Assistant Teacher - Full Time (Days)
Assistant Teacher - Full Time (Days)
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Mary Hall Freedom Village Inc.
POSITION TITLE: Assistant Teacher
REPORTING MANAGER: Family Children Services Director
DEPARTMENT: Family and Children Services
JOB CLASSIFICATION: Grade Level 10
FLSA: (Nonexempt)
STATUS: (Full-Time)
Location: Family Services Center
POSITION OVERVIEW
The mission of Mary Hall Freedom Village Inc. (MHFV) is to empower women children veterans and families to end the cycle of homelessness addiction and poverty.
Headquartered in Sandy Springs GA and with seven facilities across metro Atlanta Mary Hall Freedom Village has been transforming the lives of participants in need for the last 26 years. We strive to break the cycle of homelessness addiction mental illness and poverty. If you believe in the empowerment of women children veterans and their families please consider the employment opportunity below.
The Teacher Assistant supports the Teacher by helping to create a caring and safe environment for the children and assists in activities to improve the overall care and quality of education. The Teacher Assistant assists the teacher in implementing a quality educational program and in developing positive relationships with the children and their parents. Also observes and documents childrens interest and progress and relays that information back to teacher and parents. The Teacher Assistant is responsible for implementing developmentally appropriate activities based on childrens interests and needs under the direction of the Teacher.
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in the implementation of curriculum activities and encourage participation by children in the classroom outside and center events.
- Actively engage in activities; manage cleanliness maintenance and availability of classroom materials.
- Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions and progress reports.
- Encourage self-help and good hygiene through behavior modeling.
- Help ensure smooth daily transition from home to childcare center.
- Follow all the agency policies and state regulations.
- Assist with lesson plan development and goal setting.
- Monitoring the classroom to ensure health and safety is always a high priority.
- Assist with preparation of activities.
- Engage children in activities to promote social and emotional development.
- Assist with family style mealtimes.
- Maintain a personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.
- Performs other duties as assigned and works as a cooperative member of the team.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- High School Diploma or GED CDA or 6 hours of ECE credit preferred.
- Minimum of 1-2 years of childcare experience.
REQUIRED SKILLS CAPABILITIES KNOWLEDGE
- High energy.
- Ability to work well with others.
- Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills.
- An understanding of child development.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
- The ability to take frequent walks use hands and fingers handle objects tools or controls talk to and hear voices at many levels.
- May be required to kneel bend squat or crawl.
- A specific vision ability will be required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance to see colors have peripheral vision and depth perception.
- Ability to lift 40lbs.
- Complete all other duties as assigned by the Teacher.
- Drug Testing
- 3- Year Motor Vehicle Report
- TB Test
- Satisfactory Comprehensive Criminal Background check.
- Work a flexible Work Schedule: M-F
- Face mask worn in workplace when with others.
Employment Type
Full-Time
