Substitute Teacher Aide

About the Role

This position involves performing routine classroom duties and non-professional tasks to assist teachers. Duties vary by grade level and include managing records, attending to students' physical needs, distributing materials, and monitoring students. Unlike a Teaching Assistant, this role does not involve instructional or instructionally related tasks, such as reinforcing or remediating lessons with individual students or small groups.

The work is performed under the direct supervision of a teacher or principal, with no supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Attends to the physical needs of students and assists students with special needs.
• Keeps simple records, such as recording grades or homework completion, as directed by the teacher.
• Assists with routine classroom preparation, including making student folders, charts, schedules, posters, and bulletin boards.
• Helps set up the classroom by distributing/gathering materials and setting up equipment.
• Assists in demonstrating the proper use of vocational tools and equipment.
• Corrects standardized objective tests.
• Supervises and monitors the class when the teacher is out of the room.
• Relieves the teacher of study hall, corridor, lunchroom, and other monitorial duties.
• Helps maintain discipline and structure within the classroom.
• Makes photocopies of materials for classes and lessons.
• Provides a positive example to students in cleanliness and manners.
• Assists students in staying focused, paying attention, and participating in class.
• Performs routine classroom housekeeping chores.
• Organizes and participates in group games and related activities.
• Reads and tells stories to children.
• Assists in implementing behavior management routines and techniques.
• Takes attendance and lunch counts.
• Helps students prepare for dismissal by gathering belongings.
• Escorts students to and from buses, classrooms, bathrooms, and the lunchroom.
• May assist in proctoring tests.
• May assist in selecting library materials.
• May assist with computer operation.
• May write down homework and take class notes for students.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma.
• Work experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis, up to a maximum of two years.

Skills & Abilities

• Working knowledge of classroom routines.
• Ability to establish good relationships with students, teachers, and coworkers.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain discipline.
• Tact, courtesy, dependability, initiative, and resourcefulness.
• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

Pay

$125 daily rate.

Schedule

Start date: September 1, 2026. Positions available at elementary and secondary grade levels.