Toddler/ Preschool Assistant Teacher

Toddler/ Preschool Room Assistant at Child Care Facility in South Seattle (Georgetown).

Assistant Teacher for children 1 year old to 3 years old.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing and implementing age-appropriate weekly lesson plans. Coordinate with co-teacher(s) on classroom activities, curriculum development and communications to parents.
• Collaborate with lead teacher{s) and co-teacher(s) to ensure a variety of activities are offered.
• Provide guidance and assistance to lead teacher and/or support staff of classroom responsibilities.
• Provide a clean, safe learning environment while maintaining organization of classroom materials and supplies.
• Monitor equipment for safety hazards and inform center director accordingly.
• Develop outdoor curriculum activities with Lead Teacher for playground and walks in the neighborhood/community.
• Establish community connections with our neighboring businesses.
• Positive communication to center director as well as other staff .
• Other childcare duties as assigned.

Daily Tasks:

• Create and distribute regular communications to parents via email or classroom newsletters.
• Provide positive communication to parents/families on a daily basis.
• Utilize assigned planning time as well as naptime to design lesson plans, activities and/or complete daily 'What I did today' sheets, for parents.
• Help lead teacher with general overall classroom management, physical environment and establish classroom routines to ensure sanitizing, laundry and other responsibilities are being completed.
• Maintain documentation of diapering, bottles, naptimes, and incident reports.
• Provide appropriate emotional and social support for each child's development.
• Use positive guidance and discipline methods that strengthen each child's problem solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Be responsible for playground safety and cleanliness.
• Provide culturally relevant and developmentally appropriate activities and interactions with children.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 21.30-25.00 per hour depending on experience and education.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.30 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Ability to Commute:

• Seattle, WA 98108 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Seattle, WA 98108: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person