Opportunityalliance
Assistant Teacher - Head Start
Portland, ME · Part-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
Leadership
About the role
- Head Start promotes the school readiness of young children from low-income families through local programs.
- The Assistant Teacher has a primary caseload of children & their families.
- Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
Responsibilities
- The Opportunity Alliance is looking to fill a variety of Assistant Teacher positions to support our various classrooms in Portland, ME.
- Head Start and Early Head Start programs support the mental, social, and emotional development of children from birth to age 5.
- Alliance is looking to fill a variety of Assistant Teacher positions to support our various classrooms in Portland, ME.
- Alliance works with people to build better lives and stronger communities.
- We provide advocacy, leadership, and support to identify the goals and address the needs of individuals, families, and communities.
- Mission: The Opportunity Alliance works with people to build better lives and stronger communities.
Requirements
- or, have an associate or baccalaureate degree (in any area) or be enrolled in a program leading to such a degree, required.
- For Assistant Teacher positions in Pre-K classrooms, Ed Tech II certification is required.
- Knowledge of the important role that culture plays in child & family development.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with complex information to address challenging situations.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with teams.
- Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background, child protective service check & sex offender check.
- Must be able to pass pre-employment physical and TB screen.
- Must be current on MMR and TDAP immunizations.
- High School Diploma and CDA credential; or, High School Diploma and be enrolled in a CDA program that will be completed within two years; or, have an associate or baccalaureate degree (in any area) or be enrolled in a program leading to such a degree, required.
- An associate or baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or; an associate degree in a field related to early childhood education and coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education or; a baccalaureate or advanced degree in any field and coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education, preferred.
- Commitment to social justice and the mission of Head Start.
- Must not be on the state or federal suspension and disbarment list.
- Must be able to exert significant physical effort with frequent standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, typing and frequently lift and carry small children or material weighing up to 25 pounds.
- Driving may be necessary to attend meetings and trainings but is not a primarily and essential job responsibility.
Nice to have
- 1-2 years of center-based teaching, early intervention, home visiting or community based work related to preschool age children & their families preferred.
Compensation
- Alliance (TOA) is a dynamic, results-focused Community Action Agency providing approximately 50 integrated community-based and clinical programs serving more than 20,000 people annually throughout the state of Maine.
Benefits
- Our benefits include but are not limited to:
- Generous paid time off accrual
- Excellent medical benefits at very reasonable cost
- Dental and Vision insurance options
- Agency paid basic life insurance and STD & LTD disability insurances
- 403(b) retirement with a generous agency match (all employees are eligible)
- Tuition Reimbursement - offered once per year through an
- To learn more about our benefits please visit, https://www.opportunityalliance.org/explore-our-benefits
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