Instructional Assistant - Essential Skills
New Palestine Community Schools · New Palestine, IN · 1 wk ago
Education$20/hrFull-time
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum of two years of college -or- two years of experience working with children in an instructional setting
- Valid driver's license
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- School year
- Status: Non-Exempt
- Reports to: Building Principal & Classroom Teacher
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
To assist the teacher in maintaining appropriate classroom activities and environment so that students may learn effectively.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Participates in classroom activity planning
- Conducts learning exercises with small groups of children and individual students
- Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children
- Helps maintain individual records for each child
- Aids in the maintenance of neat work and study areas
- Aids in the supervision of children during regular play periods and lunch supervision
- Aids with the supervision of daily living skills, which may include toileting
- Drives a minibus with a small group of students to off-site activities
- Participates in specific training identified by the administration
- Fulfills individual behavior plans
- Attends community-based instructional activities
- Completes annual employee training
- Maintains consistent attendance
- Performs other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Requires the ability to sit with intermittent occasional walking, standing, bending, and squatting
- Requires the ability to stoop, reach, grab, pull, hear, see, and speak daily
- Requires the ability to perform repetitive physical tasks such as computer keyboarding, writing, and reading
- Occasionally required to lift or carry supplies, textbooks, furniture, and equipment of a minimum of 35 pounds
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Standard office and school conditions - Moderate noise level in the work environment, adequate lighting, and comfortable temperatures
- May have to monitor students in a variety of locations, including those with noise, activity, and inclement weather
- Occasional high to moderate levels of stress
SALARY: $20/hour
HOURS / DAY: 7