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Reports to: Lead Teacher
Hours of Work: 35 hours / 8:30-3:30 Monday- Friday (Summer hours vary)
Job Summary: The Assistant Preschool Teacher will work with the Lead Teacher, Director and parents to create a safe, positive and accepting environment where families and children learn together.
Duties/Responsibilities:
CURRICULUM AND CHILDREN
Assist in the educational, social and emotional development of children under the direction and guidance of the lead teacher.
Assist in the implementation of classroom curriculum by assisting children individually or in small groups to reinforce learning concepts presented by the lead teacher.
Provide support for individual students in classrooms, school-yard and field trips to enable them to fully participate in activities.
Foster developmentally appropriate independence in children encouraging expression of ideas and feelings.
ASSISTANT TEACHER AND CLASSROOM STANDARDS
Maintain a welcoming, child-centered, developmentally appropriate classroom at all times.
Know and maintain all Municipality of Anchorage Child Care Licensing standards including:
Maintain Pediatric First Aid and CPR certification.
Progress with professional development
Know the emergency procedures.
PARENT RELATIONS
Demonstrate, recognize, and encourage positive social behavior among children and adult workers (such as cooperation, problem solving, taking turns and sharing).
Help adult workers to improve skills using “teachable moments,” modeling, and reflective evaluation.
Emphasize the importance of the safety and well-being of children in the classroom to working adults.
COOPERATIVE CORPORATION
Support the Guidelines and Cooperative Philosophy of the school as outlined in the ACP Handbook.
Qualifications:
Our ideal candidate would have 3 years or more of early childhood teaching experience. In addition, a philosophy of play-based learning and the cooperative preschool model is desired.
Our ideal candidate will have:
Must enjoy working with children
Current pediatric first aid and CPR
Four positive written references
Positive background check
Working knowledge of Child Care Licensing rules and regulations
Completion of training hours as required by Child Care Licensing
Willing to train the right candidate.
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