Head Start/EHS Teacher Assistant
Hillsborough County
- Tampa, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Customer Commitment - Proactively seeks to understand the needs of the customers and provide the highest standards of service.
- Dedication to Professionalism and Integrity - Demonstrates and promotes fair, honest, professional and ethical behaviors that establishes trust throughout the organization and with the public we serve.
- Organizational Excellence - Takes ownership for excellence through one's personal effectiveness and dedication to the continuous improvement of our operations.
- Success through Teamwork - Collaborates and builds partnerships through trust and the open exchange of diverse ideas and perspectives to achieve organizational goals.
- Assists teachers with developing and implementing lesson plans, and literacy and daily enrichment activities to promote individual child development.
- Assists in ordering and preparing materials and supplies for planned activities.
- Arranges classrooms for program activities to provide a proper learning environment.
- Assists in the monitoring of children during all activities where adult help is needed.
- Assists in serving meals and general clean-up of classrooms and bathrooms.
- Assists in maintaining and updating children's records to insure children's progress or lack thereof is properly documented.
- Provides information to parents through parent meetings, written correspondence, telephone, and home visits, as required.
- Assists in conducting health checks on children for ringworm, head lice or other health conditions and reports to appropriate nurse.
- Assists in reporting suspected child abuse and neglect to state agency.
- Assists as a bus monitor in the transportation of children and engages children in song and other developmentally appropriate activities during ride.
- Assists in the transportation of special needs children by lifting child into seat and fastening safety belt.
- Assists in inspecting classrooms and grounds to ensure the safety, orderliness, sanitation and cleanliness of facilities.
- Administers First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), as required.
- Operates motorized vehicle in the transportation of children, as required.
- Takes charge of a group of children and acts as a substitute Head Start Teacher, as required.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Knowledge of developmentally appropriate practices for early childhood.
- Knowledge of behavior modification theories and practices.
- Knowledge of current educational techniques and practices.
- Skill in making presentations to groups.
- Skill in verbal communication with children and conflict resolution.
- Ability to assist in the planning, organizing and implementing of childhood education curriculums.
- Ability to assume a seated position on the floor for extended periods of time.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to prepare and maintain work related reports and files.
- Ability to handle confidential information.
- Ability to use a computer and related software.
- Ability to follow established procedures.
- Ability to administer CPR and First Aid.
- Ability to implement safety procedures.
- Ability to work effectively with others.
- Regular kneeling, stooping, bending, and sitting on the floor to attend to children's needs.
- Ability to provide physical assistance in the transportation of special needs children.
- Medium work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
- Associate or higher degree from an accredited college or university in Early Childhood Education or degree in any field with 18 credit hours in Early Childhood Education; OR
- Graduation from high school or possession of a GED certificate; AND
- Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or enrolled in a child development associate credential program to be completed within 2 years of hire; AND
- Obtain within 90 days of employment 40 clock hours from the Florida Department of Children and Families; AND
- Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; AND
- Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Preschoolers Course (10-hours); AND
- Introductory Child Care Training (30-hours); AND
- Child Growth and Development (6-hours); AND
- Behavioral Observation & Screening (6-hours); AND
- Health, Safety & Nutrition (8-hours), Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect (4-hours); AND
- Child Care Facility Rules and Regulations (6-hours).
- Criminal History Background Check using Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS)
- Level 1 and Level 2 Background screening (Ch. 435 Florida Statutes)
- Child Abuse, Abandonment and Neglect Record Check using the State Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS)
- Sex Offender and Sexual Predator record check using the list maintained by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE)
- Possess the necessary job-related license(s) or certification(s) that may include possession of a Florida Driver License (Class E) or an applicable Commercial Driver License (CDL).