Teacher Assistant

Teacher Assistant

The Teacher Assistant (including substitutes and floaters) assists the Head Start Teacher in delivering the classroom curriculum in accordance with Head Start regulations, licensing, and guidelines, and uses agency standards to ensure services align with the Social Determinants of Health through a trauma‑informed care lens as defined by the agency. The classroom is one in which children are aware of expectations, provided with rules, maintain consistency, while building a positive relationship with students that focuses on positive communication, appropriate physical proximity, respect, positive discipline, and guidance.

Maintain supervision of children at all times.

Education Required:

• High School or better in Early Childhood Education.

Preferred:

• Associates or better in Early Childhood Education.

Required:

• High School Diploma or GED plus a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential required; working toward an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree with a major relative to early childhood education preferred.
• Current Pediatric CPR and First Aid Certification. Required.

Preferred:

• Previous classroom experience and ability to utilize various learning techniques in the successful delivery of curricula.
• Understands cultural differences and is sensitive to the implications of culture for service delivery.
• Fluent in English and Spanish (read, write, and speak) desirable.

• CPR/First Aid
• Child Dev Associate

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

41 CFR 60-1.35(c)