Description

Caprock Academy is seeking a substitute educational assistant for the 2024-2025 school year. Caprock Academy is a public, tuition-free school chartered by the Colorado Charter School Institute and utilizes the timeless principles of classically oriented education. 

Caprock Academy follows the Core Knowledge© curriculum in grades K–8. This curriculum encompasses language arts, mathematics, science, history, geography, fine arts, and physical education. The curriculum is characterized by content-rich instruction, cumulative knowledge, content-specific lessons, and coherent sequencing. The foundation of our academics are rooted in classical education philosophy and pedagogy, following the grammar, logic and rhetoric trivium. The school’s mission is to help all students achieve their highest academic and character potential using proven, accelerated academic programs while providing a safe environment. This mission is achieved through our vision of strengthening the community through the involvement of parents, educators, and community leaders working together to provide an environment that fosters academic excellence and develops strong character in our students. We shape global citizens who set life goals and practice lives of service and virtue through our implementation of our core values of character, accountability and academics.

Educational assistants are classroom professionals that play an important role at Caprock Academy, supporting and supplementing delivery of the educational program in classrooms. Successful applicants will work closely with other classroom instructors to effectively integrate subjects and methods with the teachers' overall instructional plans. 

FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Hourly, non-exempt 

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Regular, full-time 

WORK HOURS: 7:15-3:15 Monday-Thursday

PAY RANGE: $14.42 hourly

REPORTS TO: Deans

Essential Duties:

• Help faculty to always supervise students.
• Take part of a rotating schedule for playground duty before school, at recess, at lunch and after school.
• Aid teachers in drop off and pick up duty before and/or after school.
• Facilitate the Pledge of Allegiance with students.
• Aid teachers in escorting students to specials classes.
• Escort students to the office as needed.
• Help keep the classroom clean and tidy.
• Enforce school policies (ie. dress code, technology usage, etc).

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma. Associate or bachelor’s degree, preferred.
• Experience working with students, preferred.
• Desire and willingness to promote the mission and values of the school.
• Demonstrated effective classroom-management skills.
• Ability and willingness to work effectively with peers and team members.
• Professional and personal integrity and judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Documentation

• Application
• Current Resume

Benefits:

• Enrollment in Colorado’s Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) including employer contributions
• Earned sick leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act

EEO Statement

Caprock Academy is an EEO employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, or other characteristics protected by law.