What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pre-K Teacher Assistant @ Northwest Elementary position at Pitt County Schools?
Knowledge/Abilities Required:
Responsibilities:
- Ability to understand appropriate behaviors of typical and atypical preschoolers
- Ability to serve as a role model for students and their families – both appearance and attendance
- Ability to communicate effectively with students and parents/guardians
- Ability to facilitate early literacy learning and oral language development
- Ability to encourage problem solving and creative expression in young children
- Ability to perform tasks without direct supervision
- Ability to work in harmony with other staff members
- Ability to successfully complete bus driver training and obtain a CDL
Responsibilities:
- Assist the teacher with planning and organizing educational activities for students
- Help develop procedures for the classroom and support those procedures
- Assist in the preparation of teaching materials
- Support the goals and objectives of the program with your active participation
- Assist in the implementation of the program of instruction planned for the students
- Share information about student progress with the teacher and other support staff
- Assist in monitoring classroom behavior while following classroom guidelines and the Crisis Management Procedures
- Carry out assigned duties in a prompt, responsible, and courteous manner
- Work to ensure a safe and healthful environment for students
- Work to create a secure and nurturing emotional climate for students and staff
- Share in the responsibility for keeping the classroom neat and clean
- Actively engage with students in work centers and at group times
- Actively engage with students during meals, outside playtime, and transitions
- Facilitate//help students with health and hygiene routines
- Accompany the teacher on home visits to students’ homes
- Facilitate communication and work to build rapport with students’ family members
- Help with preparation and facilitation of Family/Child Activity Times
- Understand and respect students’ and families’ confidentiality
- Obtain a CDL and drive a school bus if called upon to do so
- Performs other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit.
