Hybrid Preschool/Lower School Assistant Teacher presso None

General Summary: Provide support to classroom teachers and the educational community in the delivery of a broad range of duties leading to effective student learning, classroom management, and instruction.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

In collaboration with the lead teacher, the assistant teacher will:

• Engage young children to explore, discover, construct, represent, and convey new knowledge.
• Lead small group projects in which children co-construct knowledge.
• Organize spaces to spark ideas allowing children to explore, discover, and represent new learning in many ways.
• Collaborate with lead teacher and team to build a strong learning community in which children thrive. 
• Help maintain a classroom environment that is carefully created with natural, recycled, and open-ended materials that invite creativity, problem-solving, collaboration, and self-expression. 
• Develop and maintain relationships with each child. 
• Increase the social, emotional, and academic growth of all children by creating a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of the children. 
• Work with the lead teacher to plan instruction consistent with the School’s approved curriculum for Preschool.
• Assist lead teacher with appropriate formative and summative assessments to guide instruction and assess learning. 
• Provide lead teacher with regular feedback for parent communication, reports, and conferences. 
• Use technology to document learning through photographs, dictation, and work samples. 
• Assist lead teacher with daily clean-up and preparation for activities and projects.
• Relay job duties to substitute teachers upon absences.
• Maintain and develop outdoor environment, recycling room, and supply room.
• Complete other tasks as deemed appropriate by the lead teacher, Preschool & Lower School Administration.

 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:                                         

• A passion for early childhood education and understanding of the needs of young children. 
• Strong content knowledge in early childhood elementary education, including best teaching practices. 
• Ability and desire to work with young children
• Ability to interpret data in order to improve student learning
• Strong classroom management skills with the ability and desire to work with a diverse student body
• Ability to work collaboratively with others and maintain positive professional relationships
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills with a strong degree of self- direction and motivation
• High level of maturity, confidentiality, and assertiveness
• Capable of competently operating technology
• Ability to provide excellent customer service
• Ability to work outside of the normal school day hours when necessary. 
• Flexibility and patience
• Ability to assist and engage in synchronous and asynchronous learning

 Education and Experience:

• Experience in an early childhood classroom setting 
• Knowledge of Reggio Emilia Approach in a classroom setting 
• Pedagogical understanding of emergent curriculum and constructivist education for children ages 2-6 in a classroom setting 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Education and/or Early Childhood preferred