Full-Time
Classroom Assistant
Posted on 8/20/2026
The River Valley Regional YMCA
Compensation Overview
$11.22 - $14/hr
Williamsport, PA, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
Category
 Education |
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Required Skills
CPR
First Aid
Requirements
- A High School Diploma or General Education Certificate and two years of work experience related to the care and development of children are required.
- Compliance with Act 33 is required, including documentation of Child Abuse History, Criminal History, and FBI fingerprinting.
- A biannual physical examination, an initial tuberculosis Mantoux test, and freedom from infectious or communicable disease are required.
- The ability to work with and relate well to young children and coworkers is required.
- The ability to supervise adults when necessary is required.
- Successful completion of New Staff Orientation is required.
- Candidates must be at least 18 years of age.
- Candidates must obtain CPR, First Aid, AED certifications, and Child Abuse mandated reporter training within 30 days of hire.
- The ability to plan, organize, and implement age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program activities is required.
- Previous experience with diverse populations and the ability to develop positive, authentic relationships with people from different backgrounds are required.
Responsibilities
- Assist in planning and implementing a developmentally appropriate daily program of activities that promotes children’s affective, cognitive, physical, perceptual-motor, communicative, and social competence.
- Assist in establishing and maintaining a safe and healthful learning environment and an efficient, well-arranged classroom with organized interest areas.
- Maintain equipment and materials in good repair and store them safely and orderly.
- Clean and sanitize toys and cots weekly and at other times as needed.
- Provide materials and activities appropriate for children’s developmental progress and individual learning styles.
- Plan for a multisensory classroom environment, including visual, auditory, and tactile elements.
- Support children’s social-emotional development and provide positive guidance.
- Provide children with individual, small-group, and large-group opportunities for success, including free play.
- Involve children in self-help training, including dressing, toileting, handwashing, and eating.
- Use appropriate group-management techniques and provide adequate supervision to ensure children’s safety.
- Eat with children, model proper table manners, and share the same menu.
- Encourage daily health routines, including tooth brushing and handwashing.
- Maintain emergency information and initiate emergency action when necessary.
- Assist with curriculum planning using multicultural and multiethnic materials, displays, and activities.
- Provide educational opportunities through individualized, hands-on food experiences integrating reading readiness, science, mathematics, and language into nutrition activities.
- Guide nutritional experiences, including family-style meals, self-service, passing, pouring, table setting, and table cleaning.
- Establish positive and productive communication with families through verbal and written communication and posted information.
- Speak with families in a friendly, courteous, and respectful manner.
- Provide input into the daily curriculum.
- Maintain accurate and current records, including children’s files, timesheets, attendance, meal participation forms, and inventories.
- Maintain classroom cleanliness by washing tables, sweeping floors, and promptly cleaning spills.
- Attend and participate in monthly staff meetings.
- Prepare classroom materials, bulletin boards, and learning centers.
- Assume responsibility for the classroom when the supervisor is absent.
- Immediately report suspected child abuse to the Director.
- Follow the agency’s dress code.
- Complete the required number of annual training hours.
- Adhere to the policies and procedures in the Employee Handbook and Policy and Procedure Manual.