Teacher Aide III

Unalaska City School District; Kasigluk (AK); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Unalaska City School District seeks a paraprofessional to support teachers and students in a rural Alaskan classroom.

Responsibilities include assisting with small groups, individual students, clerical tasks, and supervision during lunch and field trips. Bilingual Yup’ik and English preferred; requires high school diploma or GED and adherence to confidentiality and cross-cultural expectations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Paraprofessional qualifications per NCLB (48 sem hours or an associate degree or pass the competency test).
• Bilingual in Yup’ik and English preferred.
• Ability to live and work in a cross-cultural, rural Alaskan environment.

Responsibilities

• Under supervision of the teacher, prepares for classroom activities.
• Works with small groups to reinforce material introduced by the teacher.
• Assist individual students in need of special attention.
• Performs clerical duties.
• Sets up and operates equipment.
• Assists with non-instructional routines (snack, restroom, clothing).
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work.
• Assists with reading and storytelling.
• Assists small groups in the library.
• Participates in in-service training programs.
• Checks attendance and records lunch money.
• Keeps bulletin boards and displays up to date.
• Supervise students during lunch, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Maintains confidentiality and supports ethical behavior toward students and staff.

Skills

Bilingual Yup’ik and English

Education

High School Diploma or GED

48 semester hours / Associate Degree / State Academic Competency

Job description

Job Goal

To help provide a well-organized, smoothly functioning classroom environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials.

Qualifications

• 1. High School Diploma or GED.
• 2. Demonstrated successful experience working with young people in a school setting desirable.
• 3. Align with NCLB Paraprofessional Qualification requirements (48 semester hours or Associate Degree or pass State-Approved Academic Competency test).
• 4. Bilingual in Yup’ik and English preferred.
• 5. Ability to live and work in a cross-cultural, rural Alaskan environment.
• 6. Ability to carry out successfully the duties described below.

Duties

• 1. Under the supervision of the teacher, prepares for classroom activities.
• 2. Works with small groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher.
• 3. Assist individual students in need of special attention.
• 4. Performs clerical duties.
• 5. Sets up and operates equipment.
• 6. Assists teacher with non-instructional classroom duties such as snack, restroom, and clothing routines.
• 7. Checks notebooks, correct papers, and supervises testing and make-up work.
• 8. Assist in drill work.
• 9. Assists with reading and story telling.
• 10. Assists small groups of students in the library.
• 11. Participates in in-service training programs.
• 12. Checks and records student attendance.
• 13. Collects and records lunch money.
• 14. Keeps bulletin boards and other classroom learning displays up to date.
• 15. Assists with the supervision of the students during lunch periods, assemblies, play periods, and on field trips.
• 16. Alerts the teacher of any problem or special information about the individual student.
• 17. Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students and fellow employees as is expected of teacher.
• 18. Maintains a sense of responsibility and positive attitude toward students and fellow employees.
• 19. Shows initiative in sharing work with other instructional personnel.
• 20. Maintains classroom student records and folders.21. Corrects and records student work and reports students progress to the teacher. 2
• 2. Listens to individual students read orally. 2
• 3. Performs other duties as assigned.