Assistant Teacher

POSITION OVERVIEW

The mission of Mary Hall Freedom Village, Inc. (MHFV) is to empower women, children, veterans, and families to end the cycle of homelessness, addiction, and poverty.

Headquartered in Sandy Springs, GA and with seven facilities across Metro Atlanta, Mary Hall Freedom Village has been transforming the lives of participants in need for the last 26+ years. We strive to break the cycle of homelessness, addiction, mental illness, and poverty. If you believe in the empowerment of women, children, veterans, and their families, please consider the employment opportunity below.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Assist in the implementation of curriculum activities and encourage participation by children in the classroom, outside and center events.
• Actively engage in activities; manage cleanliness, maintenance, and availability of classroom materials.
• Maintain frequent communications with parents through informal discussions and progress reports.
• Encourage self-help and good hygiene through behavior modeling.
• Help ensure smooth, daily transition from home to childcare center.
• Follow all the agency policies and state regulations.
• Assist with the creation of age-appropriate lesson plans, record anecdotal observations, and participate in setting instructional goals.
• Monitoring the classroom to ensure health and safety is always a high priority. 
• Assist with preparation of activities.
• Engage children in activities to promote social and emotional development. 
• Assist with family style mealtimes. 
• Maintain a personal professional development plan to ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Performs other duties as assigned and works as a cooperative member of the team.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervision of children 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• High School Diploma or GED, CDA, or 6 hours of ECE credit preferred.
• Minimum of 1-2 years of childcare experience.
• Complete 10 hours of Health & Safety Orientation Training within the first 90 days
• Obtain Pediatric First Aid & CPR Certification within 90 days of hire
• Pass a Comprehensive Background Check
• Complete 15 hours of annual training each year after the first year

REQUIRED SKILLS, CAPABILITIES, KNOWLEDGE 

• High energy.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and basic computer skills. 
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• A solid understanding of child development, along with patience, reliability, and knowledge of current early childhood education practices.
• The ability to take frequent walks, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels. 
• May be required to kneel, bend, squat or crawl. 
• A specific vision ability will be required including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Ability to lift 40lbs and assist children as needed
• CPR/First Aid certification

EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS 

• 3- Year Motor Vehicle Report
• TB Test; Drug Testing
• Comprehensive Background Check      
• Work performed in office / childcare environment.
• Standard Work Schedule: M-F. 

COMPETENCIES

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

LEADERSHIP 

• Vision, Mission, and Values - Provides clear direction around the vision for MHFV and within the department. Actions and behaviors reflect the mission and core values of Mary Hall Freedom Village including, but not limited to being capable, qualified, and motivated to carry out job responsibilities and assignments.
• Development & Support - Recognizes and develops the skills and abilities of other employees. Plans and assigns work effectively and equitably to ensure that all team members are motivated and challenged with diverse work opportunities.
• Communication - Communicates clearly and concisely and consistently to the team, and consistently. Conveys thoughts, opinions, and ideas effectively with others via written and verbal communication.
• Leadership - Visible, with a positive presence in the department; readily available to assist as needed. Effectively accomplishes work through others, inspires confidence, provides clear direction, communicates constructive feedback, coaches, and develops staff and resolves problems as they are identified.
• Teambuilding - Collaborates with team and other departments to promote a positive and supportive work environment to      accomplish departmental and MHFV goals. Actively promotes creating a great place to work environment.
• Managing Conflict - Listens well, diffuses conflict before it starts, finds solutions to problems in a constructive manner, handles difficult people.
• Problem Solving - Breaks down problems into smaller components, can simplify and process complex issues, can identify and understand root cause.

GENERAL PERFORMANCE 

• Resource Management - Provides appropriate use of resources including company property, supplies, people, and cost reductions.
• Quality of Work - Delivers quality work; takes ownership and accepts responsibility for work outcomes and makes suggestions to improve effectiveness and efficiency of work processes.
• Customer Service - Provides employees, participants, clients, and the general public with appropriate service in a timely, courteous, and efficient manner.
• Time Management - Coordinates assigned tasks and activities to maximize the effectiveness of efforts. Prioritizes the order to do tasks and makes sure that they are done on schedule.
• Attendance - Employee is expected to adhere to the attendance and break policy and communicate with your supervisor about anticipated time off or modifications to break times.
• Communication Skills - Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading listening and interpersonal skills.
• Customer Service - Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met.
• Integrity - Earns the trust and confidence of coworkers and customers through honest communication, ethical behavior, and professionalism in all interactions.
• Job Knowledge - Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.