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Teacher Aide

Employer
Orion Associates/Little Stars Program
Location
Minneapolis
Salary
12.00 USD Hourly

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Industry
Education
Role
Teacher / Professor
Job Type
Long-Term
Hours
Full Time

Little Stars Daycare Center
Teacher's Aide
Come be a part of our caring, small family like environment!

About Little Stars
Little Stars Daycare Center provides a safe, caring homelike atmosphere for children, while providing for their physical, intellectual, emotional and social development. Our teachers and staff operate as a little community and have the ability to create meaningful and close relationships with the children and parents. We are located in Golden Valley at our Meridian and Orion Service's Corporate Office. Little Stars is licensed for 10 infants and toddlers combined and 10 preschoolers. We typically have 4-5 infants attending and 4-5 toddlers per day. Our daycare provides quality care and education for our employees' children and residents of Golden Valley, MN. Our employees work through Meridian, Orion or Zenith Services.

About the Teacher Aide Position
We are looking for a teacher aide who wants to be creative, make fun art projects, play hide and go seek, have dance parties, plant a garden and watch it grow! At Little Stars, we believe in teaching children through not only curriculum but also through everyday play opportunities.

At Little Stars, teachers have the opportunity to contribute to curriculum development and developing activities to stimulate the children and their learning. Teacher Aides supervise and play with the children, teach children acceptable socialization skills and focus on learning the alphabet, colors, numbers, attend to children's needs, create art and craft projects with the children, and discussing development with parents. This position will primarily be working with the toddlers and preschoolers but at closing time, may float to assist in the infant room.

Our mission is to provide a comprehensive infant, toddler and preschool curriculum based on best practices and research on early brain development and learning. As we provide an enriched, stimulating environment, filled with child-initiated learning experiences, children are offered the opportunity to learn and develop the skills, attitudes and knowledge necessary to becoming independent, productive individuals.

Location: Golden Valley, MN

Hours: We are looking for staff for any of the following schedule (or all of it)
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30a-3:30p: 16 hours a week.
Wednesdays and Fridays 1p-6p (10 hours)

Pay: $12/hour

Perks: 401K plan, snack day every Wednesday, paid training, teambuilding, medical and dental (30 hours a week), supplemental insurance plans.

Requirements:
Must be at least 16 years of age, pass a MN DHS background Study, and have a passion for working with children.
* For specifics, see the childcare rule, Minn. Rules 9503.0005-.0170 and Minn. Stats. ???? 245A, 245Cand 626.556

If interested, please apply online at our sister company, Meridian Services.
or call for more info.



Job Requirements:
  • Assist the classroom teacher in implementing written lesson plans
  • Assist the teacher plan activities
  • Perform tasks assigned by the principal, lead teacher or classroom teacher
  • Supervise children during all activities
  • Oversee the classroom in the absence of the teacher
  • Providing a developmentally appropriate learning environment for young children and/or school age children
  • Support the teacher with parent communications
  • Provide children with a consistent classroom routine

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