What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teacher Assistant - Kindergarten: Part Time position at Eastern Mennonite School?
Our vision: Eastern Mennonite School aspires to embody the love of Jesus as a learning community where every student belongs, thrives, and joins God’s work in the world.
Our mission: Eastern Mennonite School, with home and church, invites students to faith in Jesus Christ, academic excellence, personal integrity and compassionate service.
Belonging: At Eastern Mennonite School our commitment to faith compels us to create spaces that are inclusive, that treat all members of our community with respect, and that value each individual’s voice, conscience, identities, lived experiences, and perspectives. We celebrate differences, welcome open and meaningful dialogue, and cultivate critical thinking. Together, we dedicate our actions to working towards peace, equity, and justice in the world around us.
Position: Kindergarten Teacher Assistant
Supervised by: Principal (of appropriate Division)
Positions Supervised: None
Classification: 10 months, part time with benefits
Effective Date: August 2025
Position Description:
Carries out the vision and mission of Eastern Mennonite School by helping to support the learning experiences for elementary students, ensure safety, teach and supervise students and by providing opportunities for students to grow in age appropriate ways.
Key Responsibilities:
Serves as a role model for students through a personal faith and commitment to following Jesus by:
- Showing care and compassion for students and colleagues.
- Sharing faith and knowledge of what the Bible teaches us with students and colleagues as appropriate.
- Maintaining integrity in all relationships.
Exhibits professional practices that enhance classroom practice by:
- Creating a positive culture in the classroom.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to further the effectiveness of instruction.
- Cultivating positive communication with parents.
- Seeking feedback from students that informs classroom practice.
- Attending faculty meetings, professional development activities and evening school functions.
- Demonstrating a growth mindset, with a focus on growing professionally in the field of education.
- Participating in innovative educational practices.
- Completing assigned tasks in a regular and timely manner.
- Supporting school policies and decisions.
Strives to improve classroom instruction and to facilitate the learning process for students by:
- Supporting the teacher’s curriculum scope and sequence for each subject area including content skills and objectives, instructional strategies, assessments, and field trip opportunities.
- Speaking into the teacher’s narrative reports on students each trimester to reflect students’ progress.
- Assist the teacher by following daily and unit lesson plans for each class.
- Helping to teach content as assigned to best fit the developmental readiness of the students.
- Using restorative practices consistently in the classroom.
- Regularly and appropriately integrating faith and stories from the Bible into classroom activities.
- Teaching about gifts of character and giving time to practice them.
- Being interested in personal and professional growth by participating in professional development opportunities.
- Communicating regularly with parents regarding student progress in a manner which reflects the teacher’s position as advocate for the student.
- Integrating appropriate technology into the learning environment.
- Maintaining connections to other EMS faculty and staff.
- Supporting the communicating patterns of the teacher with parents.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in early childhood education is preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with students and adults
- Proficient with technology
- High personal standards for professional development
Physical Requirements
Working conditions and physical requirements are normal for a classroom environment.
This position description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising your position. It contains only the facts necessary to evaluate your position on a fair basis.
It is our policy to practice equal opportunity without regard to an individual's race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age or disability in the application of any policy, practice, rule, or regulation. Functioning as a faith-based school, EMS may discriminate on the basis of the school's faith values in hiring decisions. Any form of harassment is absolutely prohibited.
