Teacher Aide - Mill Middle

About the role

30 hours per week (6 hours a day - 9:05am to 3:35pm, inclusive of 1/2 hour unpaid lunch), 10 months per school year. 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

• Provide support to students in various grade levels 5-8 during the course of the day in all curricular areas
• Help students with their assigned homework, assist with studying for tests, help with organizational skills, etc.
• Work one to one or in a small group setting in order to support and reinforce the instruction of the classroom or special education teacher
• Assist with the student(s) swimming as needed
• Monitor students in various locations inside and outside the school
• Support school attendance
• 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 to and plays records for children in primary grades
• 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

• Must work well with children
• Must be able to take directions
• Must have a willingness to work collaboratively with school personnel for the improvement of student achievement and character development
• Must be able to lift the child and help with toileting needs (Two person lift)
• Must have at least one year experience working with school aged 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

This position is not designed to replace clerical positions such as Typist, Stenographer or Clerk. Also, it is not designed to assist a Teacher in the teaching process; this is reserved for Teaching Assistants. See Section 80.33 Rules of the Board of Regents and Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.

Preferred

• Dependable
• Enthusiastic
• Ability to multi-task
• Caring, patient and enjoys working with Middle School students

Pay

Starting pay rate for Aides: $18.90/hour. Hourly stipends apply as follows: Split aide (assigned to both general education & PPS aide duties); UPK aide; Literacy aide; Primary Project aide; Health aide; Attendance aide - $0.50/hour. PPS aide; job coach aide - $1.50/hour.