What are the responsibilities and job description for the Educational Assistant position at KairosPDX?
Overall Staff Responsibilities
- Share responsibility with a team of colleagues and parents to honor the mission:
- To eliminate the prolific racial achievement and opportunity gaps by cultivating confident, creative and compassionate leaders;
- Practice the values of KairosPDX in professional conduct and daily interactions:
- Respect, responsibility, honesty, excellence and service to community
- Incorporate the beliefs of KairosPDX in all approaches and instruction
- Every child is uniquely capable, innately curious and inherently creative,
- Character and agency are essential to achievement and are developed through relationship and service to others,
- A multi- cultural context delivers a strong sense of self and is a requirement for participation in our global society,
- Children must be supported in the context of their families;
- Support multicultural practice, instructional and inquiry based approaches that are:
- Actively anti-racist - confronting bias in all of its forms,
- Education for social justice - acknowledging history and studying the present to make informed decisions regarding a more equitable future,
- Pervasive - Examining practices in all levels of school culture and organization,
- Personal -Beginning with the necessary consideration of self as a cultural being,
- Critical Pedagogy - Pursuing multiple perspectives, anticipating contradictions and challenging assumptions,
- Empowering - Providing children the ego strength to challenge racist societal views,
- Helping children think deeply about themselves and others.
- Responsible for upholding classroom expectations and language as set by classroom teachers while providing supervision of children;
- Assist classroom teacher and support team with development and implementation of individualized academic and behavior supports by:
- Collaboration and communication of all observations and experiences while implementing support needs,
- Participating in professional development and training around trauma-informed care, and other therapeutic and culturally relevant practices,
- Supporting individualized plans and providing consistent responses to daily behavior,
- Daily documentation in internal student databases;
- Support Community Action Session (CAS) by assisting community partners with individual/group instructional support needs;
- Participate in supervising students during recess and other non-class times;
- Responsible for leading students in recess, park, nutrition breaks, transitions, lunch duty and community action sessions;
- Assist classroom teacher with preparing the environment for the academic and non-academic needs of children;
- Assist classroom teacher with individual and/or small group instruction for children;
- Assist classroom teacher with facilitation of home/school information and relationship:
- Responsible for the exchange of information between home and school ie: creation of flyers, conference reminders, etc.,
- Supporting classroom teachers to communicate with families regarding student behavior, needs and growth;
- Assist classroom teachers to develop culturally relevant instructional opportunities that engage and empower all students;
- Distributing food during nutrition breaks in classrooms;
- Tracking and maintaining first aid and safety supplies in classrooms;
- Preparing materials and technology needs in support of learning;
- Perform other related duties as needed by teaching staff;
- Attend several KairosPDX staff and family events; and;
- Assist in planning and supervising field trips (both local trips and overnights).
- Attend several KairosPDX staff and family events, programs and activities;
- Participate in professional development to facilitate the growth of each student, staff member and the organization overall;
- Participate in continuous improvement practices including observations, reflections and collaborations;
- Participate in all staff, department and team meetings and seminars;
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job duties, responsibilities, and activities may change with or without notice.
- Two (2) years, relevant college experience
- Minimum one year of experience working in school, nonprofit, or community setting.
- At least one or two years relevant experience working with children from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds
- Interested in exploring the field of education
- Training in early education and/or human development, preferred
- Experience working with children ages 5 to 11, preferred
- Ability to work with children and families from a low-income background and with whom English is a second language;
- Demonstrated ability to manage student behavior;
- Willingness to learn about and adapt to KairosPDX culture;
- Effective interpersonal skills in managing and interacting with diverse groups of stakeholders;
- Excellent time management and organizational skills;
- Demonstrated ability to manage conflict through equitable decision-making and effective problem solving;
- Open to learning and practicing a new approach to teaching and learning;
- Commitment to culturally relevant practices;
- Share KairosPDX’s stance that excellent public education is a civil right of all children and families;
- Possess a passion for helping each child reach his or her social, emotional and academic potential including a commitment to differentiated instruction and ongoing assessment;
- Current Food Handlers Card and CPR First Aid Certificate required (cost paid by applicant);
- Ability to pass a criminal background check;
- Ability to adhere to Governors Vaccination Requirements for Teachers and School Staff, note this applies to all KairosPDX non-Instructional staff;
- Share KairosPDX’s stance that excellent public education is a civil right of all children and families;
- Experience working with diverse populations, specifically people of color; and
- Passion for KairosPDX’s mission.
