Instructional Aide

TITLE:   Instructional Aide                                                                 DUTY DAYS:      186 days

QUALIFICATIONS: College/High School diploma/valid Certification

REPORTS TO:           Campus Principal

PAY GRADE:              FLSA: Non-Exempt / Hourly

JOB GOAL:                 To be the teacher's assistant. To help the teacher achieve teaching 

                                      objectives by working with individual students or small groups, making 

                                       every effort to help them accomplish the skill levels of the class as a 

                                       whole. To provide a well-organized, smoothly functional class     

                                      environment in which students can take full advantage of the 

                                      instructional program and available resource materials.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assists the teacher according to the teacher's needs
2. Makes needed copies of classroom materials
3. Monitors students during classroom and play activities
4. Reads aloud or listens to children read
5. Prepares instructional materials and sets up equipment
6. Provides special help such as drilling with flash cards, spelling and play activities
7. Assists students at meal periods
8. Provides for students' physical needs as required and/or assigned
9. Maintains a clean and orderly classroom
10. Assist students from buses to restroom facilities, etc.
11. Escorts students on educational trips outside the classroom with the teacher and other appropriate adult support
12. Assists students in performing activities that have been initiated by the teacher
13. Assists with supplementary work for advanced pupils
14. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work assigned by the teacher
15. Assists in setting up classrooms
16. Assists children in learning their names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdays and parents' names
17. Hears requests for help, observes learning difficulties from pupils and reports such matters to teachers
18. Works with individual students or small groups on language development as outlined by the teacher
19. Serves as a bus monitor in transport of students as requested and/or needed
20. In upper grades the aide will work with assigned students as scheduled by the Campus Principal
21. In upper grades the aide will also be assigned to before and after school supervision and lunch duties
22. Performs such other duties as assigned by the Campus Principal or the supervising teacher.

Mental Demands / Physical Demands / Environmental Factors 

Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting 

Motion: Repetitive hand motions, frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching 

Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds) 

Environment: Frequent districtwide travel; occasional statewide travel 

Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress