Kindergarten Assistant - Full-Time

Essential Job Functions

• Aids students in reinforcing reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills.
• Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
• Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests, and assessments.
• Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
• Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
• Assists with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
• Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
• Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
• Constructs, copies, and distributes educational materials as needed.
• Affords support and fosters effective parent involvement in student education through parent contact.
• Affords support and maximizes inclusion, learning, and achievement for students with special needs, including those with IEP objectives.
• Participates in the IEP process and serves as a resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
• Affords support and assists students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living to maximize their ability to participate in school or learning activities.

Additional Duties

• Assists guidance, pupil services staff, or building administration, as needed.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned.

Equipment Use

• Standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers.

Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards

• Works in standard office and school building environments.
• Ability to work outdoors during outdoor student activities.

Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Status

Non-exempt