Teacher Assistant - College Park Preschool

Description

About Us

The Children's Guild Alliance is a nonprofit organization serving children, families, and child-serving organizations. We are dedicated to transforming how America educates and cares for its children through education, behavioral health, national training, and consultation services. Affiliates of The Children's Guild Alliance include The Children's Guild, Monarch Academy public charter and contract schools, Monarch Preschool College Park, TranZed Academy for Working Students, TranZed Apprenticeships, The Children's Guild DC Public Charter School, Transformation Education Institute, and The National Children's Guild Fund. We are among the most experienced child-serving organizations in the Greater Baltimore/Washington region and are currently expanding in national and international programs. Each year, the agency's continuum of care and hundreds of professional staff help thousands of youth and young adults and their families achieve, excel, and succeed. We operate public charter and contract schools, special education schools; preschool; apprenticeships, pre-career programs; therapeutic group homes; treatment foster care; and behavior health services. We invite you to be part of our innovative team!

Are you interested in working with an organization that is transforming the way America cares for and educates its children?

Monarch Preschool College Park is seeking a dynamic, energetic Teacher Assistant who enjoys working with children aged 3-5. The Teacher Assistant will support a Lead Teacher in creating a year-round, high-quality, project-based learning pre-kindergarten environment that fosters a lifelong love of learning while preparing children for school and life beyond.

This is a full-time, 10-month teaching position.

About Monarch Preschool College Park

Monarch Preschool College Parkis a high-quality, project-based learning pre-kindergartenfull-day programfor children aged 3-5.Monarch Preschool CollegeParkisaplace where care is not passive. Spaces, curriculum,and teachersareall active, engaged, and helping children apply their learning to real-world issues. We expect to foster a life-long love of learning, focusing on the whole child approach and getting children ready for school and life beyond.Monarch Preschool College Park provides an authentic application of learning that embeds the arts within the important learning concepts to foster engagement, aid in retention, and enhance comprehension in a consistently hands-on, interactive, and dynamic environment. The Childrens Guild Alliance founded Monarch Preschool College Parka nonprofit organization founded in 1953 and dedicated to pioneering educational services for children and families. The Childrens Guild was founded by Dr. Leo Kanner, a world-renowned psychiatrist that discovered autism at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.The Childrens Guild Alliance educates students by using a whole-child approach. It has more than 65years of experience operating schools with relentless attention to a culture of student personal, social, and academic development.

LearnmoreaboutMonarch Preschool College Parkatwww.monarchpreschool.com.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree; Bachelor's preferred
• 21 years of age or older
• 1-2 years experience as a teaching assistant or working in a childcare setting
• Solid understanding of classroom activities and teaching best practices
• Ability to create a positive, engaging learning environment
• Must have a positive attitude and excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and presentation abilities
• Ability to work a flexible schedule
• Ability to fluently speak, read, and write English; Spanish fluency a plus
• Must be able to safely lift a minimum of 40 pounds and work indoors or outdoors
• Must be able to assume postures in low levels to allow physical and visual contact with children
• Must see and hear well enough to keep children safe and engage in physical activity with them