Instructional Assistant - General Education, Kindergarten

About the role

The Instructional Assistant (IA) supports classroom teachers in various activities and creates a safe, healthy, and encouraging environment for students.

Responsibilities

• Aids teachers with planning and organizing lessons.
• Evaluates instructional activities and prepares necessary materials.
• Assists in the instruction of individual students or groups of students.
• Maintains a positive disposition and remains calm when dealing with students.
• Performs vision and hearing screenings and enters results into the Electronic Access Student Information System (EASi).

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• If employed in a Title I school, meet the employment requirements outlined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
• Hold and maintain a Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) certification (if required by the school).

Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; Google Apps.
• Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods and core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made.
• Ability to recognize and support students of diverse backgrounds, learning abilities, and learning styles.
• Ability to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and other applicable federal and state laws, policies, and regulations.
• Ability to work in a team environment and effectively collaborate with others.
• Ability to motivate students and communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form.
• Ability to implement academic and behavioral interventions, as needed.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, students, parents, businesses, community agencies, and the public.

Skills

• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point; Google Apps.
• Working knowledge of successful instructional delivery methods.
• Working knowledge of the core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made.
• Ability to recognize and support students of diverse backgrounds, learning abilities, and learning styles.
• Ability to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) and other applicable federal and state laws, policies, and regulations.
• Ability to work in a team environment and effectively collaborate with others.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both in oral and written form.
• Ability to implement academic and behavioral interventions, as needed.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with school system staff, students, parents, businesses, community agencies, and the public.

Benefits

• Noncertified Grade 20 pay grade.
• No FLSA status.
• Monday-Friday work schedule with occasional evenings and weekends.
• Work week does not exceed 40 hours per week.

Pay

• Noncertified Grade 20 pay grade.

Schedule

• Monday-Friday work schedule with occasional evenings and weekends.
• Work week does not exceed 40 hours per week.