Teacher Assistant II (Hs)- West Blvd.

To apply via text, text the word "assistant2WestBlvd" to 213-513-7223

Position Compensation: $19.5306/hr- $19.530/hr plus excellent benefits.

Pace offers a Total Rewards Package to its employees:

• 401k

• Vacation

• Sick pay

• 14 Paid Holidays

• Pet Insurance

• FSA - Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision packages extended to your family as well.

• Supplemental Insurance Plans

• Opportunity to promote within, just to name a few.

JOB PURPOSE:

Under general supervision of the Regional Site Director and Site Lead Teacher, assist teachers in delivering high quality Early Childhood Development services including education, social, physical, nutritional, and psychological development of children under their care. Assist program staff in planning and implementing classroom lessons, activities and events for children and parents, interacting with the public and providing customer service by phone, email and in person, and completing daily classroom paperwork as required by the early childhood education program.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assists teachers in the care and instruction of pre-school children and promotes their social, physical, and mental development. Provides supervision of children and supports the planning and implementation of classroom lessons and activities. Serves meals and ensures a healthy and safe learning environment for children. Assist in the completion of required documentation to ensure a high-quality program.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE:

• Take an active role in assisting the teacher with classroom responsibilities, as assigned

• Ensure proper care, safety, and supervision of groups of children always, for up to 7 hours per day.

• Ensure appropriate child/teacher ratio is always met.

• Ensure classroom routine is conducive to learning, safety, and development.

• Ability to work with children of varying abilities and adhere to Individual Educational Plans.

• Assist in planning and implementing classroom lessons and activities for children indoors and out in accordance with all PACE Education Division selected curriculums and Head Start Performance Standards.

• Assist in conducting learning and developmental assessments of children, including but not limited to DRDP-2015, ASQ-3, ASQ: SE2, etc. according to timelines, as available.

• Conduct interior and exterior environmental safety checks to ensure a safe learning environment.

• Prepare and assist in serving family style meals to children.

• Clean and sanitize all areas of the classroom, including food preparation, dishwashing, eating and toileting areas.

• Help children practice good hygiene, including personal cleanliness and toileting/diapering, as needed.

• Serves as a translator for parents who do not speak English (as appropriate)

• Assists in gathering classroom observations and other documentation for developmental assessments of children, appropriate documents observations or provides observations/documentation to the teacher.

• Assists in maintaining sign-in/out records and other required paperwork, both manually and digitally.

• Assists in organizing and maintaining instructional and classroom supplies

• Sets up and takes down classrooms, as needed.

• Participates in recruitment of children to maintain full enrollment and an active waitlist.

• Recruits, trains, and supervises parents and other volunteers.

• Uses non-teaching hours to assist in the completion of paperwork, home visits, conferences, and other requirements.

• Adheres to agency policies and procedures

• Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate customer service to parents, children, community representatives/members, and all PACE staff daily.

• Ability to attend assignments away from assigned site, such as in-service trainings, home visits, parent conferences, etc., as available.

• Must have exceptional organizational and time management skills

• Implements agency policies and procedures

• Cooperates with Site Lead/Regional Site Director and other Service Area Coordinators in planning, supervision, and implementation of overall program