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Special Needs Aide - Alanson at NORTHWEST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC.

Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Alanson, Michigan





Job Description:

NMCAA Preschool Alanson - Special Needs Aide
Purpose:
To promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of education, health, and nutritional, social, and other services to enrolled children and families.
Essential functions:

Assisting in administering day-to-day operations.
Assisting in the overall care and supervision of children.
Providing individualized care for specific children.

Position Objectives:
Education and Early Childhood Development

Utilize the Performance Standards, Head Start Act, NMCAA Head Start Program Plan, Michigan Licensing Rules for Child Care Centers, the Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Pre-Kindergarten and Program Procedure Manual to ensure program requirements are being met.
Provide a developmentally appropriate classroom environment using the Creative Curriculum, School Readiness goals and Early Learning Framework.
Provide clear behavioral expectations and use effective methods to prevent and redirect misbehavior using Conscious Discipline guidelines.
Utilize the Challenging Behavior Protocol to identify a course of support for challenging behaviors.
Use data and child outcomes from Teaching Strategies GOLD assessment reports; teaching team and parent input are to be used for weekly lesson plans, IEPs, individual and group planning.
Adhere to NMCAA Guidance Policy and Program Philosophy.

Child Health and Safety

Provide a safe and healthy classroom environment using the State of Michigan Licensing Rules for Child Care Center requirements, the Head Start Monitoring Protocol, CLASS and Preschool Program Quality Assessment as guidance.
Follow the Mandated Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting procedures.

Ride the bus when needed to meet State of Michigan Licensing Rules for Child Care Center and Head Start requirements.
Follow the Universal Precautions for Preschool and Daycare posting, Handwashing posting, Cleaning and Sanitizing Guidance and Disinfecting Procedure





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