What are the responsibilities and job description for the MPSED Elementary Life Skills Summer Program Teaching Assistant (8 positions anticipated) position at Decatur Public Schools?
Closing Date:
03/04/2025
Summer teaching assistant positions are prioritied for current Decatur and MPSED employees. Summer school teaching assistants shall be paid based on the salary schedule for the preceding school year.03/04/2025
Decatur summer positions are part of a collective bargaining unit. Contract information can be found here:
DFTA 2023-2025 Contract Language, Article XXII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, pages 20-21:
A. Summer School
1. Summer school positions sjhall be posted in the same manner that regular positions are. All
bargainining unit members shall be allowed to apply for all summer school positions.
Members of the bargaining unit shall have priority over non-bargaining unti members and
over RIFed employees who have not been recalled for the next academic year. Assignment
to summer school positions shall be made on a seniority basis, insofar as they are qualified
to hold such positions.
2. Special Education Summer School Positions
Essential Skills and LPN assistants shall have first priority for the assignment of summer
school positions, based on seniority and qualifications.
3. Substitute summer school teaching assistants will be called by the Direcrtor of Summer
School, the Director of Special Education, or his/her designess from respective lists
developed from those teaching assistants who applied for summer school positions and were
not hired and indicated their desire to be substitutes. This list shall also be provided to the
Union president by May 1 of each school year.
Teaching assistants hired for summer school shall be notified by May 10 based on the
approved grant(s) as of that date. A list of all summer school teaching asssitants hired shall
be provided to the Union Preseident on that same date. The Union President shall be notified
of any additional hires after May 10.
4. Summer school teaching assistants shall be paid based on the salary schedule for the
preceding school year.
Full-time employees can expect benefits. Find the information here:
