2025-26 SHE Teacher Assistant

Qualifications

Teacher assistants/paraprofessionals must have AT LEAST one of the following three qualifications:

• Completed at least 2 years of study (48 semester hours) at an institution of higher learning;
• Obtained an associate's (or higher) degree;
• Passed the ACT Work Keys Test at Silver Level or higher.

Responsibilities

Reports To Classroom teacher and School Principal

Job Goal: To help implement students' IEP and assist students with the appropriate curriculum activities to increase student achievement in the area of specific goals.

• Participates in daily and long range lesson and classroom activity planning.
• Conducts learning exercises with small groups of students.
• Guides students in appropriate intellectual and social activities.
• Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual students.
• Provides proper supervision to students as necessary.
• Fosters appropriate behavior in students.
• Maintains a safe, neat and orderly environment.
• Collections and displays suitable material for educational displays.
• Aids the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material and skills based on a sympathetic understanding of the individual needs of students, their interest, and abilities.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the school and classroom for instructional purposes.
• Aids with large group work such as drill work, reading aloud, and story telling.
• Aids students in the library and / or computer lab setting.
• Collects and records collection of money.
• Aids students with proper hygiene as needed.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of licensed teachers.
• Participates in professional development activities as required by the supervisor.
• Promotes a positive image of the school, its staff, and community.
• Models good reading, writing, and speaking skills.
• Attends parent conferences as needed.
• Performs other such tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the supervisor may from time to time assign.
• Helps implement student IEP's.

Terms Of Employment: 187 days

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Non-certified Personnel.