Classroom Aide

Children First is seeking a highly motivated and dedicated Classroom Aide to join our team. As a Classroom Aide, you will play a vital role in supporting the Teacher(s) and Teacher Assistant(s) in creating and implementing a safe, healthy, and developmentally appropriate early childhood program.

• Assist in the delivery of high-quality program services that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate.
• Support school readiness in a coordinated approach to comprehensive services, aligned with State and local licensing regulations, and Children First policies and procedures.
• Implement learning experiences that ensure effective curriculum implementation.
• Use results of assessment to promote children's progress described in the early learning and development standards.
• Set and maintain professional boundaries with families.
• Use technology to plan, record, report, and monitor education and child development services.

• Valid Driver's License and acceptable driving record.
• Immediate/continued enrollment in the Criminal History Registry-Child Care Division.
• Current Health Appraisal, updated every two (2) years.
• Certification in First Aid and Adult, Infant, and Child CPR.
• Minimum: High School Diploma or GED or working toward achieving within 2 years of hire.
• REQUIRED Education (Full-Time Aides): Enroll and attend a program that will lead to a CDA, FCCPC, or degree in ECE.
• One (1) year experience working in an early childhood setting with a diverse population of children ages Birth to Five; preferred.

• Demonstrate effective and nurturing teacher-child interactions.
• Plan and implement learning experiences that ensure effective curriculum implementation.
• Use results of assessment to promote children's progress described in the early learning and development standards.
• Set and maintain professional boundaries with families.
• Use technology to plan, record, report, and monitor education and child development services.

• Lifts and/or moves up to 50 lbs.
• Kneels, stoops, bends, reaches, and sits on floor to attend to children's needs.
• Sitting, for working at keyboard and desk, standing, driving for home and site visits.
• Moves quickly in response to active children in need of redirection to protect their and others safety.

• Variability in temperature, environment, and noise.
• Potential sensory response associated with toileting and/or children who are ill.
• Contact with children who are ill and/or possibly contagious.
• Contact with chemicals to clean and sanitize equipment and facility.

$15.84 per hour with High School Diploma