Assistant Teacher - Early Headstart (57842)

University Settlement partners with 40,000 New Yorkers on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn every year to build on their strengths as they achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For over 140 years, we've collaborated with our neighbors to pioneer highly effective programs that fight poverty and systemic inequality. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, engaging with every individual holistically, and creating space for people to organize. Joining together with our neighbors to advocate for justice and equality, we help build community strength.

We work with New Yorkers of all ages. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equity, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, mental health and wellness, benefits assistance and eviction prevention, adult literacy and education, healthy aging, community, and recreation centers, performing and visual arts, and youth development.

Early Head Start offers comprehensive child development services, family support services and advocacy to low-income families with children ages birth to three and pregnant mothers. Following Head Start Performance Standards, the program will provide comprehensive early childhood care and education, including health, nutrition, and mental health services. This program is funded through Head Start federal grant and will operate in Lower East Side, Manhattan. The program aims at providing a nurturing and stimulating environment that will prepare children to enter school with the fundamental skills to succeed.

Responsibilities

• Under the guidance of the Teacher, plan and complete assignments in support of daily classroom program and activities.
• Conduct home visits at least twice per year for each family
• Provide primary care to classroom children
• Maintain an organized, safe, and sanitary classroom for children
• Assist with classroom setup and clean up daily
• Complete and document daily, weekly, and monthly classroom maintenance responsibilities
• Assist in the development and implementation of the curriculum
• Develop consistent, stable, and supportive relationships with families and children
• Be part of a team in assessing family needs and child development status, and in creating classroom goals
• Maintain proper documentation of classroom sessions
• Maintain written observation of the children's experience in the classroom
• Assist in the recruitment of families for the program
• Attend and participate in program-wide activities that include staff and parent meetings, events, trainings and professional development sessions as required
• Maintain up-to-date regulation-required trainings
• Other duties as requested by the supervisor to fulfill job responsibilities
  
  

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or HSE required, Bachelor's degree preferred
• Teacher Assistant Certification or CDA
• Experience working with children
• Bilingual English / Spanish or Chinese preferred
  
  

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, 35 hours per week

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.