Pre-Kindergarten Instructional Assistant (10-month, Pending Grant-Funding)

Salary: Depends on Qualifications

Location : Salisbury, MD

Job Type: Full-Time Non-Standard

Job Number: FY24-00409

Department: Child Development Center

Opening Date: 08/16/2024

Primary Function

Wor-Wic Community College is accepting applications for a Pre-K instructional assistant to work 32.5 hours per week to help the instructors and other professionals in the Jordan Center by working closely with students in small groups to achieve instructional objectives. This position is considered a mandatory reporter for the Department of Human Services.
Essential Duties

The following list is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with this position.

• Works with students in small groups on a specific concept/skill according to the students' skill level; assists with large group activities, field trips and other special programs/activities for students; works with individuals or small groups to reinforce material introduced by the teacher; and provides programmed practice activities and repetitions as developed by the teacher
• Guides independent study and other work assigned by the teacher
• Reinforces appropriate behavior by following classroom teacher/case manager expectations and student's behavior plan (if applicable); reports student behavioral and other problems to the instructor and assists with student problems
• Assists with breakfast, lunch, snack, cleanup, lavatory, clothing, personal hygiene and wash-up routines
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma
• One year of experience in a child care setting
• Excellent organizational, self-starter, human relations and verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with teachers, students, parents and associates
• The ability to use classroom and instructional equipment
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Criminal and child protective services background checks, pre-employment medical report and approval from the Maryland Department of Education, Office of Child Care required
• Must complete:
  • basic health and safety training and ADA training within 30 days of hire
  • center aide orientation within 90 days of hire
  • a minimum of 6 clock hours per year of continuing education

Supplemental Information

This is a conditional grant-funded support staff position. This position will be filled only once grant-funding has been approved. This position is scheduled to work 32.5 hours per week. Days and Hours of work are Mon. - Fri., 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (30 minute lunch). This is a 10-month position that follows the Wicomico County Public School calendar. This position is not eligible for benefits other than the option to elect subsidized employee-only coverage in the college's standard medical plan, which the employee must elect when first eligible, and must pay the employee portion of the premium to remain enrolled.

The right candidate will represent our commitment to excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion; collaborate and cooperate with others to accomplish the goals of the college; and support new and creative ideas to enhance institutional effectiveness.
It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess. Please do not use "See Resume" or similar language in the job application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. The college reserves the right to change or reassign job duties, or combine and/or eliminate positions at any time.

Applications received by Sept. 2 will be given first consideration; the position will remain open until filled.

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Benefits Summary for Eligible Grant Employees

This summary is solely intended to provide an overview of benefits offered by the college. In the case of a discrepancy, the information in the plan documents and the policy manual supersedes any description listed here.

Grant employees are eligible only for those benefits covered by the grant. Each grant is reviewed individually, and may include benefits from the listing below.

Medical Insurance
Full-time employees can elect to purchase subsidized medical coverage for themselves and their dependents effective the first of the month following the employee's date of hire.

Dental Insurance
Full-time employees can elect to purchase subsidized dental insurance for themselves and their dependents effective the first of the month following the employee's date of hire.

Vision Program
Full-time employees can elect to purchase voluntary vision insurance at their own expense for themselves and their dependents effective the first day of the month following the employee's date of hire.

Life Insurance
Full-time employees receive life insurance equal to one-and-a-half times the employee's annual salary, with a maximum benefit of $250,000, at no cost to the employee. Full-time employees can purchase additional life insurance at their own expense for themselves and their dependents at any time during their employment, pending approval from the provider.

Supplemental Insurance
All employees can purchase one or more of the supplemental insurance products offered by the college at their own expense for themselves and their dependents. Supplemental insurance provides an additional level of financial protection in the event of a serious accident or illness.

Flexible Spending Accounts
Full-time employees can obtain a medical reimbursement account and/or a dependent care assistance account effective the first of the month following the employee's date of hire. Employees do not need to enroll in the college's medical or dental plan to be eligible for flexible spending accounts.

Worker's Compensation
All employees are covered by worker's compensation insurance when they are involved in a work-related accident. Worker's compensation insurance covers medical care, rehabilitation and lost wages for employees or, in the case of a work-related death, death benefits for the employee's dependents, according to the specific terms of the insurance policy.

Short-term Disability Insurance
Full-time employees who have been employed by the college for at least one year are eligible for short-term disability coverage for non-occupational injuries or illnesses. Coverage begins after a 15-work day elimination period and all leave is exhausted, and ends 90 calendar days from the date of the injury or illness. Short-term disability benefits equal 60 percent of the employee's monthly salary, with a maximum benefit of $10,000 per month.

Long-term Disability Insurance
Full-time employees receive long-term disability coverage for non-occupational injuries or illnesses, with coverage beginning after an employee has used all accumulated sick leave or has been disabled for 90 calendar days, whichever occurs later. Long-term disability benefits equal two-thirds of the employee's monthly salary, with a maximum benefit of $10,000 per month.

Retirement
Full-time support staff members are enrolled in the State Retirement and Pension System (SRPS) of Maryland. Seven percent of the employee's salary is deducted as a retirement contribution from each paycheck of all employees enrolled in the SRPS.

Full-time administrators and faculty can enroll in the State Retirement and Pension System (SRPS) of Maryland or the Maryland Optional Retirement Program (MORP) subject to approval by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. Seven percent of the employee's salary is deducted as a retirement contribution from each paycheck of all employees enrolled in the SRPS.

Supplemental Retirement Accounts
All employees who normally work 20 hours or more per week can make tax-deferred supplemental retirement contributions to any of the supplemental retirement funds offered by the college.

