YMCA Of Greater Hartford·Plainville, Connecticut
The Assistant Teacher supports the Head Teacher in providing high-quality education and care for preschool students while maintaining a safe and healthy environment. Responsibilities include implementing developmentally appropriate curricula, supervising classroom activities, and ensuring compliance with state and organizational regulations.
Job Title: Assistant Teacher
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Job Grade:
Primary Department: Preschool
Reports to: Child Development Director or Childcare Coordinator
Revision Date: 07/02/2024 Leadership Level:
Under the guidance of the Head Teacher and supervision of the Child Development Director, the Assistant Teacher provides a high quality of education and care for preschool students; assisting in daily classroom supervision, including outdoor play activities using positive discipline techniques to ensure a safe and healthy environment.
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Assist the Teacher in daily classroom supervision, including outdoor play activities using positive discipline techniques to ensure a safe and healthy environment.
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Serve our diverse communities equitably and act with an inclusive, anti-racist lens at all times; promote a brave, respectful culture at the Y.
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Assist the Teacher in the creation and implementation of developmentally appropriate curriculums as well as the timely submission of all forms and reports.
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Use knowledge of child development to assess and plan for individual children.
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Supervise parents and other classroom visitors.
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Assist in the practice and documentation of monthly fire drills, lock down drills, and other emergencies.
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Assists in the preparation of materials, equipment, and information for the daily program, taking daily attendance and lunch count including reports for CACFP or USDA.
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Use appropriate food handling, sanitation, and OSHA procedures at all times.
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Assist in maintaining an Anecdotal Log for each child enrolled.
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Maintain classroom and storage materials in neat, orderly, and safe manner.
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Displays and upholds YMCA core values of honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring.
Consistently demonstrates caring for the community we serve, for one another, and for the organization they are part of, and contributes to building trust, pride and camaraderie.
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Always maintain confidentiality of child and family information.
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Supervise a group of children.
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Assist in maintaining all center policies, OEC state regulations and NAEYC standards.
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Perform other duties as required.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Market context
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