What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teacher Aide - Middle School position at Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation?
Position Type
Support Staff/Instructional Assistant
Date Posted
8/21/2024
Location
Discovery Middle School
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Educational Services Personnel Position Description
Position: Teacher Aide-Middle School
Work Schedule: 2 - 8 hours daily, as appropriate
Approximately 182 days per year / 8 paid holidays
Evaluation: after 90-days, thereafter annually
Reports to: Building Administrator
Compensation: According to ESP agreement / Level II position
Summary: To provide instructional support by assisting teachers and administrators in the delivery of quality educational opportunities for students.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Environmental Factors ~ The Work Environment Characteristics Described Here Are Representative Of Those An Employee Encounters While Performing The Essential Functions Of This Job
When duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and subject to changes of business necessity ~
The Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.
Revised 8/21/24 rbt
Support Staff/Instructional Assistant
Date Posted
8/21/2024
Location
Discovery Middle School
Additional Information: Show/Hide
Educational Services Personnel Position Description
Position: Teacher Aide-Middle School
Work Schedule: 2 - 8 hours daily, as appropriate
Approximately 182 days per year / 8 paid holidays
Evaluation: after 90-days, thereafter annually
Reports to: Building Administrator
Compensation: According to ESP agreement / Level II position
Summary: To provide instructional support by assisting teachers and administrators in the delivery of quality educational opportunities for students.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Assist in implementation of planned instructional activities.
- Supervise designated student activities (i.e. lunchroom, playground, classroom)
- Assist teacher(s) with clerical duties related to instructional activities.
- Prepare and organize instructional materials as directed by teacher(s).
- Tutor students individually and/or in small group(s).
- Provide assistance with ill or injured students.
- Operate equipment in classroom, workroom, or office.
- Assist substitute teacher(s) in absence of classroom teacher.
- Assist teachers and administrators in implementation of school rules and procedures.
- Attend professional development opportunities as appropriate.
- Accept additional tasks/duties that contribute to the efficient implementation of the corporation's organizational and educational functions.
- Act as a liaison between faculty and students. Build and maintain a positive rapport with the school community.
- Follow other directives from the Building Principal that serve to improve services to the students and patrons of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation.
- Sixty credit hours of college or the ability to take and successfully pass the paraprofessional test.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organization skills.
- General office skills (i.e. typing, filing, operation of duplicating equipment).
- Entry-level computer skills (i.e. word processing, data entry).
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Willingness to improve and/or develop job-related skills.
- Excellent communication skills-oral, written, and interpersonal. Detail oriented.
- Excellent work habits, attendance record and successfully complete and pass all criminal history and child abuse clearances.
- Shall remain free of any alcohol or nonprescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the Corporation.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk, and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Environmental Factors ~ The Work Environment Characteristics Described Here Are Representative Of Those An Employee Encounters While Performing The Essential Functions Of This Job
- Tasks are regularly performed without potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as temperature and noise extremes, odors, humidity, vibrations, traffic hazards, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, however the noise level can vary depending upon daily activity, but will still remain within the acceptable noise level range.
When duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and subject to changes of business necessity ~
The Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.
Revised 8/21/24 rbt
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