Hybrid Preschool Ed Assistant (GSRP) at West Ottawa Public Schools

Notice of Support Staff Posting
 
Position:                      Preschool Ed Assistant (GSRP)                                         Posting # 3838

• Great Lakes Elementary

• CDA (Child Development Associate) credentials is preferred, or willingness to obtain the CDA
• Experience working with children and teaching them developmentally appropriate skills.
• Demonstrate good attendance, punctuality and excellent communication/organizational skills
• Demonstrates friendliness, dependability and trustworthiness towards others.

• Works with Lead GSRP team to uphold classroom requirements, standards and guidelines aligned with the Michigan early Childhood Standards of High Quality
• Collaborates with the teacher to collect and keep accurate records on the child’s developmental stages
• Attends staff meetings and recommendation training programs to maintain or obtain CDA credentials

• Willing to work in cold weather
• Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Must be able to lift, carry, push and/or pull 20-50 pounds
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.