Teacher Aide - Maple West Elementary

About the role

Teacher Aides may be required to provide personal care to students including toileting. Lifting may be involved. Aides may be working in life skills classrooms, job coaching or with special needs students.

Responsibilities

• 1:1 support for student with special needs
• Maintain order and discipline
• Ability to work with other staff
• Maintain a safe environment for student
• Oversees students in completing assigned projects
• Assists the teacher in recording grades and marks
• Proctors and otherwise helps to conduct examinations
• Assists the teacher in correcting test papers, themes and essays
• Manages records, materials and equipment
• Supervises students doing remedial work directed by teacher
• Assists in preparing bulletin boards, teacher aids and organization of necessary materials
• Assists in operating audio-visual equipment when required
• Arranges for films and projectors, as well as ordering other related equipment and supplies
• Reads in a foreign language from prepared scripts for tape recording purposes
• Assists in overseeing technical operations or language laboratory equipment
• Helps to set up science laboratory equipment, conduct experiments and performs limited review of student laboratory reports
• Helps in the technical preparation and production of television programs
• Reads to and plays records for children in primary grades
• Provides piano, violin or other musical accompaniment
• Assists teachers in the supervision of students and performs other support services which are determined and supervised by teachers
• Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as directed by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee

Requirements

• Desire to work collaboratively with children who have difficulties and teachers in an elementary setting
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to various situations as they present themselves
• Patience, tolerance, confidentiality and firmness
• Understanding of high need children
• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma; OR four (4) years of experience and knowledge in a particular field where specialized duties are involved; OR an equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B)
• Ability to establish good relationships with students, teachers and others
• Ability to gain and hold the confidence of and to maintain a patient and understanding attitude towards school children
• Ability to maintain order in classrooms and to enforce school regulations with firmness
• Familiarity with classroom routine
• Good background or knowledge in specific field where specialized duties are involved
• Resourcefulness in conducting activities indirectly related to teaching process
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
• Dependability
• Neat personal appearance
• Tact
• Courtesy
• Good judgment
• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position

Qualifications

• Prior experience working with children
• Computer skills
• Collaborative with faculty/staff

Schedule: 20 hours/week (4 hours/day TBD), 10 months per school year

Reports to: All work is performed under the direct supervision of the teacher or school principal