Preschool Instructional Assistant

Asheville City Schools; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Asheville City Schools seeks a Preschool Instructional Assistant to work at Claxton Elementary School. The role supports the teacher by engaging with children, providing supervision, and helping implement classroom plans to foster learning and safety.

The position is full-time with a 10-month term and involves assisting with meals, activities, and field trips, while maintaining classroom organization and student care.

Qualifications

• Duties include assisting the teacher, supervising children, and supporting classroom activities.
• Aides work with the teacher to implement plans and support student needs.
• Record-keeping, materials organization, and basic clerical tasks may be required.

Responsibilities

• Perform clerical responsibilities.
• Keep abreast of plans to ensure materials are available.
• Record and transfer data as instructed by the teacher.
• Receive and record any fees as directed.
• Obtain and organize supplies and materials.
• Operate media equipment.
• Check attendance.
• Care for materials and equipment.
• Assist with large group activities.
• Assist with physical education indoors and outdoors.
• Help with field trips and supervise children for safety.
• Assist in serving meals and snacks.
• Strive to make mealtime a learning experience.
• Assist with all classroom activities.
• Read or tell stories to groups of children.
• Assist/participate in classroom activities.

Job description

ASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: Preschool Instructional Assistant

JOB STATUS: Full-Time / 10-Month

LOCATION: Claxton Elementary School

CONTACT: [e-mail]

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

Teacher assistants may perform any of a wide range of duties depending on where and with whom they work. One of the major responsibilities of the teacher assistant is to work alongside the teacher to provide more interaction time for children and to visually supervise children at all times. When an assistant is in the classroom, she/he is expected to talk with children, ask questions, play with them, and take care of their needs as well as to keep them safe.

Since the assistant's foremost responsibility is to follow the teacher's direction, it is important to determine, to some extent, the nature of duties to be performed. Suggestions for these duties may be found on the following pages. They are not designed to limit the role of the assistant or to infringe upon the responsibility of the teacher. Instead, it is hoped they will serve as a stimulus for other activities.

Child care assistants are responsible for carrying out the teacher's plans before and after regular school hours. He/she should report to the teacher the effectiveness of the plans and work with the teacher to change plans as needed.

TEACHER ASSISTANT GENERAL DUTIES

• A. Perform clerical responsibilities.
• 1. Keep abreast of plans to see that materials are available.
• 2. Record and transfer data as instructed by the teacher.
• 3. Receive any fees and keep records of the same.
• 4. Obtain and organize supplies and materials.
• 5. Operate media equipment.
• 6. Check attendance.
• 7. Be responsible for the care of materials and equipment.
• B. Render assistance in large group activities
• 1. Assist with physical education activities, both indoors and out.
• 2. Help with field trips and supervise children for their safety.
• 3. Assist in serving meals and snacks.
• 4. Strive to make mealtime a learning experience.
• 5. Assist with all classroom activities.
• 6. Read or tell stories to groups of children.
• 7. Assist/participate in