Preschool Teacher Aide (52305)

Health Solutions is a premier wellness center focused on whole-person care. With over 400 employees in Southern Colorado, you would be joining a mighty team of support and administrative staff, case managers, clinicians, physicians, nurses, and others in our efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of our community.

We’re hiring a Preschool Teacher Aide to join our Childcare team and become an active member at Health Solutions.  This position is located with the Family Center program at 1591 Taos Road in Pueblo.

What You Would Be Doing

Early Childhood Preschool Teacher Aide are assigned responsibility for a single group of children and to implement and provide a positive learning environment for children to facilitate the mental, physical, social and emotional development of children.

Under the supervision of the Site Supervisor, the Preschool Teacher Aide is responsible for:

• Actively participating in all scheduled Team meetings and participating in trainings as require.
• Assists and participate with planning a comprehensive, multi-cultural curriculum to promote growth and development of children
• Assists and participates with Lesson Plans, Anecdotal Notes, Assessment Data and Tracking and Developmental Screenings
• Knowledge of Individualized Education Programs, behavior plans and accommodations for children with special needs
• Assists with the planning and development of each child’s individual goals to enhance school readiness skills
• Actively participating in planned parent communication on a regular basis
• Knowledgeable and able to carry out emergency preparedness, fire and tornado drills on a regular basis
• Maintaining credentials required for position
• Provides a developmentally appropriate healthy and safe learning environment for the children
• Model and practice developmentally appropriate behavior when working with children, families and staff
• Prepare materials for educational activities
• Clean and sanitizing toys and equipment
• Teach and participate with diapering and/or toileting for children
• Participate with mealtimes and tracking daily attendance and meals
• Adheres to all health, safety and food handling and sanitation requirements for meal servicing
• Flexibility to work with all ages of children from infants to 16 years of age
• Responsible for handling emergency situations such as first aid, parent contacts, etc.
• Performing other job-related duties assigned by the Director or his/her designee
• Provide nurturing and caring to children
• Ensure no child is left unsupervised at any time
• Ability to work a flexible schedule
• Ability to follow all reporting of possible child abuse and neglect as a mandated child abuse reporter
• Knowledge of Colorado Childcare Licensing Rules and Regulations
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality standards/boundaries with children/families/staff
• Ability to submit a medical statement that is signed and dated by a licensed physician or other health care professional, verifying good mental, physical and emotional health.  The medical statement must be dated no more than 6 months prior to employment or within 30 days after the date of employment