The Teacher Assistant is responsible for implementing program objectives as part of a teaching team and providing support to the Master Teachers with all classroom activities. This includes, but is not limited to, implementing curriculum, supervising children, communicating with parents, and providing a health and safe environment for children.
Areas of Responsibility:
- Work as a part of the classroom team to support the full inclusion of children with identified and suspected disabilities.
- Work as a classroom team to prepare lesson plans, complete observations, and assess children.
- Follow through with activities, materials, in alignment with the children’s IEP goals throughout the entire school day.
- Collect behavior data as requested for children with identified concerns.
- Follow through with teacher/clinical /administrative recommendations regarding all aspects of curriculum and programming.
- In conjunction with classroom teacher, maintain consistent communication with the children’s families/guardians.
- Participate in all scheduled team meetings pertaining to classroom.
- Assist in planning field trips.
- Assume full responsibility for one group of children engaged in a specific activity.
- Supervise and participate with children during free play activities.
- Share responsibility for cleaning up after all classroom activities.
- Set up the room for activities both in the morning and after naptime.
- Participate in all scheduled in-house trainings throughout the school year.
- Attend parent meetings.
- All other duties as assigned.
Educational Background:
An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education (ECE) is required for some positions and preferred for all.
Skills/Experience:
Other positions require one of the following:
- A minimum of 30 college semester credits overall with a minimum of 15 semester credits in ECE, and an infant-toddler CDA (Child Development Associate)
- An associate’s or bachelor’s degree in another field, and a minimum of 30 college semester credits in ECE.
- DCFS teacher qualified
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Oct 10 2018
Active Until:
Nov 10 2018
Hiring Organization:
Easterseals
industry:
Nonprofit