TITLE          INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Meets the Federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) qualifications including an associate’s degree or 48 hours of college credit or have passed the ParaProfessional Praxis test
2. May be employed on a part time or full time basis
3. Meets the health and physical qualifications

REPORTS TO

Principal

JOB GOAL

To provide assistance to teachers, administrative assistants, and clerical personnel when needed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students

2. Facilitates student interventions with the guidance and support of a classroom teacher

3. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes

4. Distributes and collects technology, workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction

5. Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips

6. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and makeup work as assigned by the teacher

7. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills

8. Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures associated with the responsibilities of the job

9. Checks and records attendance

10. Arranges bulletin boards

11. Types and duplicates tests, worksheets, and supplementary materials

12. Assists in supervising the children in lunchroom, playground, and bus loading

13. Assists the teacher in assimilating materials for class displays

14. Performs other duties as assigned 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs., or more.  Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

1. Pushing and/or pulling

2. Climbing

3. Stooping, kneeling and/or crawling

4. Reaching

5. Talking

6. Hearing

7. Seeing

VOCATIONAL PREPARATION

The required vocation preparation may come from any of the following:

1. Vocational education

2. Apprentice training

3. On-the-job training

4. Essential experience in other jobs

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)

1. Adaptability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure

2. Adaptability to dealing with students

3. Adaptability to make generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

1. Intelligence: Ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles and ability to reason and make judgments

2. Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of works and the ideas associated with them

3. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities of differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color

4. Form Perception: Ability to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shading of figures

5. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully

WORK CONDITIONS

Normal working environment

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of the principal so assigned.

JOB CODE: 1000002