Associate Teacher Aide

Henry County School District; United States; On-site; USD 20,571 - 29,298; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental insurance for eligible positions

Supportive team environment

Job summary

A local educational institution is seeking a paraprofessional for the 2025-2026 school year. The role involves working with students in academic and behavioral settings, promoting positive interactions and providing necessary assistance. Candidates should possess a paraprofessional license from the Illinois State Board of Education. This position demands strong interpersonal and reasoning skills and involves diverse responsibilities from instructional support to personal hygiene assistance, ensuring students' needs are met in an inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Meet state/federal guidelines for School District paraprofessionals employed as teacher aides.
• Ability to read, write, interpret and comprehend simple instructions and reports.
• Ability to present information effectively in various situations.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual students or small groups under supervision.
• Facilitate the student’s efforts to meet academic and social/emotional tasks.
• Monitor and implement behavior intervention plans.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Language skills

Mathematical skills

Reasoning ability

Education

Paraprofessional license from Illinois State Board of Education

Job description

There are multiple IMRF part‑time positions available at Creekside Middle School for the 2025‑2026 school year. Positions vary from 6 to 6.75 hours per day, 5 days per week. The hourly rate is $18.10 per hour, with an additional $1 per hour for personal hygiene duties. Positions of 6.5 hours per day or more qualify for health and dental insurance. A paraprofessional license from the Illinois State Board of Education is required. For more information, please contact the Human Resources Department at 815‑337‑5144.

Qualifications

• Meet state/federal guidelines for School District paraprofessionals employed as teacher aides/associates.
• Interpersonal skills: ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively with other staff and promote a positive team‑work environment.
• Language skills: ability to read, write, interpret and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, memos and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information one‑on‑one and in small group situations to staff, parents, students and administrators.
• Mathematical skills: add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals; compute rate, ratio and percent and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning ability: apply common sense to carry out detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions; solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• References must be provided.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

• Frequent reaching with hands and arms.
• Frequent standing, walking, sitting and talking or hearing.
• Occasional use of hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Occasional lifting or moving a minimum of 50 pounds; pushing items that may exceed 50 pounds (e.g., pushing children on a bike or moving/rearranging furniture).
• Possible requirement to spend up to 35 minutes standing in a swimming pool, depending on building assignment.
• Vision requirements: close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision.

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud, at a standard acceptable level for this position.

Responsibilities

Instructional and Behavioral Needs

1. Under the supervision of the special education certified staff member works with individual students or small groups to reinforce material initially introduced by the certified staff.
2. Facilitates the student’s efforts to meet the specific demands of assigned academic and social/emotional tasks, which might include:
   • Providing additional drill and practice on skills previously taught (e.g., listening to student read or recite, providing test drills).
   • Providing specified cues and prompts during tasks.
   • Delivering specified consequences for targeted behavior(s).
   • Promoting situations that encourage successful academic and social interactions with others (e.g., encouraging peer interaction).
3. Assists the certified staff member in devising special strategies for reinforcing materials or skills based on an understanding of individual students’ needs, interests and abilities.
4. Monitors and implements behavior intervention plan as directed by certified staff member(s).
5. Exhibits knowledge of student’s IEP goals and works with certified staff member toward the achievement of those goals.
6. Assists the certified staff members with modifying general education materials.

Physical and Adaptive Needs

1. Provides necessary assistance to assigned student(s) in various functional daily living tasks (e.g., removing outerwear, using the lavatory, moving from room to room, eating). This might also involve performing simple tasks that could be difficult or impossible for a student due to disability (e.g., carrying lunch tray or books, sharpening a pencil).
2. Provides physical assistance to special needs students. Typical duties may vary per school or situation:
   • Transporting to classes.
   • Assisting students who are not physically independent (lunchroom, washroom, lockers, dressing for P.E., dressing for swimming class).
   • Assisting with personal hygiene (may include toileting assistance or diapering).
   • Setting up adaptive equipment and caring for and maintaining that equipment.
   • Assisting students to and from buses (may include assisting students on and off bus).
   • Assisting students during emergency situations, drills and field trips.
   • Assisting students with feeding skills as directed by certified staff member.
   • Lifting of students.
   • Assisting students in swimming pool.

Students with Limited English Proficiency

1. Provides oral and written translations as directed.

General Responsibilities

1. Participates as a member of the IEP team through meetings; communicates with the team regarding specific concerns, changes and problem areas; becomes familiar with the IEP goals set for the student to achieve; and assists in carrying out those IEP goals as directed by the certified staff member.
2. Supervises the student(s) to provide safety and security when outside of the classroom and direct certified staff supervision (e.g., in lavatory, on trips to the nurse, office, etc.).
3. Communicates, in written or oral form, with staff, parents (as directed by certified staff), support services and students.
4. Works collaboratively with the team; maintains anecdotal notes and progress reports as needed.
5. Assists in transitions.
6. Contributes strategies for developing acceptance of inclusion by the school community, and facilitates student’s social interaction with staff members and peers.
7. Assists certified staff members with other activities when available.
8. Participates in continuous staff development activities to maintain and improve job‑related skills.
9. Performs other tasks as assigned by the certified staff member, Building Administrator or designee.
10. Protects confidentiality of district & office records and information unless authorized and directed by supervisor to provide same under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.
11. Protects confidentiality of student records and information according to Board of Education policy and regulations, Illinois Student Records Act and the Family Education and Privacy Act.