Instructional Assistant

Department: Owasso Elementary Schools • Reports to: Principal • FLSA status: Non-exempt

About the role

Provides support to the teachers and staff, assists in a variety of tasks to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the school.

Responsibilities

• Assist with varying student needs, academic, behavioral, social or emotional
• Provide students breaks or resets as needed
• Assist counselor with testing and filing
• Substitute for classroom teachers
• Copy and distribute papers
• Monitor student body as needed throughout the building or assist with duty for the arrival or dismissal of students
• Assist in library cataloging new books, shelving books, locating books and checking books in and out
• Assist in main office
• Assist in nurses office
• Compile attendance when needed
• Assist with student activities and student groups as needed
• Develop cooperative and functional relationships with district staff and the public; maintain consistent and punctual attendance; ensure job responsibilities are met competently and within established deadlines
• Assist with special projects
• All other duties as assigned by the administrator

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Associate Degree or higher OR 48 hours of college credit OR passed the ParaPro (paraprofessional test) OR passed the OGET (Oklahoma General Education Test) OR passed the WorkKey
• Generally will have at least one year's experience in a closely related field

Skills

• Computer literate
• Excellent written and oral communication ability
• Strong knowledge of rules, regulations, policies and laws applicable to education and special education
• Ability to follow all district policies and procedures
• Ability to work independently, displaying initiative and enthusiasm for the tasks being done
• Strong communication skills, orally and in writing, with faculty, staff, team members, and administrators
• Ability to work without supervision, and work as a team player
• Ability to document records accurately
• Ability to manage confidential information in a manner that respects students, families, and employees
• Ability to listen effectively
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret English language including common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts and operations to tasks such as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written and oral instructions
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Physical demands

• Frequently required to sit at a desk or in meetings for long periods
• Travel to school sites
• Use keyboarding skills and work on a computer for long periods

Work environment

• Typical office environments
• The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet
• Must have own transportation to visit all sites