CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled, with weekly reviews
POSITION: ECE Assistant/Bus Driver
SALARY: $20.99 - $25.00 DOE
REPORTS TO: ECE Site Supervisor
LOCATION: Headstart, Omak, WA
Basic Functions: Assists one or more early childhood teachers in the education, care, supervision, and instruction of pre-school aged children, in classrooms, common areas, playgrounds, and during transportation at a center dedicated to school readiness goals in children, and in the community. Maintains and prepares classroom and related environments and materials.
Education And Training

• Requires completion of a GED/High School diploma within 6 months of hire.
• Requires completion of CDA or equivalent in early childhood education within two (2) years of hire with emphasis on pre-school age children.
• Requires experience working with preschool aged children in a play-oriented learning or equivalent environment.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Requires basic knowledge of the principles and practices of age appropriate early child development applicable for an educational setting.
• Requires a basic knowledge of instruction methods for preschool-aged children.
• Requires knowledge of basic clerical and record keeping processes.
• Requires basic knowledge of and skill at using personal computers, games, and other equipment to support play, learning, record information, and send communications.
• Requires sufficient human relation skills to work productively and cooperatively with teachers, students, and parents in informal settings, to exercise patience when conveying information, and demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of students.
• May require knowledge of native language, culture, and traditions.
• Requires the ability to assist teaching staff with implementation of play-oriented instructional activities.
• Requires the ability to learn to assess the needs of individual students.
• Requires the ability to conduct informal reading and project circles with individual and small groups of children and assist others with demonstrations of assigned subject matter.
• Requires the ability to relate positively to students in a learning environment in a way that builds confidence and recognizes socioeconomic and cultural differences among children.
• Requires the ability to balance children’s physical needs, emotional support, and deal with common behavior problems.
• Requires the ability to perform work indoors and outdoors in a classroom or playground environment engaged in work of a moderately active nature.
• Requires normal hearing and speaking skills to communicate with staff and students.
• Requires near visual acuity to read and write printed materials and observe the activities of children.
• Requires sufficient ambulatory ability to move about classroom, common area, and playgrounds, assist with presentations, and reach classroom materials.
• Requires the ability to stand, walk, and sit upright on a floor-level surface for extended periods of time (greater than 1 hour), and to lift, push, and pull light to medium objects on an occasional basis (10-50 lbs.).
• Requires personal appearance, grooming, attitudes, and language patterns that provide a suitable example to children.
• Requires the ability to assist children on and off of a bus safely.

Note: Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.
TRIBAL MEMBER AND INDIAN PREFERENCE WILL APPLY; PREFERENCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO ARE MINIMALLY QUALIFIED.
If required of this position, you must possess and maintain a valid Washington State driver’s license and be eligible for the Tribes’ Vehicle Insurance. In addition, this position may be subject to pre-employment background clearances. If applicable, these clearances must be maintained throughout employment.
INFORMATION: Lucinda Stensgar, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155, (509) 634-2181 lucinda.stensgar.hrs@colvilletribes.com