PreK Teacher Aide/Receptionist: Uplift Elevate Primary (23-24) - Uplift Education
Fort Worth, TX 76108
About the Job
Mission Statement:
Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.
Equity Vision Statement:
Uplift Education proactively engages scholars, families, and staff members to thrive as their authentic selves and partner in the journey required to identify, address, and correct existing and potential inequities.
Summary
This is a hybrid position supporting Uplift’s PreK program including teaching assistant and receptionist responsibilities. This role will provide classroom assistance in addition to assistance with operations, clerical and receptionist duties to ensure the efficient operation of the PreK program.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Teacher Aide:70%
• Assist in classroom when necessary (naptime, breaks, additional support, etc.)
• Performs any combination of following duties in classroom to assist teaching staff
• Distributes teaching materials to students, such as textbooks, workbooks, or paper and pencils.
• Maintains order within school and on school grounds.
• Operates learning aids, such as film and slide projectors and tape recorders.
• Assist with in-classroom meals including breakfast, lunch and snack service daily
• Work closely with campus leadership team
• Attend all required training for PreK
• Assist with daily scholar drop off and pick up process
• Other duties as assigned
Receptionist/Program Operations Support: 30%
• Aid public, staff and students as needed
• Ensure compliance with all PreK regulations and support with gathering of state-required PreK documentation including but not limited to, parent engagement records, PreK professional development agendas/sign-in sheets, etc.
• Maintains security by following campus safety procedures
• Be responsive to parent needs and encourage parent engagement
• Support daily attendance process and attendance challenges (phoning parents of absent scholars, etc.) • Other duties as assigned
Student Management
· Help physically disabled students, students with physical needs and personal care according to their needs, including but not limited to, transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning, feedings, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
· Assist in student behavior management; This includes handling crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous students as needed
· Take interest in and responsibility for learning and conforming to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs
· Assist in overseeing students throughout school day, inside and outside classroom, lunchroom, bus and playground duty
· Advise teacher on special needs or problems of individual students
· Ensure confidentiality
· Enhance job skills by participating with staff development programs, as assigned
· Be active in faculty meetings and special events as assigned
· Maintain accurate Time & Effort documentation of program activities
· Other duties as assigned
Supervisory Management
This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
• High School Diploma or GED, Associates Degree preferred
• Bilingual in Spanish required
• Minimum two (2) yeas experience as Administrative Assistant in a similar position preferred
• Early childhood experience preferred, but not required
Starting Pay: $19.80/Hr