What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Assistant (PE Aide) position at Midfield City?
Title: Instructional Assistant (PE Aide)
9-month term (181 days)
General Information: Midfield City Board of Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer. “No
person shall be denied employment or be excluded from participating in
any program or activity based on disability, sex, race, religion,
natural origin, color or age.”
Reports to: Teacher and School Administrator
Supervise: Students
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or Recognized Equivalent
- One of the following:
o Two years’ post-secondary education (48 semester hours)
o Associate’s Degree on official transcript from accredited institution of higher education
o Work Keys Assessment minimum score of Level 3 on Applied Math, Workplace Documents, and Business Writing.
Performance Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
- Assist the teacher in reinforcing physical education instruction to individual or small groups of students in a physical education classroom or outdoor environment assists in the preparation of instructional materials and implementation of lesson plans.
- Provide support to the teacher by setting up equipment for physical education classes, sports activities; assists in set-up, distributing, collecting and storing physical education and sports equipment.
- Assures the health and safety of students by following established practices and procedures; cleans, maintains and assures physical education equipment is in working condition.
- Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
- Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials and skills initially introduced by the teacher.
- Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interest, and abilities.
- Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
- Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.
- Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction (as applicable).
- Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods and field trips.
- Assists in maintaining appropriate student conduct and disciplinary record keeping.
- Alerts the regular teacher to any problems or special information about an individual student.
- Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set-up and assigned by the teacher.
- Assist the teacher in keeping bulletin boards and other classroom learning displays up-to-date.
- Check notebooks, corrects papers and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher (as applicable)
- Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
- Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
- Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Salary: To be determined commensurate with Midfield City School salary matrix, credentials and experience.
Evaluation: The performance of this job be evaluated according to the provisions of the Board policy on personnel evaluation.
Procedures for Applying: Applicants must submit their application through the Alabama True Hire: Alabama True Hire Job Openings. Any questions regarding this should be directed to the Human Resources Coordinator (205)-923-2262.
The job will be posted for 14 days or until the position is filled.
Upon employment, employees will be required to submit legible fingerprints for a background review by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (HB402 ACT 99-361) Alabama Legislature.
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job goals, qualifications and responsibilities and the employee may be required to perform other related duties as assigned. Midfield City Board of Education reserves the right to amend the job description as needed.
