INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT

Job Description

Job Title: Instructional Assistant

Reports to: Teacher

FLSA Status:  Non-Exempt

About Our School: East Wake Academy fulfills its mission of maintaining a safe, challenging and creative learning environment. This environment strives to develop character and self-esteem while equipping students with the skills needed for a rigorous curriculum and to thrive in a college preparatory atmosphere producing academic excellence. We are dedicated to instilling the values of academic citizenship by creating relationships with parents, businesses and civic partners. East Wake Academy is committed to building a strong foundation of learning while providing our students the competitive edge to win in tomorrow's world.

Core Accountabilities: Provides support to a lead teacher in charge of a classroom. Will reinforce lessons by tutoring individual students or small groups. Duties include documenting progress, and overseeing lesson preparations.

Responsibilities:

• Assists children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
• Supervises students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
• Enforces administration policies and rules governing students.
• Discusses assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts.
• Instructs and monitors students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
• Observes students’ performance and records relevant data to assess progress.
• Presents subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using agreed upon methods of delivery (whole groups, small groups, and/or individual support).
• Assists with checking materials and portfolios, correcting papers, supervising, and testing as directed by the teacher.
• Assists with student attendance procedures, record keeping, collecting money, organizing classroom learning spaces, and ordering materials.
• Prepares lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations for their assigned classroom(s).
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and support for, East Wake Academy’s mission, vision, standards, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and ethical code of behavior.
• Other duties as assigned.

 Qualifications:

• Dedication to East Wake Academy’s mission of driving academic excellence, developing strong character.
• Unwavering belief that all students can succeed in the college and career of their choice
• High level of professionalism.
• Willingness to engage in frequent dialogue and to be relentlessly self-reflective with regard to personal teaching practices.
• Commitment to using assessment data to drive instruction.
• Works comfortably with technology.
• High level of professionalism.
• Willingness to engage in frequent dialogue and to be relentlessly self-reflective with regard to personal teaching practices.
• Commitment to using assessment data to drive instruction.
• Works comfortably with technology.

Education and Experience:

High school Diploma or equivalent.

What you bring to the job:

• Possess a work ethic and personal belief system that aligns with the mission and vision of East Wake Academy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to forge relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and community.
• Demonstrated organizational and technology skills.
• Demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems.

• Physical Requirements:
• Office Position - Sedentary
• See Attached

 Job Title: Instructional Assistant

• Reports to: Teacher

The physical activity of this position.

• Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Particularly for sustained periods of time. Approximate Duration 8 hours
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Maximum Weight 50lbs Average Weight 20lbs.
• Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and or heavy equipment.

Physical exertion of the position. (Please check only one):

• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.

  The visual acuity requirements including color, depth perception, and field vision. (Please check only one)

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned (i.e., custodial, food services, general laborer, etc.) or to make general observations of facilities or structures (i.e., security guard, inspection, etc.)

The conditions the worker will be subject to in this position. (Please check all that apply).

• The worker is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways.