Preschool Assistant Teacher Afternoon - Fall 2025 - Part-time

p style="text-align: left"strongfont size="5"Preschool Assistant Teacher Afternoon - Fall 2025/font/strong/pp style="text-align: left"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Concord Carousel Preschool has an opportunity for a caring and energetic assistant teacher to join our team of educators. Candidates must have a strong desire to work with young children in a classroom setting.. Candidates are required to meet EEC assistant teacher qualifications at the time of application. The ideal candidate is flexible, willing to work as part of team and a desire for personal growth in the early childhood field. The successful candidate will have access to ongoing training and competitive compensation and have the opportunity to enroll their age-appropriate children in our program with no tuition cost and special discounted rates for other programs.  strongHours 2:30P -5:15P. Earlier hours available. $17.75-$21.50/hour; based on qualifications and experience./strong brbrThis is a 10-month school year position following the Concord Public School calendar from late August until early June.brbrstrongApplications will be accepted until the position is filled. /strong The most highly qualified candidates will be invited to one or more interviews and/or other assessments.  All applicants will be notified of their standing in the process as soon as a decision has been made regarding their individual application.brbrAppointment of the final candidate will be contingent upon the results of pre-placement conditions including a Background Records Check and Fingerprinting.  Costs for these pre-placement requirements will be borne by the Town./font/span/pp style="text-align: left"strong style=""font size="2"span style="font-family: Arial"The Town of Concord, MA is an EEO Employer.  We value diversity and welcome candidates of all backgrounds to apply./span/font/strong/pp style="text-align: left"font size="5"font size="2"table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="660" style="width: 495pt" tbodytr style="height: 12.5pt" td width="97" valign="top" style="height: 12.5pt; width: 73pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Department: /font/span/p /td td width="336" valign="top" style="height: 12.5pt; width: 252.05pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Human Services, Recreation Division/font/span/p /td td width="110" valign="top" style="height: 12.5pt; width: 82.85pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Salary Grade: /font/span/p /td td width="116" valign="top" style="height: 12.5pt; width: 87.1pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"MISC 2/font/span/p /td /tr tr style="height: 12.7pt" td width="97" valign="top" style="height: 12.7pt; width: 73pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Reports To: /font/span/p /td td width="336" valign="top" style="height: 12.7pt; width: 252.05pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Childcare Services Manager/font/span/p /td td width="110" valign="top" style="height: 12.7pt; width: 82.85pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"FLSA Status: /font/span/p /td td width="116" valign="top" style="height: 12.7pt; width: 87.1pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Non-Exempt /font/span/p /td /tr tr style="height: 12.5pt" td width="97" valign="top" style="height: 12.5pt; width: 73pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Appointed By:/font/span/p /td td width="336" valign="top" style="height: 12.5pt; width: 252.05pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Town Manager/font/span/p /td td width="110" valign="top" style="height: 12.5pt; width: 82.85pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Date: /font/span/p /td td width="116" valign="top" style="height: 12.5pt; width: 87.1pt; padding: 0; text-align: left" p style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 107%"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"2023 /font/span/p /td /tr /tbody/tablep style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-family: Arial"uspan style="color: #000000"span style="text-decoration: none"font size="2" /font/span/span/u/span/pp style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"b style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Position Description:/font/b/pp style="background: #FFFFFF; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"font size="2"span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial"Under the supervision of the Childcare Services Manager, Assistant Teachers work with a Lead Teacher and/spanspan style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial" span /spanshare responsibility for the supervision and management of span /spanpreschool students in the program while maintaining a classroom/group in accordance with the goals and curriculum plans of the Concord Carousel Preschool./spanspan style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial" /span/font/pp style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2" /font/span/pp style="background: #FFFFFF; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-family: Arial"buspan style="color: #000000"font size="2"ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/font/span/u/b/span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"span style="font-family: Arial"ifont size="2"External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled as defined under the American With Disabilities Act, must be able to perform the essential job functions (as listed) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case-by-case basis./font/i/span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; line-height: normal"span style="font-family: Arial"ifont size="2" /font/i/span/pp style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"span style="font-family: Arial"bispan style="line-height: 107%"font size="2"GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES/font/span/i/b/span/pulli style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"bispan style="line-height: 107%" /span/i/bspan style="background-color: #FFFFFF; text-indent: -0.25in"Ability to work in a high energy environment with children ages 2.9 – 5 years./span/font/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; text-indent: -0.25in"Implement curriculum, meeting the social-emotional, physical and intellectual needs of the children based on the goals, philosophy and general curriculum plan of the Carousel Preschool Program./span/font/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"font size="2"span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanspan style="background-color: #FFFFFF; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial"Help to create an engaging environment that fosters a sense of belonging for all children and adults./span/font/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"font size="2"span style="background-color: #FFFFFF; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanspan style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial"Assists with the creation and implementation of weekly activity plans with support from the Teachers and Lead Teachers./span/font/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanAssist with preparation of activities and other program functions. (e.g. clean-up, meal time, transitions, etc.)