Arkansas Early Learning , Inc.·Mena, Arkansas
The Program Assistant ensures comprehensive Head Start services are provided to enrolled children and families. They utilize the center environment to create rich learning opportunities that support each child's development through daily routines.
Make an impact. Change lives. End poverty.
Building a stronger community by empowering children and families with skills essential to their success.
At Arkansas Early Learning (AEL), we believe every child deserves an opportunity to succeed, no matter their circumstances.
AEL was established to serve the most vulnerable children ages birth to five and their families throughout the State of Arkansas through Early Head Start and Head Start.
We provide transformational learning programs to vulnerable children within a childcare setting.
We offer FREE Infant, Toddler, and Pre-K educational childcare/daycare programs serving 21 counties with numerous centers across the state of Arkansas.
AEL is more than just daycare!
We are educators, even as early as 6 weeks old we are implementing an education curriculum.
We also offer a variety of child and family support services in a loving, caring, and safe environment.
Being on our team as a Center Director, Teacher, Assistant Teacher or office personnel at Arkansas Early Learning means you are passionate about a career helping children and your community. You can make a difference every day in a child's life here. We are looking for people who share our purpose and mission, which is to build a stronger community by empowering children and families with skills essential to their success and to provide transformational learning programs to help children and families develop the skills essential to their social competency. Do you have the right purpose to help them unleash their full potential while unleashing your own?
The Program Assistant/Teacher Aide is an entry level position and will work to ensure comprehensive Head Start services are provided to children and families enrolled in the program. This position will utilize the Center environment to assist staff with creating rich learning opportunities that build on daily routines and support each child's development and education.
Why join our team?
Arkansas early learning offers a set fulltime schedule with weekends off, 33 paid days off the first year, competitive pay with paid training and a benefits package that includes health, vision, dental, life and more. Are you interested in making a difference in the development and growth of the youth in your community?
Sound like the right place for you? Apply now to join our growing team!
Arkansas Early Learning, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to serve the needs of children and families throughout the State of Arkansas.
Arkansas Early Learning is an equal employment opportunity employer and selects the best-matched individual for the job, based upon job-related qualifications, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under state, federal or local law.
The candidate should be passionate about helping disadvantaged children and families unleash their full potential. No specific degrees or years of experience are explicitly listed, but a commitment to the organization's mission is required.
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Market context
Assistant teacher openings in Arkansas often reflect steady demand in classrooms and child-focused programs that support early learning and family services. These roles can be competitive because employers look for mission alignment, patience, and a genuine commitment to helping disadvantaged children and families, even when formal degree or experience requirements are not specified. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform, then tailor your application to show direct experience working with children, families, or community programs.