Kindergarten Assistant (2026 - 2027 School Year)

Qualifications

• High School Diploma
• A passing score on the assistant teacher WorkKeys test
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

Performance Responsibilities

• Supervises students as assigned by Classroom Teacher
• Participates in daily and long-range lesson and classroom activity planning
• Conducts learning exercises with children
• Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children
• Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual children
• Provides escort and assistance to children as necessary
• Helps maintain individual records for each child
• Fosters good eating habits and table manners in children
• Assists teacher in maintaining neat work and study areas
• Assists with the supervision of children during regular play periods
• Collections and displays suitable material for educational displays
• Assumes responsibility of tasks assigned by the Principal or supervisory teacher
• Performs other duties as assigned

Physical Demands

• Moves freely around the classroom
• Communicate effectively
• Uses hands to grasp items during the day
• Stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Talk or to hear
• Squat, stoop, kneel, reach above the head, and reach forward
• Use hand strength to grasp items during the day
• Lift and/or move up to thirty pounds frequently
• Lift and/or move up to fifty pounds occasionally

Terms of Employment

• Salary and work year to be established by the Board
• Evaluation of Performance to be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Support Services Personnel