**This position is for the new 26-27 school year effective 7/1/26
Position Compensation: $23.47/hour plus excellent benefits.
Pace offers a Total Rewards Package to its employees:
- 401k
- Vacation
- Sick pay
- 14 Paid Holidays
- Pet Insurance
- FSA - Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision packages extended to your family as well.
- Supplemental Insurance Plans
- Opportunity to promote within, just to name a few.
JOB PURPOSE:
Under general supervision of the Site Director, assist teachers in delivering high quality Early Childhood Development services to children enrolled in an 11-hour, full year classroom, including education, social, physical, nutritional and psychological development of children under their care. Assist program staff in planning and implementing classroom lessons, activities and events for children and parents, interacting with the public and providing customer service by phone, email and in person, and completing daily classroom paperwork as required by the early childhood education program.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
In collaboration with a secondary teaching team, assist teachers in the care and instruction of preschool children and promotes their social, physical and mental development. Provides supervision of children and supports the planning and implementation of classroom lessons and activities. Serves meals and ensures a healthy and safe learning environment for children. Assist in the completion of required documentation to ensure a high-quality program.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE POSITION INCLUDE:
Assist in conducting learning and developmental assessments of children, including but not limited to DRDP-2015, ASQ-3, ASQ: SE2, etc. according to timelines, as available.
Use non-teaching hours to assist in the completion of paperwork, home visits, conferences, and other requirements.
Clean and sanitize all areas of the classroom, including food preparation, dishwashing, eating and toileting areas.
Provide culturally and linguistically appropriate customer service to parents, children, community representatives/members, and all PACE staff daily.
Ability to attend assignments away from assigned site, such as in-service trainings, home visits, parent conferences, etc., as available.
Cooperate with Site Lead, co-Teachers, Site Director and other Service Area Coordinators in planning, supervision, and implementation of overall program
Assist in accomplishing the program's non-federal match through the access of community resources (services, donations, discounts, and/or goods).
QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE):
Promote children’s progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to Five and applicable state early learning and development standards, including for children with disabilities and dual language learners, as appropriate.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS:
Must complete 15 clock hours of professional development annually that builds the knowledge, experience, skills, and abilities of staff to improve child, family, and staff outcomes. Of this, a minimum of 50% of the 15 hours (or 7.5 hours) must be focused on the specific content area or job assignment. Must also complete an annual Professional Development Plan (PDP) to be reviewed 3 times during the year.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The working conditions and physical demands of this position will be those that must be met to successfully perform the essential duties of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties. The physical environment the incumbent will work in is typically a pre-school environment with moderate noise levels that would be expected in that type of work environment. Outdoor and indoor supervision of playgrounds / workplace for on-going periods occurs regularly. Lift and carry up to 45 lbs. or more. The individual must be able to work with children at their eye level and always maintain visual supervision of children, as well as hear, communicate, and comprehend effectively with children, staff, and parents. The individual also must be able to walk, sit, kneel, crawl, carry, push, pull and participate in activities indoors and outdoors as needed in an environment with children and adults.
Representative physical demands of the job include normal vision and hearing, standing for extended periods, sitting for extended periods, kneeling, and stooping, manipulating objects with hands, reaching overhead, and occasionally lifting and carrying objects weighing up to 45 pounds.
PACE is a private not-for-profit corporation that provides employment, small business assistance, and education, housing, energy and environmental and other community services in the Los Angeles City and County areas. PACE is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
PACE is a private not-for-profit corporation that provides employment, small business assistance, and education, housing, energy and environmental and other community services in the Los Angeles City and County areas. PACE is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
