Early Learning Family Resource and Instructional Assistant - Manitou Park

Description

Tacoma Public Schools

Expected Start Date: October 2024

FTE: .9375

Hours per day: 7 .5

Salary Level: PA6A $31.039 - No degree

PA6E $31.789 - AA degree

PA6F $32.039 - BA/BS or higher degree

Benefits: This job has the full range of benefits offered by Tacoma Public Schools.

Union/Days per year: Education Support Professional, 192 work days, 10 month

Examples Of Duties

JOB SUMMARY

This position serves as the assistant to the Early Learning classroom associate instructor; assists with promoting each child’s physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth; establishes and maintains a positive child-oriented environment; assists with the implementation of the child development, parent involvement, and parent education services in accordance with Early Learning program(s) performance standards, and is responsible for the health, family and community engagement partnership, and social services components in accordance with Head Start performance standards.

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ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Establishes and maintains a mutually respectful partnership with families; communicates with parents using a variety of formats, including print, voice or e-mail and home and/or school visits; supports families in learning to advocate for their children’s needs at school and in the community.

2. Assists families in promoting the optimal health of students by screening, assessing and tracking health and growth status of each child; assists families to develop health care plans and get physical and dental screening and follow up, treatment, and maintaining current immunizations. Works in collaboration with Health Specialists with health protocols, treatment plans and classroom health and sanitation practices.

3. Supports families in accessing other community resources by maintaining current program and community resource information, matching community resources to family needs, and identifying unmet family needs; refers families to community resources and follows up on the effectiveness of referrals

4. Conducts strength-based assessments; assists families to identify goals and strengths; develops individual family plans based on these goals and strengths; follows up with families on progress toward meeting their goals, supports families’ efforts to reach their goals and facilitates the building of problem-solving skills; assists families to revise their goals and plans as needed

5. Establishes relationships with community groups and social service agencies serving young children and their families.

6. Complies with required documentation required by federal performance standards in a timely and confidential manner; and follow-up with families to encourage and/or facilitate student attendance in the program.

7. Attends classroom team meetings and staff meetings; participates and takes an active part in annual program assessment.

8. Plans and offers monthly family meetings and activities based on identified interests of families in collaboration with families and the classroom team; encourages family participation in program parent activities, including Policy Council; serves as the link between Policy Council and the classroom.

9. May prepare student meals by receiving food from kitchen and preparing classroom tables; encourages students to assist; encourages and promotes conversation during meals; may track and submit menu changes in accordance with Early Learning program(s) procedures for the purpose of each child’s physical, social, and emotional growth.

10. Assists with and delivers individual and group instruction in a variety of learning activities; monitors and records each child’s progress for the purpose of promoting each child’s intellectual growth. Provides input into the daily activity plans and assists in the process of observation, assessment, and developing students’ individual goals; attends student support team meetings.

11. Models and monitors behavior in all program activities; redirects and teaches appropriate behavior to students as needed; may supervise students entering or leaving building between classes for the purpose of each child’s social and emotional growth.

OTHER JOB DUTIES

1. Maintains and updates knowledge and skills required for success in the position by participating in professional development and in-service activities as needed or as assigned.

2. Assists classroom staff in management of students; provides classroom coverage when substitute is unavailable; performs related duties as assigned, on a temporary basis.

3. Facilitates program recruitment in collaboration with the Head Start enrollment office; enters data into the Early Learning/Head Start information systems.

4. Regular, reliable, predictable attendance or physical presence is an essential job requirement and critical to the performance of the work.

5. Performs related duties as assigned.

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REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to the Building Administrator and Director of Early Learning.

CONDITIONS

Requires frequent travel within the community; required to work flexible hours including evenings; may be exposed to infectious disease; required to work with, and, if appropriate, defuse, difficult and sensitive situations and/or people; may regularly travel to other District sites; required to lift and carry up to 25 pounds or team lift 45 pounds, bend, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, twist, climb, and be mobile.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

A two-year degree in the field of human services, social work, family service credential and CDA or stackable Early Childhood Certificate from an accredited college and two years of successful, relevant, documented work experience with adults/parents and young children; a four-year degree in a related field is preferred.

Allowable Substitution

A two-year degree in any field with at least 12 credit hours in Early Childhood Education and 30 credit hours in social work, public health, human services, psychology, or a related field and three years of successful work experience with adults/parents of young children.

Licenses/Special Requirements

Valid Washington State driver’s license with access to insured personal transportation.

Current CPR and first-aid certification and Tacoma Pierce County food handler’s permit.

Physical exam and TB test are required within first sixty days of employment and periodically thereafter.

Fingerprints and successful WSP and FBI background clearance/sexual misconduct clearance.

DCYF portable background check, issued through the Managed Education and Registry Information Tool (MERIT).

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of and ability to support Head Start performance standards, program, and philosophy.

Knowledge of childhood intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development.

Knowledge of health and education assessment screening processes.

Knowledge of applicable Early Learning program and philosophy and components of the program

Knowledge of early childhood education and child development.

Knowledge of child assessment and observation methods.

Knowledge of community resources related to family needs.

Skill in obtaining, clarifying, and exchanging information.

Skill in problem solving and handling crisis situations.

Skill in effective child and group management strategies.

Skill in operating a personal computer and related software and programs.

Ability to produce and maintain documentation and records.

Ability to relate positively with families and small children.

Ability to organize and promote parent education.

Ability to coordinate, organize, prioritize, and follow-through on a variety of tasks.

Ability to plan, organize, coordinate activities and curriculum to meet individual and group needs.

Ability to work with special needs students and adapt curriculum in order to meet needs.

Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Ability to work as a cooperative team member.

Ability to demonstrate reasonable, reliable, and regular attendance.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with a variety of people in a multi-cultural,
diverse socioeconomic setting.

Supplemental Information

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. District administration has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice. The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the primary functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, to equalize peak work periods or otherwise balance the workload.

Tacoma Public Schools does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

• Civil Rights Coordinator: Renee Trueblood, 253-571-1252, civilrights@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Title IX Coordinator, Elementary: Christa Erolin, 253-571-1318, cerolin@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• Title IX Coordinator, Secondary: Wayne Greer, 253-571-1191, wgreer@tacoma.k12.wa.us
• 504 Coordinator, Jennifer Herbold, 253-571-1096, jherbol@tacoma.k12.wa.us

Mailing address: P.O. Box 1357, Tacoma, WA 98401-1357.

Closing Date/Time: 10/8/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

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