Pre-K Educational Technician (Full Time 1.0 FTE) -Lyseth

At the direction of the principal, assists teachers by performing a variety of tasks that promote student learning and well being. Duties involve working with students individually and in small groups assessing performance, reinforcing instruction, motivating learning, assisting with classroom management, and performing clerical and other non-instructional work. This position is working with our 4 year old population in our PK program.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION STANDARDS
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of students, parents, or employees.
• Ability to calculate accurately.
• Ability to calculate accurately ratio and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to interact with staff, students, parents, and other in an open, friendly, business-like manner.
• Multilingual candiates encouraged

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE:

• Approval as an Educational Technician III by the Maine Department of Education.In the alternative, Maine provisional or professional teacher certification.
• Preference will be given to candidates with a college degree that includes nine credit hours related to an education field such as behavior management or classroom strategies, and to candidates who have at least one year of experience working with students in structured situations.

CREDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Maine State fingerprint (CHRC) authorization. Website: http://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/fingerprinting/index.html
• Maine State Educational Technician 023 & 028 authorization. Website: http://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/initial/edtech/index.html