Job Description

Join Our Team as an Assistant Teacher!

Position Details:

Full Time ( 40 hrs/benefits)

Day Shift- Monday-Friday

Pay ranges - $17.00-$22.82

Job Summary:

The assistant teacher will help the lead teacher to provide a safe and engaging environment for children depending on the age and developmental level of the classroom assigned. This includes active supervision of all classroom activities up to and including diaper changing/assisting with toileting, dressing, reading with children, leading group activities, craft preparation, playground supervision, feeding and supervision of meal times, cleaning and other duties as assigned.

Education:

High school diploma or GED Required. One year of experience with caring for children preferred. BLS Provider Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures children are supervised at all times.
• Ensures the environment is safe, clean and in good repair. Reports deficiencies to supervisor immediately.
• Follows acceptable protocol when accepting children for child care coverage.
• Interacts with children and parents appropriately.
• Assists in maintaining the ordered arrangement, appearance, décor, and learning environment of the classroom while allowing for the expressive and creative involvement and interaction of children.
• Participate in the cleaning of the classroom as listed on cleaning checklists.
• Help to ensure required paperwork is completed correctly in a timely and efficient manner.
• Maintain positive child guidance techniques.

Other Duties:

Other duties as assigned

Rev. 3-30-2026

Joining the Guthrie team allows you to become a part of a tradition of excellence in health care. In all areas and at all levels of Guthrie, you’ll find staff members who have committed themselves to serving the community.

The Guthrie Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Guthrie Clinic is a non-profit, integrated, practicing physician-led organization in the Twin Tiers of New York and Pennsylvania. Our multi-specialty group practice of more than 500 physicians and 302 advanced practice providers offers 47 specialties through a regional office network providing primary and specialty care in 22 communities. Guthrie Medical Education Programs include General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Anesthesiology and Orthopedic Surgery Residency, as well as Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology and Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship programs. Guthrie is also a clinical campus for the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.