Family Connection Center- Teaching Assistant (San Francisco, CA)

Job Title: Teaching Assistant
Reports To: Lead Teacher
Location: Portola and Excelsior
Compensation: $24 per hour
Status: Non-exempt, Part-time position
Date: March 28, 2023

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Position Summary
Family Connections is committed to nurturing each child’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development from early childhood to school-age. The teaching assistant provides support to educational programs that involve children and families with regular teacher and curriculum preparation support.

Essential Functions

Assist teachers with daily management and responsibilities of classroom
Be consistent with the goals and the philosophy of the program
Maintain familiarity with available teaching and learning materials, ensure materials are properly utilized, and design success-oriented activities
Maintain visual and auditory supervision of children at all times to ensure their safety in the classroom, on the playground, and on field trips
Ensure that environment is safe, clean, clutter-free, visually aesthetic, and functional
Interact with children in a positive, supportive, respectful, and open-minded manner
Develop and maintain a positive and confidential relationship with children and their parents/caregivers, including thorough communication about program and child’s progress
Follow mandatory reporting requirements for suspicion of child abuse or neglect
Follow requirements for reporting and record-keeping of injuries or accidents
Practice and ensure professional standards of communications within classroom, agency, and with community partners
Respond promptly and courteously to parent/caregiver concerns and immediately notify lead teacher/supervisor
Participate in service trainings and professional development workshops
Perform other duties and ad hoc projects as needed or requested by supervisor

Qualifications

6 completed units of ECE and enrolled in at least 2 semester units at an educational program
At least one year of teaching experience
Experience working effectively with young children, families, and staff of diverse backgrounds
Bilingual in Cantonese and English or Spanish and English strongly preferred
Collaborative and self-directed, with the ability to work well in teams and independently
Confident and respectful classroom management skills and approach
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including listening skills
Professional ethics of confidentiality, discretion, and good judgment
LivesScan Clearance and physical health/TB clearance required to be maintained throughout employment

COVID Requirements
All employees are expected to be fully vaccinated or have plans on getting fully vaccinated before the start of their employment. Full vaccination also includes COVID-19 booster shots.

Work Environment
This job operates in a professional classroom and office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 25 pounds and on occasion may require lifting/carrying a child or object up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Family Connections Centers is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity, inclusion, and respect. We welcome and strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

Department: Education Department
This is a substitute position

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* How did you hear about this position? * If hired, can you provide proof of eligibility to work in the U.S.? * State law requires that persons associated with licensed facilities applicants be fingerprinted and disclose any conviction. Are you able to pass a DOJ background clearance for conviction? * If hired, are you able to provide documentation on your COVID-19 vaccination including booster shot? * Which pronouns would you like us to use when referring to your application? * What is your highest completed academic level? * Are you bilingual in English and Chinese or English and Spanish? * Do you have a minimum of 12 ECE/CD units or in related field? * Do you have a Teacher or Site Supervisor Permit? * How many years of teaching experience in early childhood education do you have? * Initial to confirm: I hereby certify that I have not knowingly withheld any information that might adversely affect my chances for employment and that the answers given by me are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I further certify that I, the undersigned applicant, have personally completed this application. I understand that any omission or misstatement of material fact on this application or on any document used to secure employment shall be grounds for rejection of this application or for immediate discharge if I am employed, regardless of the time elapsed before discovery. * Initial to confirm: I hereby authorize Family Connections Centers to thoroughly investigate my references, work record, education and other matters related to my suitability for employment (excluding criminal background information) unless otherwise specified above. I further authorize the references I have listed to disclose to the company any and all letters, reports and other information related to my work records, without giving me prior notice of such disclosure. In addition, I hereby release the Company, my former employers and all other persons, corporations, partnerships and associations from any and all claims, demands or liabilities arising out of or in any way related to such investigation or disclosure.