Head Start Assistant Teacher

Overview

Are you passionate about early childhood education and eager to make a difference? As an Assistant Teacher, you’ll play a vital role in preparing and facilitating a nurturing and engaging environment for Head Start preschoolers. Help us enhance children’s health, nutrition, education, and overall well-being. Apply today and be a part of shaping young minds!

Locations: Bend, Prineville

Compensation: $25.66/hour (+0.50 for bilingual Spanish) - Union represented

Hours: 35-40 hours/week, subject to normal school year furloughs (approximately 12-16 weeks per year)

Benefits: 100% premium paid Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Agency paid Retirement plan (up to 6%), almost 2 weeks of paid vacation accrued within first year, plus 14 paid Holidays annually and a separate sick leave accrual.

Neighbor Impact Head Start is a comprehensive early education program serving children and families in Central Oregon. It integrates high-quality pre-kindergarten education with essential services such as health, nutrition, and family advocacy. Operating across multiple sites, Neighbor Impact Head Start supports social competence, school readiness, and overall well-being of children from ages three to five.

The Assistant Teacher role involves supporting the Head Start classroom teacher and the Center Team by participating in daily preschool classroom activities. This position will play a key role in preparing and facilitating both indoor and outdoor activities, executing age-appropriate educational tasks, aiding in meal distribution, and contributing to the upkeep of precise written records. Additionally, the position encompasses the integration of all Head Start elements to enhance the children's health, nutrition, education, as well as ensuring their safety and well-being.

• Support the Head Start classroom teacher and the Center Team by participating in daily preschool classroom activities.
• Prepare and facilitate indoor and outdoor activities; execute age-appropriate educational tasks.
• Aid in meal distribution and contribute to the upkeep of precise written records.
• Integrate all Head Start elements to enhance the children's health, nutrition, education, and safety and well-being.

Required

• Educational requirements:
• Associate or baccalaureate degree with a minimum of 12 ECE credits or equivalent
• OR Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, which is equivalent to Step 7 on the Oregon Registry
• OR Current enrollment in a program leading to an associate or baccalaureate degree in ECE or equivalent
• OR Current enrollment in a child development associate credential (CDA) program to be completed within 2 years AND High school diploma or GED
• Diploma and transcripts are required to validate Associate’s degree in Early Childhood Education/Related field and to verify ECE/Related coursework
• Competency with Microsoft applications required
• Frequent kneeling, stooping, bending, and sitting on the floor to attend to children’s needs required. This position is rated as active and occasionally requires the individual to lift 50 pounds
• Must be able to ride a school bus with children for assigned periods of time
• Must have an initial health examination, and a periodic re-examination (as recommended by health care provider) so as to assure that employees do not pose a significant risk to the health or safety of others due to communicable diseases, that cannot be eliminated or reduced by reasonable accommodation.
• Required prior to date of hire and throughout employment:
• Food Handler’s Card
• Current enrollment in the OR Child Care Division-Criminal History Registry (C )
• Within 60 days of hire, Pediatric CPR/First Aid certification
• Access to reliable transportation
• Above certifications must be kept current to remain employed

• 6 months experience in a preschool setting preferred

Salary Description

$25.66/hour (+0.50 for bilingual Spanish)