Elementary Planning/PLC Assistant

Job Summary

This position requires a dependable, student-friendly, and patient individual to work with K-5th grade students in a classroom setting under the direction of the building principal and leadership team. This position will provide classroom instruction for students in grades K-5 and work with the building administrator to provide positive learning experiences and monitor student engagement.

Essential Functions

• Teaches students skills to overcome barriers, cooperative/collaborative attitudes, and build self-esteem.
• Maintains a safe learning environment through the use of best practice classroom management skills.
• Monitors student participation to ensure students are learning and developing.
• Communicates in the workplace as needed.
• Implements mini-lesson plans for the classroom setting.
• Forms partnerships with students, teachers, and staff for student progress, goals, concerns, and accomplishments.
• Engages children with enthusiasm, variety, and novelty across the whole day.
• Attends required professional development opportunities to enhance skills in working with students, including but not limited to behavior management, job coaching, and monitoring.
• Completes reports, including keeping daily records of student progress in relation to mini lessons presented during Planning or PLC time.
• Works under the direction of the building administrator(s).

Required Education and Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent.

Required Prior Experience

• No prior experience required.

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to maintain a safe learning environment through the use of best practice classroom management skills.
• Ability to monitor student engagement levels during mini-lessons.
• Basic reading, writing, math, organization, record keeping, and computer skills.
• Ability to collaborate and share responsibilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Displays patience and positivity.

Assigned Decision Making

• Makes decisions concerning the best way to accomplish tasks assigned by the building administrator and members of leadership team.
• Must take directions well and be able to work within specific guidelines.
• Makes suggestions but must be willing to follow directions.
• Concerns for safety of self and others.

Interactions With Others

• Interacts positively with students, parents, staff, teachers, administration, and other district personnel.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Oversees the safety of students.

Budget Responsibility

• NA

Working Environment

• Work setting is mainly in the classroom.
• Noise level is usually moderate to loud.
• May be exposed to bodily fluids.
• May be asked to work inside or outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Working conditions can be in hot and cold weather.
• May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to stand/sit for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.