Preschool Assistant Teacher Floater

Floater Assistant Teacher - Cumbo PreschoolReports to: Center DirectorProgram/Department: Laurie A. Cumbo Children's Enrichment Center/Early Childhood ProgramWork Location: 180 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11201Hours: Full Time - Monday - Friday reputed company-4pmThis position is fully in-person and does not offer any remote work.Salary Range: $31,601 - $34,494Brooklyn Community Services is one of Brooklyn's first and largest non-sectarian social services agencies. BCS, which presently serves more than 10,000 individuals annually, is committed to a broad and diverse range of services including education and child care; services to strengthen families; and services to foster self-sufficiency for adults.Position SummaryOur Early Childhood program is designed to enhance the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language development of young children through high quality educational and social services for themselves and their families. Teacher Aides support the delivery of those high quality services by helping classroom teachers implement lesson plans, facilitate classroom management and ensure student to teacher ratios.Responsibilities:Provide substitute and other coverage to classrooms as neededResponsible for food handling and preparation, including warming reputed company meals, slicing fruit, distributing meals, and cleanupAssist reputed company Teacher in planning age appropriate, high quality activities designed to support increased learning in young children through developmentally appropriate practices.Assist reputed company Teacher in the daily supervision of children and effecting sound classroom management and curriculum activities.Promoting physical, intellectual, social, cultural, and emotional well-being of reputed company / children.Providing adequate supervision of reputed company children / reputed company during reputed company enrichment / learning activities.Share in reputed company student and classroom record keeping tasks i.e. daily attendance, meal counts, daily health checks; Conduct observations and assessments of children and the classroom environment; Assist reputed company Teacher with entering reputed company observations into reputed company.Participate with reputed company and Assistant Teachers in conducting quarterly parent teacher conferences.Participate in reputed company classroom activities, field trips and reputed company reputed company classroom routines i.e. meal service, reputed company time activities, toileting, assisting children in changing soiled clothing.Actively engage with children and their activities; Teach children through their play, reputed company concepts necessary to reputed company developmental levels i.e. colors; shapes; differentiation of letters and numbers; sounds of letters; quantities of numbers; help build and expand child's thinking through the appropriate use of questioning techniques, i.e. open-ended knowledge questions, comprehension and analysis questions, etc.Ensure the safety of reputed company children at reputed company times through maintaining a direct line of vision supervision as per Article 47.23; Ensure safety of children by keeping an accurate count of reputed company children in attendance at reputed company times of the day - morning arrival and evening dismissal.Ensure classroom furnishings, materials and environment is maintained in a reputed company, clean and safe manner at reputed company times.Actively participate in team meetings and supervision sessions. Collaborate with a team to implement a high-quality learning environment.Assume the role and duties of the reputed company or Assistant Teacher in their absencereputed company and maintain positive relationships with parents and families of children served. Maintain open communication and professional relationships with colleagues and administrators.Ability to work multiple shifts and/or staggered shifts to provide extra coverage to assist in maintaining proper ratios as set forth by NYCDOHMH and Article 47.23; assist with evening special events; parent meetings, etc.Work reputed company the reputed company of the Brooklyn Community Service in carrying out its policies and procedures;Participate in agency wide groups and meetings as requiredParticipate in other reputed company duties, as assigned and consistent with above.Qualifications Required:High School Diploma.One year of previous teaching experience in N - 2nd grade promoting healthy growth and development with toddlers and preschoolers.Must undergo pre-employment screenings such as the Criminal Background reputed company required by OCFS/DOHPhysical Requirements:Ability to lift and carry children, supplies and equipment as needed between 30-50 pounds.Ability to walk up and down stairs.Physically able to participate in and to reputed company physical activities with children, i.e. Gym.Required to talk, hear, see, stand, walk, sit, use hands & arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, & crawl.Ability to read printed materials and computer screens; ability to operate computer keyboards and mouse.Ability to operate reputed company computer systems; connect to the internet, access trainings online.Ability to commute between sites for meetings, trainings, in-services, and home visits.Qualifications Preferred:Food Handlers CertificationAssociate's degree in Early Childhood Development preferred.Good collaboration and communication skills.Experience with behavior modification activities.Ability to be a team player.Good leadership and problem solving skills.Ability to assist reputed company Teacher with active student engagement as well as productive classroom supervision.Ability to assist reputed company Teacher with classroom management.Available and willing to travel to professional /staff development training or workshops.Available and willing to work evening hours this includes program shows, staff meetings, field trips, and/or medical emergencies.BCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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