Teaching Associate

Position Summary:

The teaching associate is responsible for providing assistance to the classroom teacher in preparing lesson plans and instructing students.

Essential Job Functions:

• Completes various tasks assigned by the classroom teacher, including but not limited to:
• Grading papers
• Checking homework
• Copying
• Working with individual or small groups of students
• Taking over the entire class whenever the teacher deems it necessary
• Supervises students during lunch and recess time, before and after school, and in the classroom
• Substitutes as needed in other classrooms
• Upholds and enforces school policy, administrative procedures, and school rules and regulations, and is supportive of them to the public
• Maintains appropriate work habits, including regular and punctual attendance and appropriate use of conference and planning time
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with other staff members
• All other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Graduation from high school and sufficient training and experience to demonstrate the knowledge and abilities listed above
• Able to:
• Use a computer and related software
• Use teaching and assessment materials and methods
• Plan and deliver instruction
• Evaluate behavior and performance of students
• Use equipment such as overhead projector, copy machine, video cassette recorder, binding machine, film projector and audio visual equipment
• Communicate using interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction

Physical Demands:

• Sitting, standing and walking for extended periods of time
• Read handwritten documents and other records or reports
• Some light lifting and carrying
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information in person or on the telephone
• Seeing to read a variety of materials and monitor children
• Reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally to retrieve and file materials
• Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching

Working Relationships:

• Ability to maintain confidential and positive working relationships with administrators, faculty, staff, parents, students, school and community organizations vendors and the general public