Student Success Aide — Instructional Support

Nb27; Northbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

NORTHBROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT 27 in Illinois is seeking an Instructional Assistant to support the teacher by working with individual students or small groups, reinforcing material, and helping students reach their skill goals within a well-organized classroom.

The role requires an IL Professional Educators License (PEL) or paraprofessional certification at minimum, a professional demeanor, and the ability to collaborate with teachers and staff to maintain confidentiality and a positive learning

Qualifications

• Current and valid IL Professional Educators License (PEL). Paraprofessional at minimum, substitute preferred
• Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable

Responsibilities

• Functions primarily to enhance student skills in targeted areas.
• Works with individuals and small groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assists individual children in need of special attention through various methods, including providing class notes, offering vocabulary and spelling assistance, offering organizational support, and helping with focusing and staying on task.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work as set up by the teachers in the different academic areas.
• Assists with small or large group activities as directed.
• Alerts the regular teacher and/or team to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Models and demonstrates appropriate classroom behaviors for the students, such as focusing on the teacher or the person talking.
• Monitors individual and small group testing as directed, serving as a reader and/or scriber when directed by the teacher.
• Helps with documentation on IEP students as directed by the teacher.
• Helps provide RtI assistance to identified students as directed by the teacher.
• Serves as the main source of information and assistance to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Utilizes technology appropriate to the job tasks (such as tools and equipment, as well as District Network Systems, as applicable).
• Participates in training programs designated by the principal and attends professional development activities on Professional Development Days.
• Maintains the same level of ethical behavior and confidentiality regarding student information as expected of teachers.
• Acts as a liaison between regular education teachers and special education teachers for communicating the progress and academic needs of students.
• Assists regular education teachers and special education teachers with the preparation and implementation of modifications to materials and tests.
• Performs any other instructional or supervisory assignment as may be assigned by the building principal, such as study hall supervision or lunch and recess supervision.
• Performs minor clerical and material preparation tasks as directed by assigned teacher(s) as time permits, without compromising the main responsibilities of this position.
• One-on-one instructional assistants may have extra duties related to their particular student, such as toileting and lunch assistance, as specified by their building principal. Their primary responsibilities pertain to their assigned student.

Education

IL Professional Educators License (PEL)

Job description

NORTHBROOK SCHOOL DISTRICT 27 in Illinois is seeking an Instructional Assistant to support the teacher by working with individual students or small groups, reinforcing material, and helping students reach their skill goals within a well-organized classroom.

The role requires an IL Professional Educators License (PEL) or paraprofessional certification at minimum, a professional demeanor, and the ability to collaborate with teachers and staff to maintain confidentiality and a positive learning