Teaching Assistant - Northview Elementary School 2026/27

Rantoul City School Dst 137; Rantoul (IL); On-site; USD 20,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Rantoul City School Dst 137 is seeking a General Education Teacher Assistant for the 2026/27 school year at Northview Elementary. Candidates must have a Valid Illinois Paraprofessional License and strong proficiency in both their native language and English. Responsibilities include assisting in classroom management, supporting individual students, and ensuring an effective educational environment. The role offers a starting salary range of $18.57/hr with potential increases based on experience and educational qualifications.

Qualifications

• Must possess Valid Illinois Paraprofessional License or equivalent.
• Bilingual proficiency in native language and English.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assist the teacher in achieving teaching objectives with students.
• Provide a well-organized class environment for learning.
• Translate between languages in various situations as needed.

Skills

Strong written and oral communication skills

Proficiency in native bilingual language and English

Ability to communicate effectively

Education

Valid Illinois Paraprofessional License or 60 college credit hours

Job description

General Education Teacher Assistant – Northview Elementary (2026/27 School Year)

Valid Illinois Paraprofessional License is required to apply. Use the link below for information on how to obtain your license. https://www.isbe.net/Documents/What-is-Paraprofessional.pdf

Minimum Starting Salary: 0 years of experience with High School Diploma $18.57/hr. 0 years of experience with Associate’s Degree $19.60/hr. 0 years of experience with Bachelor’s Degree $20.63/hr. Maximum Starting Salary: 30 years of experience with High School Diploma $28.56/hr. 30 years of experience with Associate’s Degree $29.60/hr. 30 years of experience with Bachelor’s Degree $30.65/hr.

Apply Here

Questions or more information please contact Kelly Mahoney, Principal – [e-mail]. Additional contact: [e-mail].

Qualifications

• Must have a Valid Illinois Paraprofessional License or 60 college‑credit hours, or have passed a state‑approved test granting paraprofessional certification.
• Possess strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in the native bilingual language and English, including the ability to write and speak in both languages fluently and grammatically.
• Live in or be familiar with the surrounding community.

Responsibilities

• Assist the teacher in achieving teaching objectives by working with individual students, small groups, or whole classrooms to help students reach the skill levels of the class as a whole.
• Provide a well‑organized, smoothly functioning class environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials.
• Translate between the native bilingual language and English in classroom, meeting, or phone‑call situations with students, parents, and teachers.
• Translate documents from the native bilingual language to English correctly.
• Administer, score, and record achievement and diagnostic tests as recommended by the teacher.
• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills originally introduced by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students’ needs, interests, and abilities.
• Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.
• Guide independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assist with supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Assist with large‑group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Assist students in the library or media center.
• Check notebooks, correct papers, supervise testing, and complete make‑up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Help students with clothing, lunch, snack, clean‑up, wash‑up, and toilet routines.
• Alert the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Serve as the chief source of information for substitute teachers assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintain ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students at a high level, as expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Participate in in‑service training programs as assigned.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.

Mental Demands

Ability to communicate effectively with parents, students, teachers, administration, and community members; ability to maintain emotional control under stress; ability to use e‑mail and office equipment effectively; ability to work with students individually or in group settings.

Working Conditions

Indoor classrooms: exposure to student noise, lawn mowing, music, odors of food, mowed grass, and possible communicable diseases. Outdoor schoolyard, grounds, and field trips: exposure to temperature variations and mowed grass. Regular work attendance is required.