Head Start Teachers Aid - Southside

Assist with implementing the Head Start program, maintain a clean and organized learning environment, and promote positive teacher-child interactions. The role involves working with the teaching team to ensure tasks are completed accurately and timely.

What You Will Do

Assist with implementing the program, maintain a clean and organized learning environment, promote positive teacher-child interactions, and work effectively with the teaching team.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will be a cause-driven leader and role model, promoting youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. They will also be able to maintain confidentiality and adhere to the YMCA and Head Start Code of Conducts.

Requirements

• Thinks, communicates and behaves as a cause-driven leader and role model for other staff and members
• Maintains professionalism and integrity at all times
• Maintains confidentiality and adhere to the YMCA and Head Start Code of Conducts
• Actively monitor professional development goals and annually required hours
• Collaborate with other content areas to ensure the needs of children and families are met
• Establish working knowledge of initial assessments, observations and curriculum planning
• Participate in preparing classroom materials to support lesson plans and making changes to learning centers as needed
• Work effectively and regularly with teaching team to ensure that tasks are completed accurately and timely
• Awareness of the needs of children and families in program
• Help maintain a clean and organized learning environment
• Help to implement CACFP programing by acting as a role model to children to promote family style meals and healthy eating practices
• Collects, records, and maintains all necessary information and documentation as assigned
• Help to monitor attendance throughout the day
• Help to complete CACFP forms accordingly
• Submit monthly reports as prescribed by Center Manager
• Help to review and collect In Kind forms
• Help to identify supplies and materials needed for the class or center and submit to Center Manager
• Build rapport with families through positive and professional interactions
• Attend Home visits and parent teacher conferences with other teaching staff
• Work with teaching team to develop and provide consistent routines and transitions throughout each day
• Actively participate in the supervision of all indoor and outdoor activities while maintaining ratio requirements at all times
• Ensure each child is within sight and sound and accounted for at all times

Benefits

• Sign on bonus for full time teaching staff ($250 after 90 days, $750 after 6 months of employment)