Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC)·Prior Lake, Minnesota
The Assistant Teacher supports classroom teachers by monitoring the wellbeing and safety of children aged 3-5, contributing to their emotional, mental, and knowledge growth. Responsibilities include assisting in planning and implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum, supervising children, and maintaining positive communication with families.
Come join the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community at our early education center, Playworks as an Assistant Therapeutic Teacher!
In this role you will support the teachers in the classroom in the emotional, mental, and knowledge growth of our young minds, ages 3-5.
The ideal for this opportunity is someone who is passionate about working with children, patient, has positive communications.
Enjoy weekly pay, on-site clinics, and health benefits.
Whatever your career goals may be, let SMSC help get you there!
Monitors the wellbeing and safety of the children, contributes to the sales and retention, through positive communication, with families, and assist in the planning, preparation, and implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculum. Ability to work in a Team Environment. Enjoys working with children.
The
Work
You’ll Do:
Supervises children while providing care and support to children. Responsible for the care, hygiene, learning, and developmental activities, specialized programs, and redirection of children. Promotes positive child interactions.
Organized activities and smooth transitions are planned and implemented.
Assists the
Teacher with developing weekly curriculum involving the following areas: Physical, Cognitive, Social, Language, and Cultural/Gender appropriate. Prepares the environment to provide developmentally appropriate activities along with meeting learning objectives for the curriculum.
Uses a variety of teaching strategies to enhance children’s learning and development. Makes sure the classroom environment is appropriate.
Records information on department sheets, ensuring appropriate language and format is used on every form when communicating to families. Passes on information or concerns to Supervisor. Communicates information to families.
Working with a Teacher, completes biannual Family conference and informal conferences when needed, and sets up goals with families on individual child.
Is calm and patient with children. Uses Playworks behavior guide techniques. Asks supervisor for help when needed with behavior concerns. Aware of all special needs of each child in the program.
Recognizes injuries/incidents and completes forms using appropriate language. Communicates to families and Supervisor with confidentiality being a priority.
Communicates effectively with children, customers and employees in a variety of ways keeping high quality customer service and confidentiality a priority.
Keeps work environment safe for children and employees. Maintains classroom records, cleanliness, and orderliness. Sanitizes equipment regularly.
Assist in evacuation and emergency procedures.
Ensures the release of children to authorized people only.
Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits and advancement opportunities. Generous benefits include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms, free uniform cleaning and tuition reimbursement.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community contributes both time and financial resources across the region, state, and country. The SMSC has donated more than $400 million to organizations and causes, provided $500 million in economic development loans to other tribes, and contributed millions more to support regional governments and infrastructure. The SMSC's Native Green initiative annually diverts hundreds of tons of waste from landfills, has implemented compostable containers throughout our properties, and restored hundreds of acres of prairie land. Team members are eligible to participate in SMSC Gives, a community outreach initiative that organizes various opportunities in the local community. To empower its team members to take part in the Dakota tradition of giving, the SMSC provides paid hours to team members to volunteer at events. Learn more at shakopeedakota.org
Market context
In Minnesota, Assistant Teacher roles in therapeutic classrooms are often competitive because schools look for candidates who meet MN Rule 3 guidelines, have early childhood classroom experience, and can clear CPR/First Aid, background, physical, and drug requirements. These positions support students with additional behavioral or developmental needs, so reliability and classroom readiness matter. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to quickly confirm fit before applying and gather your certification and experience details.
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