Instructs children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, child care center, or other child development facility by performing the following duties.
Assists with individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, social, and motor skills such as learning to listen to instructions, playing with others, and using play equipment.
Assists with the use of instructional materials suitable for verbal or visual instruction of pupils with wide range of mental, physical, and emotional maturates.
Develops in each pupil an awareness of his worth as an individual and his role in his family and community. Encourages pupils to express themselves creatively in art, music, and dramatic play.
Provides appropriate climate to establish and reinforce acceptable pupil behavior, attitudes, and social skills.
Cooperates and seeks assistance from other professional staff members.
Creates an effective environment for learning, through functional and attractive displays, interest centers, and exhibits of pupils’ work.
Assists with individual and small group instruction designed to meet individual needs of pupils in communications skills, health habits, physical skills, and development of self-concepts.
Interprets school program to parents in order to strengthen parental understanding of the individual pupil’s needs and the school’s role in the pupil’s life.
Enriches educational program through study trips to community resources such as museums, parks, and through classroom visits by resource person from the school and community. Shares and interprets these experiences with pupils and parents.
Promotes parent participation and involvement in education activities provided for their children.
Attends scheduled in-service training and workshops to include, but not limited to, the following: first aid training, CPR training, and positive discipline training.
Supervises classroom activities.
