Primary Grade Classroom Aide- Northside Catholic Academy- Vicariate II

Archdiocese of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits package

Job summary

Archdiocese of Chicago seeks a Primary Grade-Level Classroom Aide to support the classroom teacher in creating a safe, nurturing, organized, and faith-filled learning environment for young children.

The role involves working with teachers and the primary-grade team to provide instructional and organizational assistance, helping students stay engaged and prepared for learning, and modeling Catholic values in daily interactions.

Qualifications

• Warmth, patience, and enthusiasm for working with young children.
• Reliability and dependable character for a classroom support role.
• Flexibility to adapt to classroom needs and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Support students individually and in small groups under the direction of the classroom teacher.
• Reinforce classroom routines, expectations, and positive behavior.
• Assist students who need additional support with transitions, organization, attention, or completion of activities.
• Provide encouragement to help students develop confidence and independence.
• Supervise students during arrival, dismissal, recess, and other activities.

Skills

Warmth/Patience

Reliability

Flexibility

Enthusiasm for teaching

Job description

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The Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic schools serve more than 40,000 students in 154 elementary and high schools in Cook and Lake counties. It is one of the largest private school systems in the United States. Its schools have received 96 Blue Ribbon awards from the U.S. Department of Education over the past 10 years

The Primary Grade-Level Classroom Aide supports the classroom teacher in creating a safe, nurturing, organized, and faith-filled learning environment for young children. Working collaboratively with the teacher(s) and primary-grade team, the Classroom Aide provides instructional, organizational, and student-support assistance that allows the classroom teacher to focus on high-quality instruction and student learning.

The ideal candidate is warm, patient, dependable, flexible, and enthusiastic about working with young children. The Teacher Aide should model the Catholic values of kindness, respect, service, compassion, and responsibility in interactions with students, families, and colleagues.

The Classroom Aide is an important member of the primary-grade team. While the classroom teacher maintains responsibility for instruction, assessment, classroom management, and communication with families, the Teacher Aide is expected to actively contribute to the success of the classroom by anticipating needs, supporting students, maintaining a positive classroom environment, and working cooperatively with the teacher

Above all, the Primary Grade-Level Classroom Aide helps create a classroom in which every child feels known, valued, supported, and capable of learning and growing.

Essential Responsibilities

Student Support

• Support students individually and in small groups under the direction of the classroom teacher.
• Reinforce classroom routines, expectations, and positive behavior.
• Assist students who need additional support with transitions, organization, attention, or completion of classroom activities.
• Provide encouragement and positive reinforcement to help students develop confidence and independence.
• Supervise students during arrival, dismissal, recess, lunch, transitions, and other assigned activities.
• Help maintain a safe, welcoming, and inclusive classroom environment.
• Assist students with age-appropriate self-care and personal needs as appropriate.

Instructional Support

• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce skills and concepts introduced by the classroom teacher.
• Assist with literacy, phonics, mathematics, handwriting, and other classroom activities.
• Support hands-on learning, centers, projects, and classroom activities.
• Help prepare instructional materials, manipulatives, learning centers, and student work.

The Archdiocese of Chicago offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information about our benefit programs is available here

This position has an hourly range of $17.05 - $21.00. An employee’s pay within the range will be based on many factors including but not limited to: relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and organizational needs