28.75 Hrs  to  32.5 Hrs a Week 

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. High school diploma or GED required. 

2. Verified completion of two years of college or 48 semester hours or have two-years of early childhood or elementary experience or a passing score on the ParaPro test.

3. Previous experience working with students.

4. Ability to work harmoniously with staff and students.

REPORTS TO:

Principal

JOB GOAL:

To assist the teacher in maintaining appropriate classroom activities and environment in order

that students may learn effectively.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of

material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.

2. Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based

on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.

3. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.

4. Distributes and collects workbooks, papers and other materials for instruction.

5. Guides independent study, enrichment work and remedial work set up and assigned by

the teacher.

6. Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play

periods, lunch periods and field trips.

7. Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information

about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.

8. Participates in inservice training programs as assigned.

9. Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual

student.

10. Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in

the absence of the regular teacher.

11. Assists with lunch, snack and cleanup routines.

12. Performs clerical tasks.

13. Performs other related duties as required by supervisor.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Work year, salary and benefits as established by the Board.

EVALUATION:

Performance of this job shall be evaluated by the building principal in accordance with

provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of classified personnel.

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