ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Teacher Assistant

Job Classification

  Hourly Half-time (20-29)

Position summary

Assist the kindergarten teacher by providing help to students, supervision and assorted classroom related responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications summary

Preferred teaching experience.  Some educational coursework. Ability to work with chldren and supervising teacher.  Dependable and consistent committed SDA Christian. Team player.  Background check 


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

Duties and responsibilities

• Assisting in providing individual and small-group review


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


• Preparing and organizing materials


• Performing a variety of office assistance tasks


• Helping students comply with classroom rules and procedures

Supervisory responsibilities

Assisting in providing individual and small-group review.

Helping students comply with classroom rules and procedures.

Supervising various in and out of classroom activities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Preferred teaching experience.  Some educational coursework. Ability to work with chldren and supervising teacher.  Dependable and consistent committed SDA Christian. 


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, equipment common to the Teacher Assistant position but not limited to a computer, overhead projector, copy and laminating machines, telephone, paper cutter 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, 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.


• Daily personal and close 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.