Essential Duties and Responsibilities- Understands and complies with the rules and operations of the workplace.
- Teacher's aides must know the appropriate responses when dealing with children and how to properly show educational materials to the classroom.
- Follows the instructions of the teacher.
- Assists students assigned to the program with completing their regular classroom assignments.
- Guides and encourages students to develop a positive attitude toward learning.
- Assists the teacher and reinforces instruction taught in the classroom to students.
- Reviews lessons with students individually, answering questions or grading assignments.
- Supervises the students outside of the classroom on the playground, during bathroom breaks, at lunch time and on field trips.
- Assists the teacher by entering grades or typing up class summaries.
- Grades papers or work assignments.
- Assists with the integration of technology into the classroom, helping set up computers and projectors.
- Organizes the classroom and put supplies in order.
- Greets children when they arrive to school.
- Under the supervision of the head teacher, assistants may take over teaching the class as whole on an occasional basis.
- May complete supportive work, such as organizing paperwork, photocopying, and preparing and producing materials used in instruction, bulletins, and classroom displays.
- Ensures that students get on the correct bus
- Maintains daily attendance and other records of students assigned to the program.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Principal/classroom teacher.
Qualifications and Education Requirements - Must have a high school diploma/GED and meet minimum standard of ACT WorkKeys Silver Level certification scores OR
- Must hold an Associate’s Degree or higher OR
- Must have at least 48 college credit hours
- Must possess a general knowledge of a variety of academic subject areas.
Preferred Skills - Specialized training or experience in education or counseling; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that would provide the noted knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Must possess knowledge of, and the ability to effectively apply, methods for dealing with student misconduct.
- Must possess excellent human relations and communication skills. Must possess the ability to supervise students with varying abilities, assist students with assignments, monitor student behavior, and mediate conflicts within a disciplinary setting.
- Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, and school staff.
- Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; to bend, stoop, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.
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