Early Learning Lab Assistant Teacher II

TITLE: Early Learning Lab (ELL) Assistant Teacher II

CLASSIFICATION: Admin Services

Who We Are:Tri County Tech is a high-performance organization that strives to hire the best and the brightest talent. The ultimate goal is to find the perfect candidate for the position someone who will meld naturally in the TCT culture. Every educator at Tri County Tech helps us further our vision of inspiring success through life-changing learning experiences.

Tri County Tech isnt just a place where we work. Its a mindset we embody. We thrive on challenges innovate through constraints and do everything with the student in mind. Whether youre called to create exciting content help students with financial assistance or keep a budget in check youll first need a commitment to the culture weve built and a strong desire for continuous improvement. Successful Tri County Tech employees are here to give everything theyve got to serve something bigger than themselves.

Who You Are: The Assistant Teacher serves as a vital component of the learning lab for Early Care and Education students focusing on enhancing the quality of early education through a structured curriculum and lesson planning for children. Working collaboratively with the Lead Teacher the Assistant Teacher helps create a high-quality safe calm nurturing and playful environment that centers on the development of childrens physical social emotional and cognitive skills. The teaching staff values the families they serve by fostering a friendly atmosphere that embraces cultural diversity and strengthens community relationships. At Tri County Tech Assistant Teachers along with Lead Teachers and substitutes benefit from a supportive workplace that appreciates their contributions and encourages professional growth.

What Youll Possess

As a qualified candidate:

• Youll possess your Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. Certificate of Mastery preferred or be willing to obtain.
• Youll be on the Oklahoma Registry through the Center for Early Childhood Professional Development or get registered within 90 days of employment.
• Youll possess your Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. Certificate of Mastery preferred or be willing to obtain.
• Youll possess your CPR/First Aid certification.
• Youll possess a minimum of one year of related work experience.
• Youll have a background in early childhood.
• Youll have the physical ability to lift at least 50 lbs.

• You are detail-oriented and organized.
• Youll strive to exceed expectations and have excellent communication skills.
• Youll take the initiative seek out projects and openly accept other duties as assigned.
• You continually look for ways to improve your skill set and are always open to receiving feedback.

What Youll Do

ELL Assistant Teachers are individual contributors and collaborative team members working in a task-oriented environment while planning and providing high-quality educational experiences for children ages 6 weeks to 4 years. Semi-transactional an Assistant Teacher focuses on establishing a safe calm nurturing and playful environment that develops young childrens appropriate physical social emotional and cognitive skills. Teachers are highly focused on building relationships with the Early Care and Education students ELL children and parents and excellent communication skills are essential. As lab teachers for high school students ELL teachers must model exemplary leadership skills in their daily work. Non-Exempt

Essential Functions:

• Provide quality lab experiences aligned with the Early Care and Education students curriculum goals.
• Assist with planning developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities that meet national accreditation standards DHS Licensing Requirements and Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines.
• Assist with creative hands-on activities and projects based on your observations of childrens interests and skills.
• Collaborate with the Lead teaching team to develop a creative curriculum that is designed to instill in children a love of learning.
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences that effectively utilize the available time for instruction.
• Establish and maintain standards of child behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
• Assist with the evaluation of childrens academic and social growth keep appropriate records and prepare reports relating to childrens progress. Share appropriate milestones with parents daily.
• Assist with communication with parents if applicable through conferences and other means to discuss childrens progress and interpret the school curriculum.

• Other Job-Related Duties as Assigned by the Supervisor: The omission of duties does not exclude it from the position if similar related or a logical assignment to the other words youll be helping out on spontaneous projects and opportunities not listed above.

Benefits & Perks

Youll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical dental life vision disability Teachers Retirement Pension and 403B matching. You will also enjoy an outstanding work-life balance with an abundant amount of paid time off including 11 paid sick days 5.5 paid flex days 20 noncontract days and over 24 paid holidays. Tuition Reimbursement and free access to our onsite fitness center are additional perks and half-price tuition for your children in our child development center.

What Youll Also Get:

• Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means youll have access to unlimited professional development with a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources including our TCT culture courses and over 5000 on-demand courses through LinkedIn Learning.
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on being a Great Place to Work. We respect and embrace differences because thats how the best work gets done. Youll find we like to have fun here too.
• Purpose-Driven Company: Youll help us continue to make positive changes in our local communities through volunteerism giving back and producing life-changing learning opportunities.

Terms of Employment: Eleven months; salary to be established by the Board of Education.

Evaluation: Performance evaluated by the ELL Director per Board policy.

Status: Non-Exempt

Salary: $15.10/hour DOE

Required Experience:

Senior IC