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Position Title: Pre-K Aide
Position Summary:
The Pre-K Aide supports the classroom teacher in providing a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning environment for children. This position is half day (8am-1pm) and assists the classroom teacher with instructional activities, classroom management, supervision, and daily routines to promote students’ academic, social, and emotional development.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist the teacher in implementing lesson plans and daily activities aligned with early childhood standards.
- Provide small group and one-on-one instructional support.
- Implement teacher-created interventions and re-teaching lessons.
- Support the development of early literacy, math, social-emotional, and motor skills.
- Help prepare instructional materials and classroom displays.
- Supervise students during classroom activities, transitions, recess, lunch, and trips.
- Assist with student behavior management using positive reinforcement strategies.
- Support students with special needs as directed by the teacher or support staff.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe classroom environment.
- Assist with arrival, dismissal, and daily routines.
- Communicate professionally with staff and parents when appropriate.
- Participate in staff meetings, trainings, and professional development.
- Complete required training and professional development in a timely manner.
- Follow the child care licensing procedures set forth by the state of Michigan
- Maintain confidentiality of private and sensitive information.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Associate degree in Early Childhood Education or related field preferred.
- Experience working with young children is preferred.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- CPR/First Aid certification (or willingness to obtain).
- Must meet state and district employment requirements.
Terms of Employment: School Year, Approximately 10 months per year 2026-2027 Starting wage of $19.81.
School Lunch and Breakfast
As a reminder, Powell Township School participates in the Community Eligibility Provision Program (CEP) Making all Breakfasts and Lunches FREE for all students.! We will still collect Household Resource Forms annually to help us to continue to offer meals free to all students in the coming years.
Breakfast will begin at 8:20 am till 8:40am in the school cafeteria.
Here are a few ways breakfast benefits kids:
#1. Higher Test Scores: Hunger makes school harder. Students who eat school breakfast achieve higher scores on standardized tests.
#2. Calmer Classrooms: Children who do not regularly get enough nutritious food to eat tend to have significantly higher levels of behavioral, emotional and educational problems.
#3. Fewer Trips To The Nurse: When kids come to school hungry, they visit the school nurse more often due to stomachaches and headaches. Kids who struggle with hunger are also likely to be sick more often, slower to recover from illness, hospitalized more frequently and more susceptible to obesity.
#4. Stronger Attendance Rates: Students who eat school breakfast attend more school days. Chronic absenteeism, defined as missing three weeks or more of school, decreases by 6 percentage points on average when students have access to Breakfast. Attendance is important, as students who attend class more regularly are 20 percent more likely to graduate from high school.
If you have questions or would like additional information please contact Amy Havel at ahavel@powellschool.com, or 906-345-9355.
Thank you
Amy Havel, Food Service Director
In accordance with federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.
Program information may be made available in languages other than English. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication to obtain program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language), should contact the responsible state or local agency that administers the program or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
To file a program discrimination complaint, a Complainant should complete a Form AD-3027, USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form which can be obtained online at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any USDA office, by calling (866) 632-9992, or by writing a letter addressed to USDA. The letter must contain the complainant’s name, address, telephone number, and a written description of the alleged discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about the nature and date of an alleged civil rights violation. The completed AD-3027 form or letter must be submitted to USDA by:
mail:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; or
fax:
(833) 256-1665 or (202) 690-7442; or
email:
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
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2026-27 School of Choice
Powell Township School District Schools of Choice Announcement First Semester – 2025-26 School Year
The Powell Township School District is pleased to announce its participation in Schools of Choice for the first semester of the 2026-27 school year, which begins on September 8, 2026.
The district will accept Schools of Choice applications for grades K-8 under Section 105 and 105c from June 15 through August 28, 2026. The final date for student enrollment is August 28, 2026.
Interested families are encouraged to contact the school office for an application. Open positions are available for non-resident students in kindergarten through 8th grade.
Note: Public Act 297 of 2000 amends Section 105c to allow school districts to accept Schools of Choice applications from students residing in contiguous Intermediate School Districts (ISDs/RESA), regardless of county boundaries.
The Powell Township School District strictly adheres to a policy of non-discrimination. No student shall be denied enrollment based on race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, creed, ancestry, age, height, weight, or any other category protected by law.