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in a childcare setting preferred.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Teacher in the classroom.
• Demonstrate professional manners through promptness, proper notification of tardiness or absence, maintaining a professional appearance and attitude, and proper respect for the program and agency.
• Maintain a safe, sanitary, stimulating, and inviting environment.
• Possess the skills necessary to manage an Early Childhood classroom, while always providing appropriate supervision of children.
• Be an integral part of curriculum planning; assists in the implementation of the monthly curriculum.
• Develop plans which meet the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of each child.
• Assist in the implementation of daily activities based on the children's individual assessments.
• Oversee children's activities interacting directly with groups and individuals.

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Experience in Childcare setting

Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills

Basic computer skills; Microsoft Office 365

Ability to communicate with diverse population

Collaboration and teamwork

Background checks and medical clearances

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

You will promote the optimal development and well-being of children through family-centered childcare and assist in the planning and implementation of developmentally appropriate programs which emphasize learning through play.

Your Main Priorities

While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:

• Assist the Teacher in the classroom.
• Demonstrate professional manners through promptness, proper notification of tardiness or absence, maintaining a professional appearance and attitude, and proper respect for the program and agency.
• Maintain a safe, sanitary, stimulating, and inviting environment.
• Possess the skills necessary to manage an Early Childhood classroom, while always providing appropriate supervision of children.
• Be an integral part of curriculum planning; assists in the implementation of the monthly curriculum.
• Develop plans which meet the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of each child.
• Assist in the implementation of daily activities based on the children's individual assessments.
• Oversee children's activities interacting directly with groups and individuals.

Who You Are

Requirements, Skills & Abilities:

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in a Childcare setting preferred.
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Collaboration and teamwork.
• The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.

Physical Requirements

Direct Service Staff:

This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:

• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.

Affirmative Action

Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.