Library Instructional Assistant 3.75 hours per day

LIBRARY AIDE

GENERAL PURPOSE
Under general supervision, maintains the school library. Assists groups of
students during their library time. Reads aloud to students and instructs them in
the area of library skills. Performs administrative functions in support of
classroom activities; and performs related duties as assigned. The Library aide
may also be expected to perform clerical tasks, assist with purchasing of library
books, and assist with the organization and preparation of the library.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
Library aides are responsible for providing, under the guidance and direction of a
classroom teacher, instruction and tutoring on various subjects to students in a
library setting. Work assigned to a Library aide may require knowledge of subject
areas applicable to an area of assignment and the ability to provide instruction to
students in an effective manner.
Library aides are distinguished from Instructional Assistants in that incumbents in
the former class are assigned to work with students in a library setting.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Two years experience performing duties comparable to those of an
instructional aide.
• Completion of at least 24 units of community college coursework, or
equivalent, designed to develop skills in the area of library skills.
• Knowledge of library skills and general library operations.
• Ability to demonstrate good English, grammar, spelling, punctuation and
arithmetic.
• Able to assist with supervising the learning activities in a school setting.
• Able to work independently and with initiative.
• Able to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Able to establish and maintain cooperative relationships with children,
teachers and support staff.

Essential Job Functions:
• Visual ability to read handwritten or typed documents, and the display
screen of various office equipment and machines
• Able to conduct verbal conversation
• Able to hear normal range verbal conversation (approximately 60
decibels)
• Able to sit, stand, stoop, kneel, bend and walk
• Able to sit for sustained periods of time
• Able to climb slopes, stairs, steps, ramps and ladders
• Able to lift up to 40 pounds
• Able to carry up to 40 pounds
• Able to exhibit full range of motion for:
• Shoulder external rotation and internal rotation
• Shoulder abduction and adduction
• Elbow flexion and extension
• Shoulder extension and flexion
• Back lateral flexion
• Hip flexion and extension
• Knee flexion
• Able to operate office machines and equipment in a safe and effective
manner
• Able to demonstrate manual dexterity necessary to operate a calculator,
typewriter and/or keyboard.
Physical:
• Good physical condition, able to pass District physical.

Work Year
10 months

Salary
Range 6

6.22.17

Salary : $18 - $21