ELL Assistant Teacher 1 – Float (Part-Time)

TITLE: ELL Assistant Teacher 1 – Float (Part-Time)

CLASSIFICATION: Admin Services

Who We Are: Tri County Tech is a high-performance organization that strives to hire the best and the brightest talent. The ultimate goal is to find the perfect candidate for the position and someone who will meld naturally in the TCT culture. Every educator at Tri County Tech helps us further our vision of inspiring success through life-changing learning experiences. 

Tri County Tech isn't just a place where we work. It's a mindset we embody. We thrive on challenges, innovate through constraints, and do it all with the student in mind. Whether you're called to create exciting content, help students with financial assistance, or keep a budget in check, you'll first need a commitment to the culture we've built and a strong desire for continuous improvement. Successful Tri County Tech employees are here to give everything they've got to serve something bigger than themselves. 

Who You Are:   While serving as a lab teacher to the Early Care and Education students, the Assistant Teacher I floats between multiple classrooms to assist the Lead Teachers in providing a high-quality, safe, calm, nurturing, and playful environment that will center around the development of a child’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Our teachers value the families we serve by offering a friendly environment while fostering cultural values and community relationships.  If instilling a love of learning and guiding the development of young children through teaching is your passion, then Tri County is the place for you!  At Tri County our teachers, assistant teachers, and substitutes are provided with a supportive workplace where contributions are appreciated and professional growth is encouraged.

Do you have a passion for helping others become the best version of themselves? Do you believe your individual contribution can make the whole team better? If you’re ready to use your gifts and talents for the vision of life-changing learning, keep reading for more information.

What You'll Possess

As a qualified candidate:

• You’ll possess your Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. Certificate of Mastery preferred, or be willing to obtain.
• You’ll be on the Oklahoma Registry through the Center for Early Childhood Professional Development or get registered within 90 days of employment.
• You’ll possess your CPR/First Aid certification.
• You’ll possess a minimum of one year of related work experience.
• You’ll have a background in early childhood.
• You’ll have the physical ability to lift at least 50lbs.

• You are detail-oriented and organized. 
• You'll strive to exceed expectations and have excellent communication skills. 
• You'll take the initiative, seek out projects, and openly accept other duties as assigned.
• You continually look for ways to improve your skillset and are always open to receiving feedback.

What You'll Do

ELL Assistant Teachers are individual contributors and collaborative team members working in a task-oriented environment while planning and providing high-quality educational experiences for children ages 6 weeks to 4 years. Semi-transactional, an Assistant Teacher focuses on establishing a safe, calm, nurturing, and playful environment that develops young children's appropriate physical, social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Teachers are highly focused on building relationships with the Early Care and Education students, ELL children and parents, and excellent communication skills are essential. As lab teachers for high school students, ELL teachers must model exemplary leadership skills in their daily work. Non-Exempt

Essential Functions:

• Provide quality lab experiences that align with the Early Care and Education student’s curriculum goals.
• Assist with planning developmentally appropriate curriculum and activities that meet national accreditation standards, DHS Licensing Requirements and Oklahoma Early Learning Guidelines.
• Assist with creative hands-on activities and projects based on your observations of children’s interests and skills.
• Collaborate with the Lead teaching team to develop a creative curriculum that is designed to instill in children a love of learning.
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences that effectively utilize the available time for instruction.
• Establish and maintain standards of child behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
• Assist with the evaluation of children's academic and social growth, keep appropriate records, and prepare reports relating to children's progress. Share appropriate milestones with parents daily. 
• Assist with communication to parents, if applicable, through conferences and other means to discuss children’s progress and interpret the school curriculum.

• Other Job-Related Duties as Assigned by the Supervisor: The omission of duties does not exclude it from the position if similar, related, or a logical assignment to the job. In other words, you'll be helping out on spontaneous projects and opportunities not listed above.

Terms of Employment:
Part-Time  30-40hours/week employed through Express Personnel.

Evaluation: Performance evaluated by the ELL Director per Board policy.

Status: Non-Exempt

Salary: $13.00 p/hour

Tri County Tech does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admissions and employment. Title IX Coordinator - Tara Stevens, Chief People Officer, Tara.Stevens@TriCountyTech.edu | 918.331.3248. 504 Coordinator - Dr. Dennis Grover, Instructional Director, Dennis.Grover@TriCountyTech.edu | 918.331.3227. According to the State of Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act, registered sex offenders must self-disclose their status before admission. Title IX Training is provided by OSSBA Workshop Resources.

Salary : $13