Play to Learn Teaching Assistant (Part Time)

The primary role of this part-time hourly position is to assist the Austin PBS Play to Learn facilitator part of the Texas Health and Human Services-funded Project HOPES. Healthy Outcomes through Prevention and Early Support (HOPES) is a flexible community grant that funds a wide variety of innovative initiatives and supports for families with children birth to 5 years old. The Play to Learn curriculum was co-developed by Austin PBS and the United Way for Greater Austin; it consists of 10 sessions with adult-child pairs engaging in research-based practices intended to become fun routine anywhere anytime activities in their daily addition to standard school readiness practices of fine and gross-motor activities shared reading singing dance and movement and rich dialogue each session incorporates developmentally appropriate uses of digital educational media primarily from PBS and fosters smart screen time as an ongoing practice.

A secondary function of the position is to collaborate with the Play to Learn facilitator. This includes recruitment assistance material preparation session set up and take down and assisting with the workshop duties during each of the 10 Play to Learn sessions.

Key Responsibilities

• Help with recruitment for Austin PBS Play to Learn participants to total at least 50 families per fiscal year
• Assist the Austin PBS Play to Learn workshops by organizing materials setting up and taking down of centers and supporting families and their young children.
• Attend school events that help with recruiting families. Events may include food drives back to school events and meet the teacher nights.
• Maintain necessary supplies for PTL facilitation.

• Oral and literate fluency in Spanish and English
• Strong relational skills
• Pass criminal background check including fingerprint scan
• Culturally responsive approaches to diverse communities and families experiencing financial hardship language barriers and other challenges
• Strong presence and rapport working with both children and adults facility in communicating with parents
• Moving equipment and resources (under 50 lbs.) primarily to and from Austin PBS headquarters and community institutions where Play to Learn and other workshops/events are held
• Mobility in working with young children (ages 0-6) at their level during workshops and in public engagements
• Mileage is not covered by Austin PBS.

This is a part-time hourly position that is currently in person. Hourly rate of $25/hr. Part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

Austin PBS KLRU-TV is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race sex color religion sexual orientation age national origin or disability.