Teachers Aid

Duties:

• Cover staff members classrooms when needed (scheduled planning, lunch and/or breaks, meetings, absences, etc.)
• Monitor the school for any issues
• Assist Directors in keeping the school safe, clean, organized and orderly
• Communicate clearly with all members of the team
  
• Help ensure that each classrooms physical organization into centers (Dramatic play, Science/Sensory, Math/Manipulatives, Language/Literacy, Art, Blocks, Library/Quiet Corner, Circle time area) that are open all day every day is maintained, labeled and cleaned
• Maintain classroom cleanliness and organization
• Keep track and maintain inventory (All materials, furniture and supplies)
• Provide a safe and healthy environment
• Follow and adhere to all licensing guidelines and company policies
• Know the ratio and head count of your students in your classroom at all times
• Attend and participate in staff meetings each month - paid
• Perform cleaning duties of common areas (kitchen, halls, walks, patios, playgrounds, bathrooms, fruit prep etc.)
  
• Perform routine safety check and fill out safety checklists
• Perform vehicle checklists
• Communicate with parents in a positive, professional manner that accentuates the positive in everything and maintain company policy regarding parent communication/interaction outside of school
• Solid communication skills for communicating with staff, directors and owners
• Ensure classrooms are clean and organized, assist teachers where needed to ensure cleanliness
• Diapers/Potty Training and assisting all of the children with self-care and hygiene
• Ensure that each student receives snack and lunch and that meals are in compliance with licensing rules and care is given to ensure proper containers are returned to their owners
• Make sure all adults (volunteers, caregivers, staff members and visitors) are aware of allergies, no photos and no directory students and families
• Launder all soft toys, rags, mops weekly and more often if needed
• Must be committed to regular outdoor physical activities (2-3 times per day)
• Assist teachers in preparing students for various activities (putting on/removing snow gear, potty training, snack prep/cleanup, etc.)  
• Will go between our two schools as needed.  They are less than 5 minutes apart. 

This list is not exhaustive but does represent much of what you will be responsible for daily. 

All staff members shall work together for the success of the school as a whole.  Our goal is to promote our students to the next classroom and to ensure that EVERY family is greeted by name and welcomed to the school not just a classroom.  Kindness and grace are our mission.  We will have challenges, difficulties, frustrations but we must all be dedicated to lifting each other up and working together to solve problems, grow and be better tomorrow than we are today. 

Our goals for our staff:

• Shared values
• Open honest communication 
• Ability to clearly communicate needs, wants, goals, feelings
• Full support of each other
• In depth understanding of the program
• Support of School vision, mission, objectives, policies & procedures, rules etc.
• Support of each other, directors, owners and executive directors.
• Can do attitude and problem-solving capabilities
• Desire to serve others and demonstrate the ability to genuinely care about others

Salary : $16