• Assists teacher in supervising children during instruction; helps develop instructional materials.

• Carries out program activities with small groups of children, including instruction, centers. gross motor skills, play activities, teaching personal hygiene, and social skills.

• Prepares breakfast, lunch and snacks for children during meal time; supervises children during these meals.

• Monitors behavior; enforces disciplinary rules; helps students with personal care and hygiene.

• Makes home visits with teacher.

• Performs other duties as assigned related to the Head Start program.

Budgetary Responsibility:

N/A

Report Preparation:

N/A

Equipment Operation: 

Copy machines, fax machines, computer, workroom equipment.

Contacts: 

Parents, students, teachers and school staff

Work Direction:

N/A

Supervision:

N/A

Decision Making: 

Performs duties independently within established guidelines and instructions. 

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:

N/A

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, printed materials and/or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is required to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals; fumes; and dust. The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate.

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