ES Instructional Assistant-Immediate Opening

Job Description

Job Description

ABBY KELLEY FOSTER CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL

10 New Bond Street Worcester, MA 01606

Phone : (508) 854-8400 Fax : (508) 854-8484

www.akfcs.org

Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School seeks an experienced, collaborative, and energetic person to join the district for a position as a Full Time Instructional Assistant-Kindergarten. Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School (AKFCS) provides an education to 1426 students in grades kindergarten through twelve, comprising an Elementary, Middle and High School. AKFCS values flexible educators who possess an optimistic, growth-oriented mindset regarding learning, for themselves, staff, and students. The District seeks to reflect the increasingly diverse world in which we live. We strive to provide our students with an exceptional education in a caring community of students, families, faculty, and staff that represents a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. Our goal is to ensure opportunities for all students regardless of gender, race, religion, color, ethnicity, sexual preference, gender identity, or economic background. In support of our objective, Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School will :

• Continue to give special importance to the inclusion within our student body, our faculty, and our staff of persons from all groups within our society, including those who have experienced prejudice and disadvantage.
• Provide all members of the district with a range of appropriate opportunities to develop skills for living in a diverse community and integrate diversity initiatives throughout the AKFCS experience.
• Support the philosophy of our International Baccalaureate Program, which is aimed at developing inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
• Empower all members of our community to share and celebrate their differences as well as their common experiences to foster a culturally responsive education.
• Support the mission of Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School is to assist parents in their role as primary educators of their children by providing a classical liberal arts education grounded in the great works of Western Civilization and aimed at academic excellence, musical competence, and character formation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Preferred Qualifications :

Equipment Used :

Basic office equipment including but not limited to computers, copy machines, laminators, walkie talkies, and projectors. Work Environment :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee mostly works inside, but there are occasions where time is spent outside in various weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate but can be noisy, depending upon the task at hand. Specific activities may generate dust and / or non toxic fumes.

Physical Requirements :

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk and hear, as well as write, type, and use their hands and fingers. The employee is also required to stand for long periods of time, stoop, reach, and kneel. Walking up and down stairs,

across the building, and campus are required. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close and distance vision. Some light lifting and / or carrying may be required.

Compensation :

Full Time Exempt Salary Position in accordance with the established Instructional Assistant’s Salary Scale. This is a 40 hour per week 10 months a year non-exempt hourly position. AKFCS also provides a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following :

Abby Kelley Foster Public Charter School is an affirmative action employer, ensuring that its programs and facilities are accessible to the public. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, gender, religion, disability, gender identity, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, national origin, homelessness, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other status or class protected by state or federal law.