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Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Bus Monitor/Teacher's Aide (Head start 3-5) in AGENCY VILLAGE, South Dakota
Closing date: 8/2/24 at Noon. Standard Employment: 8 hour shift 8:00-4:30 pm, Monday-Thursday September-Mid-May General Description: To provide safe transportation to the children enrolled in the program to and from Head Start and on field trips. As Head Start bus monitor/teacher aide is responsible for assisting the teachers in providing a safe and healthy environment and developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for the young children entrusted to them. The bus monitor/teacher aide must consult and cooperate with the parent/families who has temporarily delegated the responsibility for the care and development of their child to the classroom staff. The bus monitor/teacher aide, in the absence of the teacher or teacher aide, must provide leadership and direction to other staff within the classroom and cooperate with other staff in providing services for the children and their parents/family. The bus monitor/teacher aide will assist in the classrooms during lunch and morning and afternoon breaks of the teachers and teacher aides. *Major Duties and Responsibilities:*
- Safety and Sanitation:
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``` 1. Assist teacher in complying with safety, sanitation and other guidelines for serving enrolled children 2. Assure safety, sanitation procedures and precautions are taken to limit the spread of infectious disease and assist teacher with Monday morning head checks. 3. Assure that children are dressed appropriately for the weather and type of play in which they are engaged. During the winter months the teacher aid must assist with making sure the children are buttoned up with hats. 4. Model and encourage appropriate health and safety habits to encourage social competence. 5. Assure that children are supervised at all times. No child will ever be left alone. 6. Must ride the bus in the morning and afternoon as a bus monitor.
*Communication: 1. Assist in providing an environment that encourages interaction between and among children and adults. 2. Talk to children, especially during meals and other care giving routines or when the child is upset or in a conflict with another child. 3. Encourage expression of feelings. *Guidance:
Encourage age and developmentally appropriate problem solving techniques and skills. Help children learn how to think not what to think.
Provide children with opportunities to develop self-help skills. Family style feeding is required.
Promote interaction with other children, encouraging use of words.