TITLE I EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT
Beginning Date: as soon as possible
Salary: $11.51 grade 13e step 1
Job Goal:
Provides instructional and/or general clerical assistance for teachers with students in the
classroom, and on campus grounds.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Assists the teacher in the preparation of materials and activities for classroom instruction.
Assists small groups and individual students with classroom activities and activities as
directed by the teacher.
Administers and scores standardized achievement tests and informal diagnostic tests.
Assists students in learning sequential skills and adjusts individual programs as directed.
Assists the teacher in maintaining a clean, attractive and safe learning environment.
Types, files an duplicates material for teacher’s use.
Assists substitute teachers as needed.
Participates in staff meeting and in service training use.
Assists teachers with general clerical work such as filing, photocopying, word processing,
etc.
Assists students in the classroom with reading, math and other subjects.
Supervises children at recess/lunch and getting on and off the bus to ensure child safety
and that each child is accounted for.
Assists students with classroom and homework assignments.
Relieves teachers for attending professional development activities.
May perform after school tutoring.
May assist children with personal hygiene needs.
May perform cleaning activities of classrooms and related areas.
Maintains safety and security of children.
Performs related duties as required.
Relieve I.S.S. monitor for lunch duty.
Qualifications:
Applicant must be highly qualified which requires on of the following:
An associates degree or higher.
48 hours college course.
Passing the Paraprofessional test.
A complete application on file.
KNOWLEDGE OF:
Techniques, policies and practices of children instruction.
Child discipline.
Emergency and safety procedures.
Policies and objectives of assigned programs.
Modern office practices and procedures.
School site and assigned, policies and procedures.
Basic principles and techniques of education.
Correct English usage.
Operation of modern office equipment including PC and related software.
First aid and CPR.
Educational needs of students with multiple needs.
ABILITY TO:
Prepare a variety of records and reports.
Assists teachers in classroom educational activities.
Supervise students at recess and entering and exiting buses.
Establish and maintain effective relationships with others.
Operate a variety of modern office equipment.
Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
Understand and follow oral and written directions.
Perform routine clerical duties.
Assist with student health care needs and personal hygiene.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
High School diploma or general education degree (GED); Educational course work and
prior classroom experience preferred.
CPR and First Aid training.
Substitute teachers license preferred.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instruction, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to
students, parents, and other employees of the organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole
numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved
written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized
situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
502 Educational Assistant K-12 license.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met
by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use
hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color
vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIORMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an
employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in inside
environmental conditions.
The employee is occasionally exposed to video display and
outdoor weather conditions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. |