Teacher Assistant, Kindergarten

IMDiversity; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Loudoun County Public Schools in Leesburg, Virginia, seeks a Teacher Assistant for kindergarten to support instructional activities and behavior management. You will assist the teacher with lesson delivery, prepare materials, and supervise students in classrooms and during lunch/bus, under supervision.

The role requires a high school diploma and ability to follow lesson plans, with responsibilities including clerical tasks, attendance, and basic medical assistance as needed. Immediate start.

Qualifications

• High school diploma and experience as a teacher aide or working with children.
• Ability to follow lesson plans and record student progress.
• Ability to work with individual children and small groups as directed.
• Physical ability to lift, position, and assist students.
• Will learn to perform basic medical procedures if needed.
• Ability to operate standard office and video equipment.
• Good human relations, patience and flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide instructional assistance for students and support skill development.
• Implement behavior plans and supervise learning centers and lunch/recess.
• Prepare classroom, organize materials, and handle attendance/ snack counts.
• Set up and operate audio-visual equipment.
• Support speech-related activities as directed by speech therapist.
• Perform clerical tasks and arrange field trips.
• Performs related work as required.

Skills

Follow lesson plans

Data recording

Initiative

Communication

Patience and flexibility

Physical assistance

Medical procedures (learn)

Office equipment operation

Video equipment operation

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Office equipment

Video equipment

Job description

Teacher Assistant, Kindergarten
Loudoun County Public Schools
Seldens Landing Elementary School - Leesburg, Virginia

Job Details

Job ID:5905278

Application Deadline:Posted until filled

Starting Date:Immediately

Job Overview

An employee in this class is responsible for assisting the teacher by performing instructional duties, preparing classroom materials, supervising student behavior, learning and applying specific behavior management techniques, performing clerical duties, and providing assistance with personal hygiene and physical care needs as required. The work is performed under the guidance and supervision of the teacher.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provides individual and group instruction on activities as instructed; demonstrates and assists students with skill development such as ABC sequencing, visual discrimination, word rhyming, and letter-number matching; monitors art project programs including preparing the materials and cleaning up.
• Implements behavior modification plans and provides discipline in the absence of the teacher; supervises learning centers and participates in classroom activities; monitors students during recess and assists them during the lunch period
• Prepares the classroom and helps settle the students by organizing the room and materials, assisting students off the bus, recording attendance, and taking the snack count; sets up and operates audio-visual equipment such as opaque, movie, and filmstrip projectors and video cameras.
• Practices individual speech sounds, vocabulary, and syntax objectives with students as directed by the speech therapist; reads to students and asks questions to stimulate language development; presents language activities involving expressive and receptive areas of development.
• Performs clerical tasks such as filing and photocopying; makes arrangements for field trips.
• Performs related work as required.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school and experience as a teacher aide or working with children.
• Ability to work under the supervision of the teacher, including following lesson plans prepared by teachers; to record data and verbally describe student progress and difficulties; to work effectively with individual children and small groups, meeting the instructional objectives as established by the teacher.
• Ability to take initiative in recognizing an immediate need and meeting it without specific instructions.
• Physical ability to lift, position, and assist students as required.
• Ability to learn to perform individual medical procedures when necessary.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment and to learn to operate video equipment.
• Good human relations and communications skills; patience and flexibility.

Job Requirements

Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Reports To: Principal

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Months/ Days/ Hours: 10 Months/ 187 Days/ 7 Hours

Salary Level:Universal/Scale B.1 - Non-Exempt Level 4

Salary Scale: https://www.lcps.org/compensation

Salary Range: $22.47- $25.28

Remote Work Eligible: No

Union Designation: Non-Certified

Position Type:Full-Time

Job Categories: Instructional Support > Paraprofessional / IA