What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Aide: 2025-2026 position at The Academy?
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Position Title: INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE
Responsible To: Building Principal
Basic Function: The Teacher Aide shall work with and under the supervision of the regularly employed teacher. He/she shall assist in directing the learning experiences of pupils in all activities sponsored by the school. The Teacher Aide shall follow the guidelines for enforcing all board and school policies.
Performance Responsibilities:
1. Works with small groups of students to reinforce learning.
2. Performs clerical duties similar to those of a regular teacher.
3. Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work.
4. Sets up and uses audio-visual media.
5. Assist teacher with instructional and non-instructional classroom duties.
6. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work.
7. Assists in drill work.
8. Assists small groups of students in the library and other special areas. He/she prepares, performs, and supervises with regular classroom teacher for all classroom activities.
9. Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
10. Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
11. Works as a team member under the supervisor of the regularly employed teacher.
12. Checks and records student’s daily attendance and academic progress, but confers with regular teacher before cumulative grades are recorded.
13. Participates in In-Service Training programs and any scheduled faculty activities.
14. Perform administration of medication and other health services such as tube feeding and catheterization, as instructed by a health professional.
15. Performs such other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- · Education: High school diploma or GED and passing score on Paraeducator Test.
Terms of Employment:
Compensation established by board approved salary schedule each year.
Contract is issued annually.
Evaluation:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of board policy for classified personnel.
