Early Childhood Apprentice

**Only Apprenticeship Students will be considered for this position.**

Provide continuity of services to Head Start and Early Head Start participants. Depending on work assignment, Classroom Apprentice Head Start worker may:

• 1.
• Assist the Lead Teacher and Teacher in providing educational and developmentally appropriate learning activities that will enable the child to succeed, including special needs children.
• 2.
• Assist the Lead Teacher and Teacher in attending educational conferences and home visits.
• 3.
• Assist the Lead Teacher and Teacher with record keeping of individual children to include daily observations and information about activities, meals served, and medications administered.
• 4.
• Assist in preparation of meals and maintain a clean and sanitary environment at Head Start Centers.
• 5.
• Be responsible to assist in a classroom of up to 20 children, providing appropriate activities and modeling family style dining during all meals.
• 6.
• Assist in maintaining children's safety in a classroom at all times, following all safety and supervision procedures.
• 7.
• Provide educational assistance to Head Start children in a center-based environment, including creation of individual lesson plans.
• 8.
• Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
• 9.
• Attend all agency trainings as required.
• 10.
• May provide other basic support functions (i.e. record keeping, answer phone, etc.) as needed.
• 11.
• Perform other duties as assigned.