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SUB TEACHER ASSISTANT

Part-time

Gateway Community Action Partnership

Villas, NJPart-time$17.01–29/hrPosted 7mo agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$17.01–29/hr
Location
Villas, NJ
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Child Development Associate

Job overview

Gateway Community Action Partnership is hiring a SUB TEACHER ASSISTANT. The Teacher Assistant supports the Head or Group Teacher in ensuring the classroom adheres to Head Start Performance Standards and New Jersey Licensing Regulations. This role involves assisting with educational activities, documenting children's development, and performing administrative duties. The assistant will also assume teacher responsibilities when needed and encourage parent and volunteer involvement.

Key focus areas include Assist the teacher in planning and implementing educational activities, Interact with children in a developmentally appropriate manner, and Assist the Teacher in the development and implementation of individualized plans for children.

Successful candidates bring Child Development Associate, High School Diploma, and Car Available Daily. Important skills include Reading and Writing. Preferred (not required): Planning Educational Activities, Implementing Educational Activities, Interacting With Children Developmentally Appropriately, and Developing Individualized Plans.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

ReadingWritingPlanning Educational ActivitiesImplementing Educational ActivitiesInteracting With Children Developmentally AppropriatelyDeveloping Individualized PlansImplementing Individualized PlansObserving Children's Growth and DevelopmentCarrying Out Administrative DutiesPreparing Records or ReportsMaintaining Records or ReportsMaintaining Daily Attendance RecordManaging Classroom in-Kind RecordsSubmitting Accurate in-Kind RecordsEncouraging Parent InvolvementCoordinating Parent InvolvementEncouraging Volunteer InvolvementCoordinating Volunteer InvolvementCoordinating Classroom Volunteer Program

Qualifications

Child Development AssociateEnroll in CDA Program ImmediatelyEnroll in Early Childhood Coursework ImmediatelyHigh School DiplomaGEDCar Available Daily

Full job description

Salary Range $17.01 - $29.00 Hourly

Position Type Part Time

Education Level High School

Travel Percentage Up to 25%

Description

JOB FUNCTION:

Assist the Head or Group Teacher in carrying out those activities which will insure that the classroom meets with the Head Start Performance Standards and New Jersey Licensing Regulations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  1. Assist the teacher in planning and implementing educational activities in the classroom and interact with children in a developmentally appropriate manner. Assist the Teacher in the development and implementation of individualized plans for children.

  2. Assist the Teacher in observing, screening, assessing, and documenting children's growth and development. Document observations and individual activities in blue books.

  3. Assist in carrying out administrative duties as delegated by the teacher.

  4. Assume Teacher responsibilities in the absence of the Teacher.

  5. Prepare and maintain appropriate records or reports. This may include maintaining daily attendance record of children and managing records of classroom in-kind. Submit accurate records of in-kind on a monthly basis.

  6. Participate in weekly Center staff meetings and all other meetings as requested. Attend training and workshops.

  7. Encourage and coordinate parent and volunteer involvement. Accompany Teacher in making educational Home Visits and Parent/Teacher conferences as requested by Teacher. Coordinate classroom volunteer program.

  8. Any other Head Start task as delegated by Teacher or management

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must have a Child Development Associate (CDA) or enroll immediately in CDA program or immediately enroll in early childhood coursework leading to an associate or bachelor degree.

  • Must have a High School Diploma or G.E.D.

  • Must have a car available on a daily basis.

Must be able to read and write sufficiently to maintain proper records

How this job compares

Set against the 522 open Teacher Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$17.01–29/hr
  • New Jersey median$17–29/hr33 hourly ranges
  • US median$17–20/hr355 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $23.01/hr, is close to the New Jersey median midpoint ($23/hr) — in the middle half of Teacher Assistant hourly ranges in New Jersey.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 39 open Teacher Assistant jobs in New Jersey and 522 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New Jersey
Experience
Teacher Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median (62 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 324 of the 522 open Teacher Assistant jobs (62%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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