Job Description

Job Location: 395 Alief ISDs - Houston, TX 77099
Position Type: Full-TimeEducation
Level: Bachelors Deg. or Equivalent Experience
Travel Percentage: No Local Travel (0%)
Job Category: EducationThe Head Start Co-Teacher works closely with the ISD teacher on a daily basis. This collaboration involves planning, implementing, managing student behavior and supervising all classroom activities. The position focuses on the development of young children, including those with special needs. The co-teacher works as a part of an integrated team. This team supports the goals of both the Head Start program and Fort Bend ISD.
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
• Encourage students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
• Guide the learning process toward the achievement of state and local curriculum goals. Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, to communicate these objectives to the students.
• Employ a variety of instructional techniques consistent with the needs and capabilities of the individuals or student groups involved.
• Take necessary and reasonable precautions to protect the students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, agency policy, and administrative regulations.
• Perform any other duties as required.
• Assist in developing learning materials and providing activities outlined on the lesson plan and related to the cultural background of the children and families served.
• Provide instructional services to students under the guidance of the classroom teacher.

Qualifications1-3 years: Experience creating a classroom environment that is conducive to learning, captures the interest of children, is engaging and developmentally appropriate.
Bachelors in Early Childhood Education or related