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Delta County School District 50J PreK Classroom Floater Aide in Delta, Colorado
POSITION: PreK Classroom Floater Aide
The purpose of this position is to provide support to the Head Start center, classrooms and transportation (where applicable). Activities of the Center Assistant will be coordinated by the Delta Family Center Executive Director. This position will include duties such as; assisting the teacher and teacher assistant in the classroom, providing supervision and assistance to children, assisting with meal preparation, serving of meals and cleaning of work areas. Attends to the center to ensure a safe, comfortable, and clean environment is present for the children.
DUTIES: * Assist in preparing, setting up, serving, and cleaning up of family style meals and snacks. * Models developmentally appropriate behavior and activities in dealing with children, families and staff. * Interacts with parents or guardians during pick-up and delivery of children. This may include receiving notes from parents to teachers and notes from BELA staff to parents. * Assist in ensuring children are dropped off to only authorized contacts on file with BELA. * Assists in ensuring children are escorted to their appropriate classrooms and checked-in appropriately. * Assists in managing emergency situations such as a parent or known guardian not being present during delivery and/or pickup of child. * Understands and adheres to health, safety, food handling and sanitation requirements before, during and after meal service. * Prepares classroom for meal time by ensuring tables are properly sanitized and dishes and tableware are available to children. * Prepares, serves, and cleans-up after family style meals and snacks. Stores food and supplies properly. * Takes temperature of food before being served to children and calibrates food thermometers daily * Ability to calm others under stressful or confrontational conditions. * Comply with standard operating procedures established by RMSER. * Assist center staff in completing the hearing and vision checks for students as needed. * Participates in all required trainings for all components including, but not limited to, Nutrition, Education, and Transportation (where applicable). * Provide break coverage to educational and other center staff as needed and to maintain ratio compliance in classrooms.
REQUIREMENTS: * High school diploma or GED equivalent is required. * Must Pass and Pay for a Fingerprint/Background Clearance * Must be willing to take the WorkKeys test or have 48 hours of College credits * Must have previous working knowledge of computers, internet and web browsers, word processing, and electronic timesheets using an internet-based system. * English proficiency (reading writing, speaking) is required for all positions. Some areas may require bilingual (English and Spanish) based upon parent/student populations. * Must be able to lift 40 pounds or more * Certified CPR and First Aid.
WAGE: $16.60/hour + Depending on Experience
BENEFITS: Health Insurance is available through the School District Retirement benefits through PERA
SHIFTS: Full-time 40 hours per week
JOB SITE: Delta, CO
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: If you meet the minimum requirements for this position, please click on How to Apply to view application information. You must be registered with Connecting Colorado to view the application information (registration is available at no cost).