Instructional Assistant K-5 Character Class
Provide support to the teacher in the instruction of students. This position is responsible to the classroom teacher and/or the school administrators and will carry out such duties as determined by and in support of those teachers. A wide variety of tasks are performed to support the teacher in the teaching-learning process for students, plans and materials will be provided. Must drive school bus.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Gives group instruction and provides individualized instruction as prescribed by the teacher.
- Praises and reinforces achievement of students.
- Reports student progress to the teacher.
- Serves as substitute teacher.
- Arranges classroom furnishings and equipment.
- Prepares visual aids and duplicates materials.
- Reorganizes materials at the end of day.
- Serves as proctor during testing.
- Morning and afternoon carpool duties
- Lunch and recess monitoring
- Classroom monitoring and classroom management
- Monitors work assigned by teacher
- Individual student support and tutoring
- Checks and corrects students' work while in progress and keeps students on task
- Instructional preparation/support
- Distributes and collects instructional materials
- Completes and organizes paperwork and other support documents
- Plans and prepares for the instructional activities with the classroom teacher
- Contributes to a positive classroom environment where every child is motivated to achieve
- Assists in escorting and supervising students to other locations
- Assists teachers with non-instructional classroom duties, such as snack, lunch, bulletin boards, and other daily routines
- Secures and organizes classroom supplies
- Assists in reading, storytelling, calendar, and other appropriate activities
- Assists small groups of students in the library, art class, computer lab, etc. as needed
- Prepares instructional materials
- Participates in appropriate in-service activities
- Assists with classroom discipline
- Attends meetings of the school as directed
- Observes student performance and assists students in correcting seat work as it is being done
- Assists the teacher in maintaining the classroom in clean, orderly, and functional condition
- Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with others
- Performs such other tasks and assumes responsibilities as may be assigned by the classroom teacher or school administrator
- Strives to be a desirable example for students in attitude, actions, speech, and dress
- Drive School Bus
- Any other assigned duties
Additional Expectations:
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Ability to reason, make judgments, and maintain effective working relationships with others.
- Ability to utilize positive human relation skills with all staff.
- Skills of keyboarding with accuracy at the speed necessary for the position.
- Skills in operating a computer with word processing, spreadsheet, and desktop publishing applications.
- Knowledge of office practices and procedures.
- Ability to compile and summarize information.
- Ability to resolve problem situations with sound judgment.
- Ability to demonstrate proper telephone etiquette.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality in matters relating to the school system.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in completing work assignments.
- Knowledge of business letter writing and memos.
- Ability to compose correspondences independently.
- Ability to work in the absence of supervision.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
Desired Training and Hands-On Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent degree.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
Minimum Qualifications or Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions:
- Physical Requirements: Position requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.
- Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information.
- Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form.
- Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow written and oral instructions.
- Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
- Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate eyes and hands to use the keyboard.
- Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
- Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk, write and hear.
Assessment: Performance of this job will be assessed annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on assessment of administrative personnel.
Terms of Employment: Salary and work year as established by the Board.