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Wood County Head Start, Inc.
Center Aide
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A Teacher Assistant assists classroom teachers by providing extra individual attention and instruction to students. Helps teachers with recordkeeping, preparation for lessons and activities and supervising students. May work with special education students, or work in a school library or computer lab; may be called teacher aide or paraprofessional.
$34,808 / year median in Wisconsin
+4% projected growth
Job Description
♦The primary responsibility of a Center Aide is to work with children that may have special needs within the classroom and assist with various classroom duties. ♦Experience with infants to 5 year old children is preferred. Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, Child Development Associate (CDA), or Early Childhood Course I and II are preferred or a high school diploma with six months work or volunteer experience with young children is required, Head Start experience is preferred. ♦This position is 8 hours per day, Monday - Friday. Wage is $13.78-$16.58 per hour depending on training and experience. ♦Wood County Head Start promotes further educating our staff with monthly trainings as well as provides a tuition reimbursement option for dedicated staff. ♦Benefits include health insurance , retirement , personal and sick time . Wood County Head Start promotes a well-balanced work-to-home aspect with a very flexible work schedule.