Pay Range: $20.89/hr - $26.46/hr, DOE and having preferred requirements. External candidates can expect to make between $21.45/hr with 2 to 3 years of experience.
Location: 7101 62nd Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Success Starts Here! Educating Children, Empowering Families, Strengthening Communities.
Denise Louie Education Center is a local nonprofit providing comprehensive, multicultural early education and family support services to low-income, at-risk immigrant, and refugee communities residing in King County for over 40 years. Today, Denise Louie serves nearly 950 children and families with preschool, home visiting, and socialization groups, all offered at no cost.
We are currently seeking a highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join our cause. Teaching Assistants support the classroom by assisting the Lead Teacher in providing a high-quality preschool curriculum.
Essential Functions:
- Maintain a healthy, safe, and warm classroom environment through effective supervision and developmentally appropriate practices that allow learning through curiosity, experimentation, play, and implementation of individualized plans.
- Assist Lead Teachers in delivering weekly lesson plans by preparing materials, organizing supplies, and helping keep children on task.
- Assist the teaching team in completing Teaching Strategies Gold observations and checkpoint data to assess child growth and development.
- Provide support for children's behavior with evidence-based strategies.
- Assist in maintaining children’s attendance, and file documents in a secure, organized system for easy reference by other staff.
- Provide guidance and direction to substitutes, volunteers, and classroom aides.
Qualifications:
- CDA or AA required. Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or a related field is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with children ages five and under; at least two years preferred.
- Able to communicate in English verbally and in writing.
- Bilingual in a language spoken by DLEC parents (Spanish, Amharic, Chinese, Cantonese, and Vietnamese) preferred.
- Previous experience working in a Head Start learning environment preferred.
- The following are required for the position but may be obtained within 30 days of hire:
- CPR/First Aid
- Food Handler's Permit
Physical Demands: To perform the job, the employee must be able to lift and potentially carry a child weighing up to 50 pounds, routinely kneel, bend, crouch, and sit on the floor for extended periods and stand, walk, and sit on child-sized chairs throughout the day.
Working Conditions: The work is typically performed in an early childhood school environment, with moderate to loud noise.
An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. The working conditions represent those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
All new hires must have MMR and COVID-19 vaccinations at the time of hire. A medical or religious exemption may be requested. If approved, weekly testing will be required.
Benefits:
As a Denise Louie Education Center team member, you may receive some or all of the following employee benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Long-Term Disability, and options for supplemental Insurance coverage. Team members can participate in the company 401(k) plan, which offers a non-elective employer contribution after an introductory period. In addition, eligible full-time and part-time employees will accrue up to 18 days of PTO, eleven paid holidays, and one personal holiday annually.
Additional compensation may come in the form of tuition reimbursement, hiring, retention, longevity, referral, or special assignment bonuses, subject to budgetary limitations. You can visit our career page for information on our current benefit offerings.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $21.45 per hour