Teacher Aide - Transit Middle-2 positions

Schedule

30 hours per week, 6 hours/day (including ½ hour unpaid lunch), 10 months per school year. Two positions available.

Initial hours of assignment: 9:05 am – 3:35 pm.

Duties

• Work closely with classroom teachers, students, and administrators
• Supervise and assist students and staff
• Reinforce behavioral expectations of the school
• Interact positively with parents
• Perform minimal office functions such as making copies
• Help students with technology
• Arrival/dismissal supervision
• Bulletin board management
• Other support as needed

Requirements

• Demonstrate a willingness to improve and expand skills
• Demonstrate a positive attitude
• Demonstrate the ability to interact in a positive manner with all middle school students and staff
• Complete tasks with little or no direction
• Take initiative in completing tasks

Preferred Qualifications

• Dependable
• Enthusiastic
• Ability to multi-task
• Caring, patient, and enjoys working with middle school children

Qualifications

• 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 the above options.

Note: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.

Special Requirements

• 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 toward 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 the teaching process
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
• Dependability
• Neat personal appearance
• Tact and courtesy
• Good judgment
• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position

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