./font/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Provide positive role-modeling, reinforcement and assists with behavior guidance when necessary./font/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"span style="font-family: Arial"span style="text-indent: -0.25in"font size="2"Ensure the health and safety of children through constant supervision, arrangement of space, proper maintenance of equipment and knowledge of emergency procedures./font/span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"font size="2"span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanspan style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial"Facilitate interactions among children to provide opportunities for the development of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth./span/font/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"font size="2"span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanspan style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial"Attend and participate in monthly staff meetings and professional development training, as required by EEC and the Childcare Manager./span/font/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"span style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanspan style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial"Show awareness of specific individual health plans and comply with plans, including required /spantraining (EPI pen administration, insulin pump operation, etc.) when appropriate./font/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"span style="font-family: Arial"span style="text-indent: -0.25in"font size="2"Exhibit knowledge about and adhere to program policies and procedures, including those for emergencies, medication administration, suspected abuse/neglect and referrals./font/span/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"font size="2"span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanspan style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial"Assist with operation of the classroom  in compliance with EEC regulations./span/font/lili style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt"font size="2"span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanspan style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 107%; font-family: Arial"Comply with personnel policies of the Town of Concord, Concord Recreation and EEC/Childcare Programs/span/font/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-family: Arial"buspan style="color: #000000"font size="2"RECOMMENDED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS/font/span/u/b/span/pulli style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-family: Arial"buspan style="color: #000000"font size="2" /font/span/u/b/spanspan style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in"Must be 16 years of age/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in" /spanspan style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in"Must have a suitable Background Records Check (BRC)/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in" /spanspan style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in"Have experience working with preschool age children/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in" /spanspan style="font-size: small; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial"Good supervisory skills; demonstrate written and oral communication skills./span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-size: small; text-indent: -0.25in; font-family: Arial" /spanspan style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in"Must have completed EEC Essentials Training 2.0/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in" /spanspan style="text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Arial; font-size: small"Must complete a staff orientation/span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: #FFFFFF; font-family: Arial; font-size: small" /spanA span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; background-color: #FFFFFF" /spanspan style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; background-color: #FFFFFF"have a High School diploma or be enrolled in a high school./span/lili style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; background-color: #FFFFFF" /spanspan style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial; text-indent: -0.25in"Must comply with EEC Background Records Check regulations and Professional Qualification Registry requirements./span/li/ulpspan style="font-family: Arial"font size="2" /font/span/ppspan style="font-family: Arial"bufont size="2"WORKING CONDITIONS PHYSICAL DEMANDS:/font/u/b/span/ppspan style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Employee is regularly required to walk, stand, sit, talk and hear.span  /spanUses hands to finger, handles, feels or operates objects, tools or controls and reaches with hands and arms as in picking up paper, files and other common office objects.span  /spanEmployee may infrequently lift and/or move objects weighing up to 60 pounds such as tools and supplies, etc.span  /span/font/span/ppspan style="font-family: Arial"font size="2"Operates computer, printer, video display terminal, keyboard, calculator, telephone, copier, facsimile machine and all other standard office equipment requiring eye-hand coordination and finger dexterity. Balancing, crouching, grasping, pulling, reaching and stooping may also be required./font/span/ppspan style="font-family: Arial"font size="2" /font/span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0; line-height: normal"span style="font-family: Arial"bifont size="2"The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to do this job.  The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position./font/i/b/span/ppspan style="font-family: Arial"bifont size="2"This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee, and is subject to change by the employer, as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change./font/i/b/span/ppspan style="font-family: Arial"br/span/p/font/font/pp style="text-align: left"font size="4"/font/p