Assistant Teacher

1 month ago

Chicago, United States City Colleges of Chicago Full time

**ASSISTANT TEACHER, CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER - PART-TIME**
**TRUMAN COLLEGE**

Truman College seeks a Part-Time Assistant Teacher. Under the supervision of the Teacher, the Assistant Teacher provides instructional, clerical and non-instructional support in the Child Development Center classroom, in order to implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum that is aligned with the educational and philosophical goals of the program. Perform related duties as required.

**GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Adheres to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Code of Ethical Conduct, demonstrating a professional attitude and work ethic, and respect for children, families, and colleagues.
- Provides a safe, healthy environment for children, with a focus on classroom health, hygiene, nutrition, and safety. This includes maintaining a clean and orderly environment for the children; ensuring children attend a personal hygiene/hand washing; teaching children about health and nutrition; reporting accidents, injuries, and illnesses to parents and supervisors.
- Assists the teacher in the development and implementation of an environment and curriculum that provides for a variety of developmentally appropriate activities to promote children’s development in the areas of language and literacy, cognition, social-emotional well-being and physical health. This should be done with consideration of the center’s goals, educational philosophy and general curriculum plans.
- Assists in the maintenance of required paperwork, logs and records, as well as documentation to assess individual children and the class as a whole.
- Ensures children’s safety through constant supervision, storage of dangerous materials, arrangement and maintenance of classroom and equipment.
- Works with other teaching staff to provide a nurturing, stimulating, non-punitive, and culturally sensitive environment that encourage language, self-expression, exploration, creativity, imaginative play, thinking skills, and the development of positive relationships.
- Ensures parents are greeted warmly and receive information about their child’s experience at the center through daily contact, scheduled conferences, and written documentation as required.
- Participates in any quality enhancement initiatives that the center may undertake.
- Participates in staff meetings, planning, and professional development and shares information gained from coursework or attendance at professional development workshops and conferences.
- Adheres to requirements put forth by funding, licensing, and accreditation agencies.
- Performs other duties as required and maintains classroom atmosphere and requirement in the absence of the regular teacher.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**Level III**
- Associate Degree from an accredited college or university in Child Development, Early Childhood Education or a related field, plus at least one (1) year of experience of working in an early childhood classroom/group care setting is required or an equivalent combination of education supervised training and experience is required 2 years of classroom experience preferred. Attain a Level 4 IL Gateways ECE or Infant Toddler credential within one year of hire.

**Or**
- Sixty (60) semester hours or 90 quarter hours and/or Associate’s or bachelor degree from an accredited college or university. Have a Level 4 ECE or Infant Toddler IL Gateway Credential.

**Level II**
- Completion of all required course work for an Associate or Bachelor degree in Early Childhood or Child Development with pending completion of the practicum course within one year of hire, and some experience with young children (0-5). Attain IL Gateway Level 3 ECE or Infant Toddler Credential within 90 days of hire.

**Or**
- Sixty (60) semester hours or 90 quarter hours and/or Associate’s or bachelor degree from an accredited college or university. Have a Level 3 ECE or Infant Toddler IL Gateway Credential.

**Level I**
- Sixty (60) semester hours or 90 quarter hours and/or Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university with 6 hours of course work in Child Development or ECE or equivalent. Preferred one year of experience working with young children birth - 5 years. Attain IL Gateway Level 2 ECE or Infant Toddler Credential within 90 days of hire.

**Or**
- 30 semester hours (or ninety [45] quarter hours) of credit from an accredited college or university with six semester hours (or nine [9] quarter hours) in courses directly related to Child Development, Early Childhood Education or a related field from birth to age six (6), (1) year of work experience in working with young children birth - 5 years. Attain IL Gateway Level 2 ECE or Infant Toddler Credential within 90 days of hire.

**All Levels**
- Must have and maintain a warm, supportive attitude towards children.
- Must be flexible in receiving assignments and adapting to changes in the program.
- Must be willing to accept supervision an

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