Educational Assistant and After School Care at St. Michael Elementary
Bishop O'Gorman Catholic Schools · Sioux Falls, SD · 3 days ago
On-sitePart-time
Responsibilities
- Promote the mission of Bishop O†Gorman Catholic School
- Tutor/support students in all academic areas
- Administer make-up tests
- Monitor student progress and keep records
- Confer with supervising teachers
- Perform various duties as assigned
- Provide and maintain a safe environment for children
- Guide children in a positive way
- Use a positive and preventative approach to discipline
- Model ways of handling anger and frustration
- Maintain and follow current lesson plans and goals
- Supervise and interact during activities
- Complete the required training
- Maintain privacy and confidentiality at all times
- Maintain effective communication with parents
- Maintain good rapport and promote teamwork with all the staff
- Sanitize toys on a regular basis
Qualifications
- Willingness and ability to effectively make known the Catholic Church’s teachings
- Willingness and ability to act as an outstanding personal witness to the Catholic faith and religion
- High school education or equivalent
- Some post higher training in education preferred
- Works well with children
- Knowledge and comfort level verbal and math skills up through middle school
- Basic competency in computer skills
- Resourceful & creative to provide adaptations for students
- Self-starter
- High energy
- Dexterity: Mobility required
- Ability to adjust to daily changes in task schedule
- Adapts well to a variety of tasks
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Problem-solving and decision making ability
- Team player
Physical Demands
- Ability to work daytime hours, primarily Monday-Thursday
- Clarity of vision
- Ability to speak English clearly
- Ability to hear and distinguish sounds, including speech, alarms and other work environment sounds
- Fine hand motor skills to include and not limited to keyboarding, writing, grasping, holding, and repetitive motion
- Ability to frequently sit, stand, and walk through work day
- Ability to lift and carry up to 30 pounds occasionally
- Ability to push/pull up to 50 pounds occasionally
- Intermittently bend, squat, and reach overhead