Instructional Assistant - Essential Skills

New Palestine Community Schools; Greenfield (IN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

New Palestine Community Schools in Indiana is seeking an Instructional Assistant - Essential Skills to support teachers in classrooms and help students learn in a supportive environment.

The candidate should have at least two years of college or two years of experience with children, and will assist with planning, small-group instruction, and daily living skills. This non-exempt, school-year position focuses on student growth and classroom support.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of college, or two years of experience working with children in an instructional setting.

Responsibilities

• Participates in classroom activity planning.
• Conducts learning exercises with small groups of children and individual students.
• Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children.
• Helps maintain individual records for each child.
• Assists the teacher in maintaining neat work and study areas.
• Assists with daily living skills, which may include toileting.
• Participate in specific training identified by the administration
• Follows individual behavior plans
• Attends community-based instructional activities
• Completes annual employee training
• Maintains consistent attendance
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Experience with children

Education

Two years of college or two years of experience with children

Job description

TITLE

Instructional Assistant - Essential Skills

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum of two years of college, or two years of experience working with children in an instructional setting

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

School year

STATUS

Non-Exempt

REPORTS TO

Building Principal and Classroom Teacher

PRIMARY FUNCTION

To assist the teacher in maintaining appropriate classroom activities and environment so that students may learn effectively.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Participates in classroom activity planning.


• Conducts learning exercises with small groups of children and individual students.


• Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children.


• Helps maintain individual records for each child.


• Assists the teacher in maintaining neat work and study areas.


• Assists with the supervision of children during regular play periods and lunch supervision.


• Assists with daily living skills, which may include toileting


• Participate in specific training identified by the administration


• Follows individual behavior plans


• Attends community-based instructional activities


• Completes annual employee training


• Maintains consistent attendance


• Performs other duties as assigned

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires the ability to sit with intermittent occasional walking, standing, bending, and squatting


• Requires the ability to stoop, reach, grab, pull, hear, see, and speak on a daily basis


• Requires the ability to perform repetitive physical tasks such as computer keyboarding, writing, and reading


• Occasionally required to lift or carry supplies, textbooks, furniture, and equipment of a minimum of 35 pounds

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Standard office and school conditions - Moderate noise level in the work environment, adequate lighting, and comfortable temperatures


• May have to monitor students in a variety of locations, including those with noise, activity, and inclement weathers>
  
• Occasional high to moderate levels of stress

$20/hour 6.75hrs/day