JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides overall assistance to teachers.
• Assigns work to students.
• Takes over classes when the teacher has meetings, parent conferences, problems, emergencies, etc.
• Prepares classroom materials; assists in the clean-up of materials.
• Maintains records such as attendance, collection of funds, field trips, student files, etc., and performs grading of student assignments.
• Monitors students at various times including recess, cafeteria, seat work, assemblies, etc.
• Assists individual students and small groups with learning tasks as assigned by the teacher.
• Assists students with make-up work.
• Assists substitute teachers.
• Administers first aid to sick or injured students until a nurse can take over.
• Assists physically handicapped students with restroom needs.
• Assists physically handicapped students on and off the bus.
• Works closely with specialists, physical and occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, etc. in helping students.
• Distributes materials to students.
• Records behavior problems.
• Prepares worksheets, letters, notes, etc.
• Performs other related essential duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS REQUIRED

          Minimum Training and Experience Required to  Perform Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• High School Graduate with one to two years prior related experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• No Special licensure or certification is required.

Minimum Physical and Mental Abilities Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• Physical Requirements
• Ability to operate a variety of automated office machines including a word processor, calculator, copier, personal computer, printer, fax machine, DVD player, television, bookbinder, other audio-visual equipment, etc.
• Ability to physically exert up to ten pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Ability to lift and/or carry weights of ten to twenty pounds.
• Work involves walking or standing most of the time but may involve sitting for brief periods of time.
• Supervisory Responsibilities
• Ability to assign, review, plan, and coordinate the work of students.
• Ability to provide instruction to students.
• Ability to recommend the discipline of students.
• Mathematical ability
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and calculate decimals and percentages.
• Language Ability and Interpersonal Communication
• • Ability to comprehend and correctly use a variety of informational documents including class papers, report cards, tests, student records, emergency cards, attendance cards, enrollment cards, worksheets, and other reports and records.
  • Ability to comprehend a variety of reference books and manuals including textbooks, teacher manuals, machine manuals, catalogs, etc.
  • Ability to prepare files, bulletins, seating charts, grade books, schedules, book inventories, correspondence, attendance reports, and other job-related documents using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.
  • Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, maintain the confidentiality of restricted information, and to follow instructions.
  • Ability to use and interpret educational terminology and language.
  • Ability to use independent judgment, common sense, principles of rational systems, and principles of influence in the performance of tasks.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with students, principals, teachers, parents, volunteers, counselors, nurses, health aides, other corporation personnel, and the general public verbally and in writing.

• Environmental Adaptability
• Ability to work effectively in an office and classroom environment.