Title: Paraprofessional or Educational/Teacher Aide
Reports to: Principal, assistant superintendent, local superintendent
Work Activity Classification: Medium
Employment Status: Part-time or full-time
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Full contract work days: 188
SERS Retirement Program
Qualifications:
1. Appropriate State of Ohio certification & Background check
2. High school graduate or equivalent
3. 18 years of age or more
4. Demonstrate a sincere desire to aid all students
5. High moral character and good attendance record
6. Demonstrate aptitude for successful completion of tasks assigned
General Description: Assist the classroom teacher with teaching and non-teaching functions.
Essential Functions:
- Work with students individually and in small groups.
- Aide students with their tasks, read to students, conduct activities that work to maintain previous teaching.
- Help students move from one activity to another in the classroom.
- Assist with seatwork.
- Assist with supervision of youngsters at recess, restroom breaks, and so forth.
- Help children with programmed materials.
- Assist teacher with checking of individual skills of children.
- Play learning games.
- Assist students who were absent to make up work.
- Promote good social relationships between children.
- Respond to students in a kind, fair, and interested manner.
- Explain school rules to children.
- Aide students with getting in and out of wearing apparel and footwear.
- Prepare materials for class projects.
- Assist in maintaining bulletin boards.
- Prepare masters for copying.
- Copy materials for class.
- Grade papers.
- Distribute communiqués to be sent home with the children.
- Compile and maintain inventory records.
- Give medication to children.
- Take daily attendance and lunch count; collect lunch and milk money.
- Supervise general housekeeping duties.
- Make school-related non-confidential telephone calls for the teacher.
- Assist the teacher in supervision of various classroom activities, field trips, and so forth.
Other Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.
- Help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.
- Conduct other related educational assistant duties as assigned by the principal and/or local superintendent and as permitted by the negotiated agreement.
Additional Working Conditions:
- Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.
- Occasional interaction among unruly children.
Terms of Employment:
Salary and work year to be established by the board. |