Kindergarten Assistant Teacher (2026 - 2027 School Year) #2

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

Reports To

Supervisory Teacher and Principal

Job Goal

To assist the teacher in maintaining appropriate classroom activities and environment in order that students may learn effectively.

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
• Collects 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

• Move freely around the classroom and communicate effectively
• Continuously uses hands to grasp items during the day
• Frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and to talk or to hear
• Must squat, stoop, kneel, reach above the head, and reach forward
• Continuously uses hand strength to grasp items during the day
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to thirty pounds
• Occasionally will lift and/or move up to fifty pounds