Classroom Assistant (Grades 3-8)

21st Century Charter School at Gary; Gary (IN); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

GEO Academies is seeking a Classroom Assistant to join our open-enrollment public charter school network, supporting a Lead Classroom Teacher and administrative team in delivering blended learning and targeted tutoring. This full-time, 10-month position emphasizes collaborative teamwork, feedback incorporation, and maintaining high behavioral expectations to help students achieve academic progress.

Responsibilities include data interpretation to support progress, creating individual learning

Qualifications

• Associate degree or 60 career credits or 2 years K-12 classroom experience; Bachelor's preferred.
• Commitment to GEO Academies' mission and goals.
• Desire to grow professionally.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with Lead Classroom Teacher and Administrative Team.
• Support established classroom rules and protocol; fill in when needed.
• Motivate and support students in achieving high levels of academic success.
• Create a positive culture around online learning and small group tutoring.
• Maintain high behavioral expectations for all students.
• Interpret, manage, and utilize data to support student progress.
• Assist with individual learning plans and progress communication.
• Participate in staff development and required meetings.

Skills

Collaborative teamwork

Feedback incorporation

Student motivation

Data interpretation

Education

Associate degree or 60 career credits or 2 years classroom experience

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Description

GEO Academies is a national, non-profit network of open-enrollment, public charter schools committed to empowering students to accelerate their academic pathways, advance their social mobility, and achieve their career and lifelong goals. Our innovative and award-winning K-16 GEO Academies Model begins with personalized, competency-based learning and accelerates students into post-secondary immersion as early as 9th grade. GEO Academies students have the opportunity to earn a full college degree or career credential even before graduating from high school - at no cost to families.

ABOUT US:

21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12+ public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. We are a TAP school! Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.

REPORTS TO/TERM:

Principal

Full-time 10-month position

RESPONSIBILITIES:

A Classroom Assistant is required to perform the following duties:

• Work collaboratively and harmoniously with Lead Classroom Teacher
• Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from Lead Teacher and Administrative Team
• Support established classroom rules and protocol
• Fill in as Teacher when Lead Teacher is absent when asked
• Motivate and support students in reaching high levels of academic success
• Create a positive student culture around online learning and small group tutoring
• Maintain high behavioral expectations for all students
• Interpret, manage, and utilize multiple sets of data in order to best support student progress
• Perform targeted individual assistance and small group tutoring
• Assist with the creation of individual learning plans for each student enrolled
• Maintain frequent communication with students and their support network regarding academic progress
• Communicate and collaborate with teachers and school administrators
• Participate in staff development opportunities
• Participate in all required staff meetings
• Ensure the security of computer equipment and accessories
• Perform other duties, as deemed appropriate, by Lead Classroom Teacher and Principal

Requirements

• Associate degree OR 60 career credits at a state-accredited college or university OR 2 years direct classroom experience in a K-12 setting - Bachelor's preferred
• Desire to grow professionally
• Commitment to the mission and organizational goals of GEO Academies

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years experience working with children in an urban setting
• At least 9 hours concentrated in Math and ELA