2026-2027 Teacher Assistant (Open Pool)

SUPERVISES

• Assists in the general supervision of students in the halls, restrooms, playgrounds, or any other area of the school campus
• Administers, scores, and records, such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students
• Works with individual students or groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher
• Aids in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher
• Affords assistance with the supervision of students as assigned
• Affords assistance with planning and conducting field trips
• Affords assistance with materials preparation and in the instructional planning process
• Attends parent-teacher conferences unless directed otherwise
• Keeps bulletin board and other classroom learning displays up to date
• Affords assistance with group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling
• Affords assistance in the library or media center as needed
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers and supervises testing and makeup work as assigned by the teacher
• Checks and records student's attendance
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problems or special information about an individual student
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher

REPORTS TO

• Principal and Supervising Teacher

JOB GOAL

To assist the teacher in maintaining appropriate classroom activities and environment in order that students may learn effectively.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Such duties and responsibilities as may be assigned, including, but are not limited to:

• Assists in the general supervision of students in the halls, restrooms, playgrounds, or any other area of the school campus
• Administers, scores, and records, such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students
• Works with individual students or groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher
• Aids in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher
• Affords assistance with the supervision of students as assigned
• Affords assistance with planning and conducting field trips
• Affords assistance with materials preparation and in the instructional planning process
• Attends parent-teacher conferences unless directed otherwise
• Keeps bulletin board and other classroom learning displays up to date
• Affords assistance with group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling
• Affords assistance in the library or media center as needed
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers and supervises testing and makeup work as assigned by the teacher
• Checks and records student's attendance
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problems or special information about an individual student
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher