Assistant Teacher Trainee, 3 year olds classroom

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Assistant Teacher Trainee (ATT) participates in an accelerated training program culminating with earning a Preschool Child Development Associate (CDA®) credential. The ATT provides care to children in a Head Start / Early Head Start (HS/EHS) classroom using appropriate child guidance techniques and building responsive relationships with classroom teachers, staff, children, and families.

All employees and volunteers are expected to be sensitive to our clients’ cultural and socioeconomic characteristics, reflect Sunbeam Family Services core values and to perform at Sunbeam’s standards of excellence at all times.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Successfully complete all requirements for a Preschool CDA® within ninety (90) days of hire.
• Support and individualize the physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development of each child in the classroom.
• Demonstrate capacity for providing developmentally sensitive, evidence based, hope centered and trauma informed services and leadership.
• Work with other teaching staff to maintain a safe, clean, and healthy learning environment, and assure the wellbeing and safety of children in their care.
• Help ensure compliance with Head Start Program Performance Standards, federal and state regulation, and DHS Child Care Licensing requirements.
• Observe children to detect signs of illness, injury, emotional disturbances, learning disorders, speech problems, or other special needs and reports those signs immediately to supervisor for required or necessary follow-up.
• Work with supervisor to ensure child-staff ratio is maintained at all times.
• Assist with implementation of HS/EHS written curriculum plan and demonstrate capacity for providing developmentally appropriate practice.
• Support record keeping and reporting systems to ensure accurate information, with timely completion and follow-up.
• Encourage and model language expansion, extended learning, and problem solving strategies throughout the day.
• Work cooperatively with other staff assigned to classroom as a team to involve all parents with the children and to encourage the active participation of all parents in the program.
• Regular, reliable attendance is required.
• Participate in and attend all staff meetings, trainings, and certification courses as required.
• Occasionally travel locally as required in the performance of responsibilities.
• Perform other appropriate and related responsibilities as assigned by supervisor or member of Executive Team.