Job Title: Teacher's Aide
PVN ID: KB-2408-006411
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: KINGSBOROUGH C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Teacher’s aide will work with the teaching staff to provide a successful, safe, and supervised educational setting for children while they are in the child development center. This includes promoting the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of children. They shall possess an interest in children and their families and be sensitive to their needs. They must have the ability to work efficiently with others and be open to change.

Other Duties

Responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:

Curriculum and Supervision:

  • Maintain classroom routines and schedules which include assisting in activities such as group time,choices, lunch, naptime, outdoor time, arrival and departure of children etc.
  • Assist with providing a clean, orderly, physical environment, conducive to the optimal growth and development of children.
  • Accept each child at their own developmental level and assist in individualizing activities that help the child grow to the maximum of their ability.
  • Utilize playground time as a learning experience for the children and as a continuation of the classroom theme.
  • Assist in providing children with their environment of acceptance which will help each child build the ethnic pride develop a positive self-concept, enhance their individual strengths and develop positive social relationships.
  • Coordinate meal times including setup, meal preparation, serving, and clean up.
  • Support Director and teachers in the general implementation of policies and procedures of the Child Development Center.
  • Attend all staff meetings and participate in recommended training program conferences courses and other aspects of professional growth.
  • Maintain confidentiality at all times.

Health and Safety:

  • Follow all emergency medical or accident procedures.
  • Participate in monthly fire drill.
  • Maintain current CPR.
  • Assure general maintenance and security up facility which includes ensuring that equipment and materials are in good working order and are sanitized on a regular basis.
  • Assume an equal share of the joint housekeeping responsibilities of the staff.

Parent Involvement:

  • Encourage parent involvement in all aspects of the program.
  • Assist in aspects of the administrative component of the center i.e. parent meetings, registration fundraising, inventory control, public relations etc.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma required.
  • Experience working with children ages two to five years old.

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Office of Student Affairs
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$16.83-$16.83
Hour(s) a week
25.00
Closing Date
Dec 12, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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