Preschool Assistant (2024/2025)

Terms of Employment:
9 months, Part-time, 7 per day, 4 days per week (Mon-Thursday)
Salary as established by the Governing Board
Non-Exempt

New hires are placed per the attached placement chart based on verified years of experience up to 6 years experience. Current employees, please contact Human Resources for salary placement questions at 623-535-6011.


Job Title: Preschool Assistant


Basic Function and Scope of Responsibilities:
To assist the classroom teachers in instruction related duties as may be assigned.

Principal Responsibilities:
1. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially by the teacher.
2. Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing materials or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
3. Serves as a source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
4. Alerts the teacher to any problems or special information about an individual student.
5. Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of certified teachers.
6. Assists the teacher in preparing bulletin boards, copying materials, laminating, selecting software compatible with existing computer system, grading papers, and help in testing.
7. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom.
8. Assists with monitoring of students as assigned by school administration.
9. Other duties as may be assigned.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Education Requirements:
High School Diploma or GED

Degree(s), area(s) of study, and/or licensure(s):
1. High School Diploma or GED.
2. Must enjoy working with children.
3. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate.