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Job Opening Date: May 15, 2024

Anticipated Start Date: August 2024

Job Closing Date: Until filled

Job Status: This is a three-quarter time, seasonal position ( 30 hours worked + 2 hours paid non-worked time, in alignment with HRDC's Reduced Workweek Policy)

Wage: $18.00/hour

Job Location: Bozeman Head Start Center

General Summary of Purpose of this Position:

Provide supportive services in Early Childhood Education classrooms in the classrooms and kitchen.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Duty Statements. This position has the following duties and responsibilities. They are listed starting with the most important. This listing does not include minor duties which constitute less than 5% of the position’s time, unless such duties are significantly important or critical to the success of the position. Each of the duties listed below is considered an essential function of this job. (Essential functions are those functions that the employee must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation. Regular and predictable work schedule and attendance are considered essential functions).

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities

Assist Teaching Staff with Classroom Activities:

• Assist in the implementation of individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, cognitive, social/emotional, and motor skills following appropriate framework and curriculum guidelines.

• Share observations with Lead Teacher

• Assist children in practices of personal cleanliness, oral health including tooth brushing, toileting skills, self care including caring for own clothing and picking up and putting away toys and books.

• Assist with activities that alternate periods of strenuous activity with periods of rest or light activity to avoid over stimulation and to ensure recommended activity levels.

• Ensure that activities are culturally sensitive.

• Assist on playground to maintain safety of children.

• Interact with children and families in a professional, supportive, and confidential manner.

• Maintain a safe, healthy, attractive classroom learning environment, ensuring cleanliness of physical space

  Food and Nutrition:

• Prepare and serve food in accordance with food service regulations.

• Assist in the preparation and delivery of food, including Special Diet needs, to children in accordance with established health and nutrition policies and procedures.

• Model Family Style Dining practices to children during all meals and snack times

• Assist in unpacking and storing incoming food, supplies, etc.

• Maintain clean and sanitary classrooms and kitchen workspace.

• Remove food service items from the classroom at the end of meals and snacks, washes dishes, and all food prep items following sanitation guidelines and returns them to proper storage areas

• Prepare daily CACFP and attendance documentation for required food service policies.

• Assist in laundering of linens and towels, sanitation of sleeping mats

  Record Keeping:

• Provide clerical support such as filing, creating information packets, and maintaining forms.

• Enter data, screening and assessment results and other information onto data systems, as needed

  Continuing Education & Program Development:

• Attend applicable and mandatory trainings as directed by supervisor or program standards

  Knowledge Skills and Abilities

  Language Skills

• Read and comprehend basic instructions and present information to others

• Read, write, and speak basic English sentences.

  Mathematical/ Money Handling Skills:

• Basic counting skills

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide simple numbers

  Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

• Ability to make on the spot judgment regarding safety of children.

  Computer Skills:

• Words per Minute Computer Keyboard Required: Demonstrate Proficiency

• 10-Key Strokes per Minute Data Entry Required: Demonstrate Proficiency

  Specialized Office Equipment:

  Operate Scanner to capture text or graphics and save or import them in application program for further use

• Operate multi-line telephone to place, receive, or transfer calls or to retrieve voice mail messages

• Other (Specify): None

  Computer Software and Operating Systems :

• Utilize computer Word Processing to input, format, and edit documents and save, print, or transmit documents.

• Utilize computer spreadsheet to input, format and edit data and save, print, or transmit data

• Utilize computer data bases to create data files, input, format and edit data and save, print, or transmit data

• Utilize computer internet/ e-mail to access, send, retrieve, save, print or transmit documents, or data files

• Operate personal computer with Windows operating system to start programs, input, format and edit data files and print or transmit data

• Utilize proprietary, custom or online programs or data bases to edit, format and input data, save, print, or transmit data

• Specify Software: Child Plus

  Specialized Tools (Non-Computer):

• Classroom tools including chalkboard, whiteboard, and projector

• Food serving tools and equipment

  HRDC, Professional or Governmental Policies and Regulations:

• State or Federal Regulations or Laws (List by Name): Knowledge of Health Department sanitation and food safety standards; MT Child and Adult Food Care Program regulations

• Agency Policies or Procedures (List by Name): HRDC Policies and Procedures, Head Start Food Service Policies and Procedures

  Drivers Licenses Required for Performing this Position:

• Drivers License and appropriate insurance

  Professional Licenses or Certifications Required by Law, Rule or Regulation for Performing this Position:

• Incumbent must pass a physical exam which results in a letter stating person is free of communicable diseases by employment date.

• TB Screening Questionnaire and/or skin test (needed every five years)

• Current Tetanus and MMR vaccinations

• First Aid Card, including CPR training

• Satisfactory results from criminal background check as required by Child/Adult Abuse Act

  Licenses or Certifications That Would Be Useful but Are Not Required:

• None

  Other Required Knowledge, Skills or Abilities:

• Ability to effectively work and communicate with a wide range of individuals from all socio-economic groups

• Ability work with minimal supervision and effectively manage work flow

• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints from customers or claimants

  Essential Physical, Mental and Emotional Requirements of this Position

  The following physical, mental and emotional abilities are considered essential to perform the duties listed above:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear

• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

• Must be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously

• Must be able to work under time and/or deadline pressures

  Education and Experience:

  Education : The following course(s) of study or class work usually provides the required knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of this position:

• High school diploma or GED preferred

  Experience: The following kinds of experience usually provides the required knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of this position:

• At least 6 months of experience in this field preferred

• Basic knowledge or experience in kitchen/food prep

  Supervision

  Supervision Received:

• This position operates under the direct supervision of the Site Supervisor

  This position supervises the following position(s):

• None

  Decisions

  Impact of Decisions and Errors Made by Position:

• Decisions and/or errors primarily affect enrolled children and the other employees in the classroom that this position is assigned to

  Judgment Required to Make Decisions:

• Requires judgment to solve day‑to‑day problems, but usually within established procedures, guidelines, and precedents

  Exception Authority:

• None

  Financial Responsibility

• This position has no financial responsibility

  Personal Contacts

  The incumbent is responsible for the following personal contacts (either in oral or written form) when performing the Duties and Responsibilities of the Position:

• Daily contact and interaction with co‑workers, students, and parents

  Confidentiality:

• The incumbent occasionally works with confidential data, which if disclosed, may cause adverse internal effects in one program.

  Working Conditions

  The incumbent is exposed to the following unusual, potentially hazardous or unpleasant working conditions:

• Works in temperature controlled classroom environment

• Works outdoors to a low temperature of 10 degrees

• Daily exposure to angry or violent parents, children, or volunteers

• Daily exposure to minor injuries (not requiring hospitalization)

• Daily exposure to risk of injuries that may result in a permanent disability or death

• Weekly exposure to unpleasant substances, odors, or noises

• Ability to travel to and from worksites and trainings as applicable

Department

Early Childhood Education

Employment Type

ECE Seasonal - 32 hrs Probation

Compensation

$18.00/ Hour