General Assistant for School Readiness - 21 hrs/week

Applitrack; Elk River (MN); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

ISD 728 is seeking a General Assistant for School Readiness to support ECFE/SR classes at Handke Family Center. The role involves tutoring, data collection, materials preparation, and assisting with events and activities. The work schedule is flexible and primarily aligned with school-year programs.

Starting pay is $21.18 per hour. You will assist teachers, maintain confidentiality, supervise students, and may perform clerical duties and ticket tasks.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to work with parents, students and staff.
• Experience with classroom technology is desirable.
• Willingness to follow directions.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• General office skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Overtime including evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to work with children birth to five.
• First Aid/CPR and early childhood training desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist in tutoring students and collect data to support classroom management.
• Help prepare instructional materials and shop for supplies as needed.
• Set up, organize and replace consumable materials for student use.
• Apply positive behavior management techniques as directed.
• Maintain confidentiality of family and program information.
• Work as a team with ECFE staff to promote a positive educational environment.
• Supervise students in lunchroom, classroom, playground and other areas.
• Perform general duties: filing, copying, data entry, answering phones.
• Assist with event tickets and tallying as needed.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Tutoring support

Data collection

Classroom prep

Confidentiality

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Early childhood training desirable

Tools

Classroom technology familiarity

Job description

General Assistant for School Readiness - 21 hrs/week JobID: 19332

• Position Type: Support Staff (Assistant)/ General Assistant
• Date Posted: 9/24/2026
• Location: Handke Family Center
• Date Available: ASAP
• Closing Date: 09/29/2026

Description

Assistant assist in Early Childhood Family Education/School Readiness class sessions, activities, and events; attend staff meetings; work with other ECFE staff; obtain needed class materials.

Starting pay is $21.18 per hour. For additional details, please see the attached master agreement.

Job Summary

1. Assist the teacher in the classroom with tutoring students, collecting student data, and other student activities to ensure effective classroom management.
2. Assist teachers in collecting and preparing instructional materials, which may include shopping for supplies; such as, media center materials, reading and math worksheets and tests, project materials, general supplies, and straightening rooms so that instructional materials are available when needed to support classroom activities. Set-up, organize, and replace consumable materials used in the classroom to ensure materials are available for students and ensure effective classroom management.
3. Utilize positive behavior management techniques at the direction of the teacher to ensure effective classroom management.
4. Assist the teacher in the production of materials to be used during class time to ensure effective classroom management.
5. Maintain confidentiality of family and program information.
6. Work as a team member with other staff to promote positive educational environment.
7. Supervise students in the lunchroom, classroom, playground, or other assigned areas and may also wipe lunch tables so that students act in a safe manner appropriate to the school environment.
8. May perform general duties; such as, filing, copying, data entry, and answering phones so that the needs of building teachers are met.
9. May sell, take and/or tally tickets for various school events.
10. Other job related duties as assigned.

Hours

Must be flexible. Up to 900 hours to be assigned as needed to assist in ECFE/SR classes and other activities. Actual hours worked will not exceed 40 hours in any one week and usually will be less than 40 hours in any one week. Hours will vary each week depending on offerings and enrollment. ECFE activities are scheduled year round and weeks may not be contiguous, however, the majority of the work will be scheduled during the regular school year. ECFE/SR activities may be scheduled weekdays and weekends, mornings, afternoons and evenings. Specific schedules will be determined based on the needs of the families. The actual number of sessions to be implemented each week may vary.

Qualifications

1. High school degree, GED, or equivalent experience.
2. Ability to work effectively with parents, students, and other staff.
3. Ability and experience working with classroom technology is desirable.
4. Willingness to accept and follow direction.
5. Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
6. General office skills.
7. Ability to maintain confidentiality.
8. Ability to work overtime including evenings, weekends and holidays.
9. Ability to work with children ages birth to five.
10. Experience working with children ages birth to five and First Aid/CPR training is desirable.
11. Early childhood training or experience such as Minnesota Reading Corps or college coursework desirable.

Equity Statement

Equity is one of ISD728's core values and is essential to our goal of putting children first to ensure college and career readiness. A diverse workforce fuels innovation and allows us to better understand, communicate with, and educate our students. ISD728 will not deny anyone the opportunity for training or employment because of sex, race, religion, color, creed, national origin, marital status, age, sexual preference, disability, or status with regard to public assistance.