Educational Aide (PreKindergarten)
Department of Defense Education Activity
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Educational Aide / Educational AIde (Kindergarten)
Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense
Job Description
Summary
This job is for an educational aide in a kindergarten classroom at a Department of Defense school in Guam, where you'll help teachers by preparing materials, tutoring students, monitoring activities, and assisting with tests and field trips.
It's a supportive role focused on creating a positive learning environment for young children.
A good fit would be someone patient and organized with experience in office work or education, who enjoys working with kids and can handle a mix of administrative and hands-on tasks.
Key Requirements
- U.S. citizenship
- One year of general experience in clerical, office, or related work demonstrating ability to learn educational support skills
- Two years of post-high school education from an accredited institution, or a combination of education and experience equating to 100% of requirements
- Strong communication skills for interacting with students and staff
- Ability to adhere to media and educational standards
- Competency in teaching or tutoring others, especially young children
- Willingness to work in Guam, including eligibility for 11.88% Cost of Living Allowance
Full Job Description
Department of War Education Activity-Pacific-West District, Guam. Federal employees in Guam are currently entitled to receive a 11.88% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary.
Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.?
General Experience: One year of general experience.
General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of an Educational Aide / Educational Aide (Kindergarten) such as preparing letters, schedules and other documents through the use of a personal computer or assisting with the preparation of instructional materials, OR Education: Two years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.
OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.
To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of by 60. Add the two percentages.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications and Media Standards Teaching Others Major Duties:
- Distributing/collecting testing materials as needed by students.
- Grading/providing testing results using identified scoring techniques.
- Monitoring students during various phases of school day.
- Preparing instructional materials related to classroom lessons.
- Providing tutoring to students in all subject areas.
- Accompanying/supervising students on field trips.
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