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**[Summary: [A preschool teacher assistant is responsible for maintaining a clean work environment and safe play area. The preschool teacher assistant job description entails preparing classroom materials, equipment and resources for use during teaching sessions. It also involves ensuring that learning materials are in proper condition before and after use. Duties also include helping the teacher with daily lesson plans; they prepare books, calendars, charts, and other teaching materials as needed by the teacher. Using positive encouragement, such as praise, smile, and hugs to enhance the learning progress of students from time to time is a key part of their duties. They are in charge of measuring, mixing and pouring substances for projects and activities. Help the teacher in distributing supplies to students as needed during lesson time. They assist in cleaning or organizing the classroom, tables and chairs after each session to make sure that there is a safe environment for children to play in. The preschool teacher assistant work description also involves serving meals directly to students and making sure that they consume all the meal before they are dismissed from the table. It also entails taking care of the medical needs of children (assisting other staff members if necessary). A good preschool teacher assistant will remove toys that are not needed anymore and store them in a proper place. One of their duties involves helping other teachers by assisting them with what they need during their lesson time. Additionally, the preschool teacher assistant will assist teachers in making sure that all students have their personal items, belongings, and other needs met during or after the teaching day.

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• Punctual and reliable attendance, including the ability to open a classroom at 6am or close a classroom until 5:30pm if scheduled
• Maintain positive working relationships with parents, and report on their childs progress, development, and daily activities
• Learn and use Boys and Girls Club positive guidance techniques appropriate to your age group including consistent positive feedback and relationship building, zoning classroom areas, counting children before, during and after transitions, redirecting unwanted behavior, etc.
• Work with individual children who need more support, or different support than a typically behaving child, including leading parent meetings or conducting assessments of childs development to support parents, school district, or pediatrician
• Follow all licensing standards including maintaining adult to child ratios, consistently implementing the routine, maintaining childrens daily records, and having meaningful child focused interactions in the classroom
• Maintain and keep a clean and sanitary classroom at all times, and assist in upkeep of all child care areas as required
• Set and work towards yearly professional development goals based on appropriate Tier of Alaskas Core Knowledge and Competencies (AK CKCs)
• Attend required trainings for child care licensing, Learn and Grow, and as assigned

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