Credit Union
Full-time employees and their immediate family members can participate in the State Employees Credit Union (SECU). The SECU's definition of immediate family member, which includes the employee's parents, spouse, natural, step, adopted and foster children, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, parents of spouse, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, aunts and uncles, and nieces and nephews, is used in the implementation of this policy.

Annual Leave
Annual leave is earned on a prorated basis each pay period.

Full-time administrators earn annual leave at a rate of 20 days per year. Part-time administrators earn annual leave at a rate of 7.7 percent of the total hours worked per pay period.

Full-time faculty members who sign 12-month employment agreements earn annual leave at a rate of 20 days per year, but this leave cannot be taken when they are scheduled to teach classes. Full-time faculty members who sign 10-month employment agreements do not receive annual leave.

Full-time support staff members earn annual leave at a rate of 10 days per year during their first through fourth years of employment, 15 days per year during the fifth through ninth years and 20 days per year in the 10th and subsequent years. Part-time support staff members earn annual leave at a rate of 3.8 percent of the total hours worked per pay period during their first through fourth years of employment, 5.75 percent of total hours worked per pay period during the fifth through ninth years, and 7.7 percent of the total hours worked per pay period in 10th and subsequent years.

Sick Leave
Sick leave is earned on a prorated basis each pay period.

Full-time administrators and support staff members earn sick leave at a rate of 15 days per year.
Faculty members who sign 10-month employment agreements earn sick leave at a rate of 12.5 days per year. Full-time faculty members who sign 12-month employment agreements earn sick leave at a rate of 15 days per year. Part-time administrators and support staff members earn sick leave at a rate of 5.7 percent of the total hours worked per pay period.

Newly-hired employees who have been members of the Maryland State Retirement System at their last place of employment can transfer their accumulated sick leave to Wor-Wic if the time lapse between their previous employment and the college is less than four months and if a letter certifying the number of accumulated sick leave days is forwarded from the personnel office of the previous employer to the college within 60 days after the employee's starting date of employment. Sick leave transferred from other agencies has no cash value at the termination of employment at Wor-Wic.

Employees can use a maximum of 64 hours of accumulated sick leave per year for sick and safe leave. An employee is eligible to begin using sick and safe leave 107 calendar days after his or her hire date. If an employee is rehired by the college within 37 weeks of the employee's separation date, a maximum of 64 hours of unpaid and unused sick leave will be reinstated.

Personal Leave
Full-time employees earn personal leave at a rate of four days, or 30 hours, per year, prorated according to the employee's first day of employment. Part-time administrators and support staff members receive a proration of four personal days, prorated according to the employee's first day of employment, based on the employee's budgeted weekly hours.

Bereavement
Full-time employees are entitled to four work days of bereavement leave to attend the funeral and/or attend to the affairs of the deceased in the event of the death of an immediate family member. In the implementation of this policy, an immediate family member is defined as a spouse, child, parent, parent-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild or any other relative living in the employee's household. One day of bereavement leave is granted to attend the funeral and/or attend to the affairs of the deceased in the event of the death of a relative not defined as an immediate family member.

Holidays
Full-time employees receive paid holidays. The college's 16 official college holidays include Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving and eight working days as a winter recess, which begins on or before Dec. 24 and includes Jan. 2 when Jan. 1 falls on a Sunday. Employees should consult the official calendar listing of holidays in the college catalog.

Military
Full-time employees and part-time administrators and support staff members who are in the uniformed services can take accrued annual or personal leave, or leave without pay, to serve in the uniformed services.

Court Duty
A full-time employee who is called to serve on a jury or is subpoenaed as a court witness to testify in a proceeding to which the employee or a related party is not personally involved is granted special leave with pay for the period that he or she is required to be in court, plus any necessary time for travel.

Employee Assistance Program
All employees and their household members can access free, confidential assistance to help with family, personal or professional problems. Services are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, by calling (800) 327-2251.

01

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

• Did not complete high school or equivalency
• High school diploma or equivalency
• Associate degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate degree
• Other advanced degree

02

How many years of work experience do you possess in a child care setting (as demonstrated by your employment history)?

• No work experience in a child care setting
• Completed an internship in a child care setting
• Less than 1 year of experience in a child care setting
• At least 1 year, but less than 2 years of experience in a child care setting
• At least 2 years, but less than 3 years of experience in a child care setting
• At least 3 years, but less than 4 years of experience in a child care setting
• At least 4, but less than 5 years of experience in a child care setting
• Five or more years of experience in a child care setting

03

Please use the space below to provide an ESSAY answer to the following: Discuss in your own words, how your professional experience to date has prepared you for this role. The search committee will use this information as part of the overall assessment of your application, so please be thoughtful and thorough in your response and please use your own words.

04

This position will be filled pending grant funding, and does not include any benefits other than the option to purchase subsidized employee-only coverage through the college's standard medical plan. Are you still interested in this position?

• Yes
• No

05

Are you at least 18 years of age?

• Yes
• No

06

Wor-Wic Community College celebrates a diverse workforce made up of individuals who embody our core values. We are looking for a candidate who can demonstrate commitment to excellence, diversity, equity and inclusion; who can demonstrate effective collaboration and cooperation with others; and who can demonstrate the ability to support new and creative ideas to enhance institutional effectiveness. Please use the space below to provide an ESSAY answer to the following: Assume that you are the successful candidate for this position and discuss, in your own words, how you would demonstrate these core values as an employee of Wor-Wic Community College. The search committee will use this information as part of the overall assessment of your application, so please be thoughtful and thorough in your response, and please use your own words.

07

The schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, from 8:30am to 3:30pm with a 30 minute lunch break. Are you still interested in this position?

• Yes
• No

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