Part Time Assistant Teacher

Title:

Blended Model Assistant Teacher

FLSA Status:

Part-time Permanent

Hours: 2 Days a week (8 AM-4:15 PM - Tues, Thurs, & 4 hrs 1 Friday a month)during the academic year. (See Academic Calendar)

Reports to: Lead Teacher

Department: Blended Elementary Teaching

Employment Status:Part Time

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Location: The Capital Church, 1308 US 70, Garner, NC

Date Created/Last Evaluated: 5/20/24

Salary: See job offer

Summary

The primary responsibility of the assistant teacher is to manage the classroom, maintain a beautiful environment, and support the lead teacher as needed. Practically, this means that the assistant teacher will ensure the children’s needs are taken care of so that the teacher is free to teach lessons to the children. The assistant will also watch over the children during recess, manage classroom behavior during enrichments, help with special projects, clean the classroom at the end of the day, and support the teacher in administrative duties.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Employees must love working with children and have a heart for Christian education. Employees should have an appreciation of and be willing to implement OCA’s Core Values and Proven Process, as well as personally embrace OCA’s statement of faith. The employee needs to work as a team in order to accomplish the educational and organizational objectives within their classroom as well as within the school as a whole.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Aptitude for the work to be performed
• Interest in children and education
• Desire to assist students in a learning environment
• Emotional maturity and stability necessary for the specialized work involved
• Loves children and can manage a classroom of children in a peaceful manner
• A follower of Jesus Christ and a model that children can imitate
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Dean of Faculty finds appropriate and acceptable

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work with Student Information Software
• Ability to work with communication platform
• Composition skill to communicate in writing to parents as well as produce weekly updates, as directed by the Lead Teacher.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Essential Functions

• Prep the classroom at the start of each day to make sure it is a prepared and beautiful environment.
• Conducts morning and afternoon carpool.
• Manage the needs and conduct of the children throughout the day, especially during work time.
• Oversee children using the bathroom and helping younger children when necessary.
• Help the “snack helper” prepare snack as needed
• Mark attendance
• Learn various Montessori lessons after the class has become normalized as needed by the lead teacher.
• Check the children’s works as they complete them.
• Serves as the lead teacher when the everyday lead teacher is absent and a substitute is in the room.
• Performs clerical, classroom maintenance, and instructional duties as assigned by the lead teacher.
• Alerts the lead teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Performs assigned supervision of students during lunch periods, play periods, enrichments, and on field trips.
• Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in school environment and community.
• Participates in in-service training programs as approved.
• Maintains a safe working environment and encourages colleagues to be safety minded in the performance of all school-related duties.

Physical Demands

The physical demands of this position are generally limited to occasional moving of supplies and other light furniture. Other duties involve walking and playing with students.

Work Environment and Expectations

• The Employee has read and can support the Oak City Academy Statement of Faith, Core Values, Proven Process, and Mission Statement, collectively attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Employee acknowledges the Employee can teach or conduct themselves in full accordance with these documents.
• The position entails ongoing teacher training, including any assignments required in association with these trainings.
• The Employee has read and acknowledges they can conduct themselves in accordance with the culture of OCA, and all job duties and responsibilities, as outlined in this job description, OCA’s Staff Manual, and Parent/Student Handbook (collectively, “Staff Manual and Handbook”) both of which have been shared with the Employee. While the Staff Manual and Handbook are too voluminous to attach hereto, Employee acknowledges that he/she has or will carefully review the Staff Manual and Handbook, has or will sign a separate Acknowledgement of Receipt for both documents, and can comply with the terms of the Staff Manual and Handbook.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the position. All employees may have other duties assigned at any time.

* U.S. DOL, The revised handbook for analyzing jobs (Washington, D.C.): U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $16.00 - $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Grade levels:

• Elementary school

Schedule:

• Day shift

School type:

• Montessori
• Private school
• Religious school

Ability to Commute:

• Garner, NC 27529 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Garner, NC 27529: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $16 - $19