Teacher Assistant

工作内容

Hello and thank you for your interest in working within our HCAS community!

We always encourage highly-qualified educators to provide their resume and cover letter to enter our pool of applicants, as we are looking for educators who are team players and enjoy being a part of a school community’s growth journey. We accept applications from candidates around the world, but candidates who are currently in Taiwan are preferred for this position.

At this time, we have one opening for a Teacher Assistant. For this position, we are looking for a person experienced with kindergarten and/or elementary (grades 1-4) students.

Working at HCAS has many benefits, some of which include being on a traditional, North-American school calendar, being a 5-minute walk from the Taiwan High Speed Rail station, working on a beautiful campus, and, most importantly, working with fantastic staff who collaborate to create a solid learning environment for students and pleasant working environment for adults!

Interested candidates should send a cover letter that details their fit for the HCAS community and an updated resume (in English) to Mr. Nathan D. Bryant, the Assistant Principal. He can be reached at nathan_bryant@hcas.com.tw and looks forward to hearing from you. Go Lions!

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Qualifications

Education: A bachelors in education or a related field is preferred. This can be replaced with a high school diploma and 5+ years of previous experience in a teacher assistant capacity or related field experience.

Experience: 2+ years of teacher assistant experience or related field experience

Knowledge and Enduring Understandings:

• international education context
• child development
• transparency versus confidentiality
• emotional intelligence
• growth mindset

Skills:

• speaking and writing effectively in English and Mandarin Chinese
• effectively managing relationships and using active listening
• collaborative and flexible
• helpful, courteous, and friendly
• organized and detail oriented
• adapting to change in a fast-paced environment
• following oral and written instructions
• taking initiative and executing quality products for an on-time delivery

Key Responsibilities

• ensuring that all child protection and safeguarding expectations are met
• completing his/her role in emergency evacuations and other site safety needs
• supporting and supervising school activities to ensure the safety of all students
• fostering a safe environment that is kept free of any items that may pose safety risks to students
• ensuring that students are never left unaccompanied or unsupervised;
• collaborating to ensure that supervision needs are balanced with instructional needs
• caring for students by supporting their emotional wellbeing (i.e., listening and responding to students’ needs)
• building positive relationships with all students by treating them with dignity, respect, and as unique individuals
• laying positive behavior foundations that support self regulation and effective interactions with peers and adults
• handling off-task behavior and misbehavior respectfully and helping students to get back on track, repair damage caused, and develop self discipline to prevent similar problems in the future
• helping to prepare applicable materials/aids for lesson support that engages students and meets the needs of all students
• demonstrating and using content knowledge to support, reteach, and reinforce current and previous content being learned
• delivering small-group instruction and one-on-one assessments
• helping to ensure that students are highly involved in focused and intentional tasks that showcase them as active learners and problem-solvers
• responding to families about classroom logistics and using no more than a 48-hour window to reply to communication from families via Outlook or phone calls (followed by an e-mail with the homeroom teacher cc-ed)
• translating communication (e.g., e-mails, newsletters, etc.) to be sent to families by the homeroom teacher
• helping to prepare portfolios/student files for conferences as scheduled but also organizing information for scheduled meetings with families
• attending and/or helping to plan/execute school and community events/tasks, including but not limited to, WASC Action Groups, community gatherings, and after-hours activities and competitions

Every effort has been made to explain the main responsibilities of the position, but each, reasonable task may not be identified. Teacher Assistants are expected to comply with any reasonable request from the Administrative Leadership Team and Homeroom Teacher to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

This job description is current at the date provided but may be changed by the Administrative Leadership Team to reflect or anticipate changes in the job function.