Job Title: Teacher's Aide
PVN ID: KB-2504-006776
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: KINGSBOROUGH C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Teacher’s aide will work with the teaching staff to provide a successful, safe, and supervised educational setting for children while they are in the child development center. This includes promoting the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of children. They shall possess an interest in children and their families and be sensitive to their needs. They must have the ability to work efficiently with others and be open to change.

Other Duties

Responsibilities will include but will not be limited to the following:

Curriculum and Supervision:

  • Maintain classroom routines and schedules which include assisting in activities such as group time, choices, lunch, naptime, outdoor time, arrival and departure of children etc.
  • Assist with providing a clean, orderly, physical environment, conducive to the optimal growth and development of children.
  • Accept each child at their own developmental level and assist in individualizing activities that help the child grow to the maximum of their ability.
  • Utilize playground time as a learning experience for the children and as a continuation of the classroom theme.
  • Assist in providing children with their environment of acceptance which will help each child build the ethnic pride develop a positive self-concept, enhance their individual strengths and develop positive social relationships.
  • Coordinate meal times including setup, meal preparation, serving, and clean up.
  • Support Director and teachers in the general implementation of policies and procedures of the Child Development Center.
  • Attend all staff meetings and participate in recommended training program conferences courses and other aspects of professional growth.
  • Maintain confidentiality at all times.

Health and Safety:

  • Follow all emergency medical or accident procedures.
  • Participate in monthly fire drill.
  • Maintain current CPR.
  • Assure general maintenance and security up facility which includes ensuring that equipment and materials are in good working order and are sanitized on a regular basis.
  • Assume an equal share of the joint housekeeping responsibilities of the staff.

Parent Involvement:

  • Encourage parent involvement in all aspects of the program.
  • Assist in aspects of the administrative component of the center i.e. parent meetings, registration fundraising, inventory control, public relations etc.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma required
  • Experience working with children ages two to five years old
  • CPR certification

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$16.83-$16.83
Hour(s) a week
24.00
Closing Date
Jun 01, 2025 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

Actions