Teacher Aide

Teacher Aide

Currently: 182 days per year, 7 hours per day

Location: Currently at Alliance Intermediate School

Reports to: Building Principal

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent required – college training preferred.
• Must meet certification requirements of the State Department of Education (Teacher Aide Certificate)
• Paraprofessional Certificate Required OR minimum 48 semester hours with an accredited college or university.
• Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed.
• Certification of good health signed by a licensed physician.
• Residence in the taxing district of Alliance City Schools is preferred.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Records and helps to administer such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students or groups.
• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Types and duplicates instructional materials as needed by the classroom teacher.
• Helps contact parents for the scheduling of conferences or for help in emergency situations.
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing make-up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
• Serves as a source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Assist with or initiates cleanup and housekeeping routines.
• Assists in the first aid treatment of students, contacts nurse and/or parents if needed.
• Performs clerical work and maintains files as assigned by the teacher.
• Assists teacher in duties relating to the supervision of activities.
• Types and processes orders, reports, forms, schedules, letters, etc.
• Maintains current inventory of supplies, equipment, and instructional materials.
• Distributes and collects books, papers, and other materials for instruction.
• Catalogues and files instructional materials and maintains an inventory of supplies and equipment and prepares orders or requisitions for needed material.
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Performs duties as assigned by a supervisor in an emergency.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of the teacher.
• Collects and records fees and moneys.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in classrooms for instructional purposes.
• Keeps bulletin boards and other classroom learning displays up to date.
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing make-up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with lunch, snack and cleanup routines.
• Assists with wash-up and toilet routines.
• Provides student assistance during lunch, play periods, field trips or emergency drills.
• Provides study hall supervision in accordance with the directions and guidelines of the building principal.
• Attends in-services, training programs and/or meetings as required by Board Policy, the Superintendent of Schools, or the State Department of Education.

Additional Duties: Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Principal, Superintendent and other central office administrators as designated by the Superintendent.