Job Information
Grand Rapids Community College Assistant to Preschool Instructor in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Assistant to Preschool Instructor
ASSISTANT TO PRESCHOOL INSTRUCTOR
Job ID: 1663
March 29, 2024
Department: Early Childhood Learning Lab
Employee Group: https://www.grcc.edu/sites/default/files/docs/humanresources/meetconferhandbook_2020-03.pdf
Schedule: Full Time, Non-Exempt
Compensation: Grade 11, $20.00 per hour
Benefits: https://www.grcc.edu/faculty-staff/human-resources/benefits-insurance/medical-plans/new-hire-benefit-enrollment
Reports to: Director, Early Childhood Learning Lab
Posting Closes: April 15, 2024
SUMMARY
The Assistant Instructor works collaboratively with the Lead Instructor to develop and maintain a classroom that provides a safe and enriching learning environment for children. The Assistant Instructor models appropriate teaching and care-giving and offers students assistance as needed. The Assistant Instructor further works to oversee and manage classroom operations to allow the Lead Instructor to focus on coaching, mentoring and evaluating college students during their scheduled lab time.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Plan and implement a curriculum that enhances the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of each child. Lesson plans must meet accreditation and TQRIS standards, as well as incorporate Key Developmental Indicators (High Scope) or COR Advantage Areas. • Provide enriching learning experiences and care to assigned primary and/or small group children. • Maintain a healthy and safe classroom as defined by licensing, accreditation and TQRIS standards. • Establish supportive relationships with families, maintaining daily communication and collaborating to promote the well-being of each child and their classroom success. • Responsible for coordination and completion of family conferences and home visits. • Work collaboratively with the lead instructor to organize, coordinate and implement family and/or staff engagements. • Attend family and staff extra-curricular engagements. • Assess children's development utilizing COR Advantage; providing data input and completing assigned checkpoints. • Implement screening tools on children; using ASQ, ASQ-SE or Brigance. • Collaborate with classroom staff to complete weekly classroom team meetings, providing input and responses to evaluate and promote children's development, classroom curriculum, document meetings and classroom activity. • Ensure that classroom paperwork and materials incorporate all children and are current. (Cubbies, mailboxes, cots, name charts, etc.). • Model appropriate and current best practice teaching strategies, curriculum and caregiving for lab students in the classroom. • Complete a minimum of 24 hours of early childhood professional development per year in the MiRegistry system. • Compose, display and maintain informative classroom documentation, including newsletters, family boards, project approach and required classroom paperwork as required to meet NAEYC, CLASS and PQA standards. • Work collaboratively with all preschool and education department staff to meet program goals. • Assist in the evaluation of EDU-118 (Human Growth and Development) students as needed under the direction of the instructor. • Collaborate with Preschool to maintain essential classroom coverage ratios, having flexibility to assist other classrooms as needed. • Assist in preparing classroom environment and materials so students can implement their assignments. • Answer questions and offer support for students as needed. • Collaborate with classroom team members to plan and place appropriate learning materials in each assigned learning domain. Materials must be labeled appropriately based upon PQA standards and changed based upon children's interest and/or classroom guidelines. • Assist instructors to accommodate student make-ups. • Provide con