CLINICAL EDUCATION AIDE at Westchester Medical Center – Poughkeepsie, New York

Job Summary

To provide support, strategies, and appropriate clinical intervention for the Preschool child and their families in the context of a preschool setting.

Responsibilities

Provision of service

• Assists the classroom treatment team to plan and carry out developmentally age-appropriate activities, using best practice guidelines to reach desired IEP goals and kindergarten readiness with children using appropriate PBIS Template. This may include: Implementing projects. Developing group activities. Recording/tracking children’s skills, as directed by classroom teacher. Planning and developing original group projects based on IEP goals or season.
• Assists with diverse classroom activities for the children to participate individually, in small groups and the entire class while demonstrating the appropriate behavior management skills and knowledge.
• Assists in engaging and encouraging children in developmentally appropriate activities throughout the day: Modeling play and daily activities. Talking with children. Encouraging and enhancing communication between children.
• Projects enthusiasm about daily activities, carefully demonstrating appropriate posture and tone of voice appropriate for activity, avoiding adult conversation.
• Assists in modifying methods and integrating techniques, based on child’s progress and using developmentally appropriate interventions including using PBIS Mgt techniques: Adapting the physical environment. Daily routine. Adult / child interactions and child / child interaction.
• Consistently utilizes non-contact time effectively to maintain the cleanliness and order of physical environment: Clean toys regularly - Toy Cleaning Policy. Clean tables/chairs. Organize and label shelves and materials, set up materials for planned Activities, ie; High Scope.

Communication

• Models a variety of strategies to communicate with children - body language, simple language, signs, pictures, hand-over-hand guidance, redirection and positive reinforcement.
• Attends all mandatory Program-wide meetings and regular team meetings regarding individual children and communicates observations regarding child’s daily program, interactions with other children and staff.
• Assists classroom team with materials prepped for strategies to be implemented to improve programming for the classroom and individual children.
• Attends and contributes information at monthly site meetings, preschool department meetings and classroom team meetings.

Documentation

• Records data/progress of individual children using program standard materials: Assists in gathering information and tracking developmental skills of individual children on charts. Assists in data collection for Behavior Management.
• Assists in organizing, copying and submitting documentation on PBIS and management: (Monthly Service Sheets, Readiness Checklist, Progress notes)

Professional Development

• Assists in orienting and mentoring new clinical aides.
• Actively contributes to and participates in in-service programs including completion of hospital mandated in-service programs. (Attach special form staff calendar of programs / workshops/conferences attended in current appraisal year - both in program and out of Program:( Workshops/In-services/Conferences, Mid-Hudson Infant Toddler Coalition, Child Care Council of Dutchess, MHTC Mid-Hudson Teacher Center)
• Completes special yearly-assigned assignments which assist in the management of the site might include: Attendance manager, enrichment activities for children, bus / safety, infection control implementation, site ordering.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualification/Requirements

EXPERIENCE

None

EDUCATION

High School Diploma or GED