Assistant Teacher (0–3-year-old)
Full-Time
Nia Family Center
744 N Monticello Ave
Chicago, IL 60624
4 vacancies
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Partners with the lead teacher to develop a classroom environment that is a welcoming learning
environment for children and their families.
• Assists lead teacher in planning, implementing, and evaluating developmentally appropriate activities
for young children including the following activities: Self Image, Language/Literacy Development,
Music and Movement, Social Studies, Science, Math, Art, Large/Small Motor Activities, and In-Depth
Projects.
• Supervises and interacts with all children’s activities.
• Develops strong partnerships with the families.
• Assumes responsibility for the classroom in the absence of the lead teacher.
• Attends home visits and conducts parent-teacher conference assessment reviews, as needed.
• Participates in Family Reviews and IFSP/IEP meetings, as needed.
• Shares responsibility for preparation and clean-up of all classroom activities.
• Assists with responsibility of ordering supplies needed for the program.
• Maintains reports on children’s growth and development.
• Attends and participates in parent meetings, in-service trainings, and weekly team meetings.
• Assists with the implementation of the Reggio Emilia Philosophy, focusing on in depth studies and
classroom explorations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION:
Candidates must have an Associate degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development or 60
college credit hours with a minimum of 15 credit hours in early childhood or child development; at
least one year of experience in an early learning setting preferred.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to read and write English
proficiently. Candidates must regularly operate a word-processing system and therefore must be able
to read, produce and transmit data on such a system
Send resume to virizarry02@iwe.staugustine.edu to apply
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