Early Childhood Program Teaching Assistant

4 weeks ago


Urbana, United States Urbana School District #116 Full time

**Urbana School District #116**

**TITLE**:Early Childhood Program Teaching Assistant

**LOCATION**: Urbana Early Childhood School

**SUPERVISOR**: Certified Classroom Teacher, Building Principal

**JOB SUMMARY**: Work under the assigned teacher's immediate supervision and the principal's general supervision.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
- Be a part of instructional planning in classroom as arranged by classroom teacher.
- Participate in debriefing sessions at the end to evaluate the session, record data, and plan for needed changes.
- Attend inservice training sessions as required by principal/district.
- Assist all students to successfully achieve independence, progress on his/her educational goals and objectives, meet the individual unique needs, engage in positive social interactions with peers.
- Implement lesson plans and behavior management procedures developed by the classroom team.
- Prepare instructional materials before class and organize them to be easily accessible.
- Organize and maintain orderly classroom centers.
- Facilitate instruction in large and small group activities and facilitate learning in child-directed activities.
- Assist with tasks related to the food program.
- Prepare classroom displays, bulletin boards, arrange for audio visual equipment, etc.
- Learn and use language intervention techniques (including sign language whenever necessary) to increase the child's language development during all activities and interactions with children.
- Play with children in a manner that will contribute to developing their self-esteem, curiosity, and thought processes in and out of the classroom.
- Assist teachers with record keeping.
- Maintain knowledge of individual child goals/objectives and family needs as appropriate.
- Maintain a high level of professional behavior, including keeping confidential records.
- Take children to the bathroom and assist children with personal care activities.
- Be a role model by always demonstrating the expected behavior of the children.
- Assist staff and children to maintain a clean classroom environment, such as clean tables and chairs at the end of the day and put chairs on top of tables in preparation for custodian.
- Follow classroom arrangements and procedures for bus arrival and departure.
- Follow established procedures for documenting communications between family and school.
- Collaborate with classroom and building staff to support all ISBE and district mandates and expectations.
- Perform all other duties that the classroom teacher and principal assign.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
EDUCATION
- Must meet all requirements for the position designated by the ISBE. A Paraprofessional Certificate or 60 hours of college credit are required.

EXPERIENCE
- 2 years of school-based experience preferred

**OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES**:

- Highly organized
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent problem-solver
- Should be able to work with students with a history of behavior or learning problems
- Proven to work under pressure and can prioritize multiple tasks

**TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT**: Student Contact Days

**EVALUATION**: To be completed as per PNS by the principal with input from the classroom teacher.

**START DATE**: 8/13/2024

**NOTE**:This is a position within the collective bargaining unit and is not an administrative position. This is a non-exempt position.

**AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER**

**REVISED**: March, 2017



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