ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Teacher Assistant

Job Classification

  

Position summary

Assist the 6-8 grade teachers for the remainder of the school year, starting January to the first week of June. Primary duties will be to serve as support to the main teachers by providing supervision and help to students, as well as assorted classroom related responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications summary

Seeking applicants with a two or four year degree. Preferred teaching experience, but will accept some educational coursework. Ability to work effectively with chldren and a supervising teacher.  Must be dependable, a team player, compassionate, and committed to SDA lifestyle.  Background check required.


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

• Assisting in providing students' individual and small-group support and supervision


• Identifying and alerting the teacher to the needs of individual students


• Helping with preparing and organizing materials


• Performing a variety of classroom and teacher (office) related tasks.


• Familiarize with school and classroom rules and regulations.


• Helping students comply with classroom rules, procedures and RMES Code of Conduct.

Supervisory responsibilities

Assisting with supervision of students during all school related activities/events..

Assist with review of students in individual and small-group setting.

Helping students comply with classroom rules and procedures during all school activities.

Helping students comply with schoolwide rules & procedures including Code of Conduct 

Assist with supervising various in and out of classroom activities as needed and/or as assigned, 

Qualifications

Seeking applicants with a two or four year degree. Preferred teaching experience.  Will accept some educational coursework. Ability to work effectively with chldren (primarily early teens) and a supervising teacher.  Must be dependable, a team player, compassionate, and committed to SDA lifestyle.  Background check required.

 


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

The employee must be able to operate at a reasonable level of competency, or be willing to learn to use equipment common to the teaching profession, such as a computer, copy machine, paper cutter, overhead projector, telephone, scanner, digital camera, digital video camera, and tools such as brooms, dust pans, mops, vacuums, etc.

Interpersonal interactions

• The employee must work harmoniously with all school personnel.


• Communicates effectively with other staff members, the principal, parents and board


• Interacts in a collegial, ethical manner, showing mutual respect and compassion for all school personnel


• Works cooperatively with staff toward resolution of mutual concerns.


• Demonstrates a team spirit, shares ideas, materials, and methods with other teachers constituents.


• Supports and participates in school sponsored activities


• Interacts positively with students, individually and in groups

Physical demands

• Duties performance typically in school settings to include: classrooms, outdoors/garden, gymnasium, cafeteria, auditorium, and recreational areas.


• Frequent walking, standing, stooping, lifting, up to approximately 25 pounds may be required. Other physical activities may be required.


• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.


• Visual acuity is required for preparing and analyzing written or computer data, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities.


• The worker is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions, noise and hazards. Get acquainted with RMES safety procedures.


• Daily personal contact with children to provide classroom management in the learning environment. Support is required on assigned days.


• Regular contact with other staff members and building administrator(s) is required on assigned days as a substitute.

Work environment

The employee is subject to working in a generally well-lighted, spacious, and ventilated classroom environment approximately 85% of the time while the remainder of the time is spent  supervising students outside, in the gymnasium, on field trips, etc.