Preschool Teaching Assistant

Moffat County School District; United States; On-site; USD 24,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PERA retirement

Paid time off

Short and long term disability

Health insurance eligible for 30+ hrs

Job summary

The Moffat County School District is seeking a Teaching Assistant for the Early Childhood Center. This role supports the classroom teacher by guiding students, assisting with activities, and maintaining a safe learning environment.

Responsibilities include small group instruction, data collection, managing transitions, and providing individualized assistance as needed. The position emphasizes teamwork, reliability, and clear communication with staff and families.

Qualifications

• Must have data collection skills and ability to follow directions.
• Team player with professional demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Assist the classroom teacher in helping students learn and stay safe.
• Support behavior, learning, self-help, and communication needs as needed.
• Take part in small learning groups and individual instruction.
• Prepare or set up activities and materials for lessons.
• Monitor students during class, transitions, lunch, and breaks.
• Meet with teachers to discuss student progress.
• Provide accommodations to access classroom instruction.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data collection

Follow directions

Teamwork

Professional

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

• Position Type: Elementary School Teaching/ Early Childhood
• Date Posted: 10/19/2026
• Location: Early Childhood Center
• Date Available: ASAP

Job Title: Teaching Assistant

Reports to: Designated Principal

Location: Early Childhood Center

Date of Availability: 26-27 School Year

Date Closing: Open Until Filled

Job Summary: A Teaching Assistant will assist the classroom teacher in helping students learn and/or stay safe.

Salary: $17.68-$27.40, dependent upon experience.

Education and/or Experience: High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).

Data collection skills, ability to follow direction, flexible, positive, works well with kids and a team, professional.

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Under the guidance and direction of the classroom teacher and/or special education teacher the paraprofessional might perform one or more of the following.

• Assists in teaching students how to become independent and responsible at school
• Assists with specialized needs that may include behavior, learning, self-help skills and/or communication.
• Assures that students learn at their own level and have their specialized needs met
• Collect or gather data
• Run small learning groups
• Prepare or set up activities and materials for the next rotation, period or day, help students with self-care tasks
• Monitor students during class, transitions, lunch or breaks
• Providing instructional support individually or in small groups
• Providing one-on-one instruction
• Meet with teachers
• Provide accommodations for students to have access to classroom instruction
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities: Student or Students as assigned and needed by teacher.

Benefits include: PERA retirement, paid time off, short and long term disability, other optional benefit elections. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week as defined by their position are also eligible for the district's health insurance.

Additional information: *Salary/pay rate is determined based on position classification and employee's qualifications and experience relevant to the job description requirements. Full pay range may be found on the appropriate salary schedule. Employees hired into a position are rarely qualified to receive the maximum of the pay range shown on the salary schedule.

Language Skills: Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in a one-on-one and small groups situation to students, staff, parents and administrators.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community; ability to speak clear and concisely in written or oral communication.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to run; stoop and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs. The employee must occasionally push items of 75lbs. or more, such as pushing children on a bike or moving/rearranging furniture. Specific vision abilities required by this include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described below 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. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate and is a standard acceptable level for this environment. Is directly responsible for student safety, work output and wellbeing.

In compliance with Title VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Colorado law, Moffat County School District RE-1 does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability or need for special education services in admissions, access to, treatment, or employment in educational programs or activities which it operates. English speaking ability will not be a barrier to participation and admission to District programs. Complaint procedures have been established for students, parents, employees or need for special education services. The following person(s) have been identified as the compliance officer for the District. Compliance Officer for Title IX – Megan Caughey, 600 Texas Ave, Craig, CO 81625, 970-826-6410, [e-mail].