Teaching Assistant - Northview Elementary School

Teaching Assistant – Northview Elementary School 2026/27 ()

Valid Illinois Paraprofessional License is required to apply. Use the link below for information on how to obtain your license.

Minimum Starting Salary:
0 years of experience with High School Diploma – $18.57/hr
0 years of experience with Associate’s Degree – $19.60/hr
0 years of experience with Bachelor’s Degree – $20.63/hr

Maximum Starting Salary:
30 years of experience with High School Diploma – $28.56/hr
30 years of experience with Associate’s Degree – $29.60/hr
30 years of experience with Bachelor’s Degree – $30.65/hr

Contact
:
Kelly Mahoney, Principal – kmahoney

• Must have 60 hours college course credits or have passed a state‑approved test granting paraprofessional certification.
• Possess strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in native language of bilingual and English, including the ability to write and speak in both languages fluently and grammatically correctly.
• Live in or be familiar with the surrounding community.

• Administer, score, and record achievement and diagnostic tests as recommended by the teacher for individual students.
• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students’ needs, interests, and abilities.
• Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.
• Guide independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Assist with large group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in oral communication with students.
• Assist students in the library or media center.
• Check notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and make‑up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Help students with their clothing.
• Assist with lunch, snack, and clean‑up routines.
• Assist with wash‑up and toilet routines.
• Alert the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Serve as the chief source of information and support for substitute teachers in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintain high levels of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students, as expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Participate in in‑service training programs as assigned.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Mental Demands
:
Ability to communicate effectively with parents, students, teachers, administration, and community members; maintain emotional control under stress; use e‑mail and office equipment effectively; work with students individually or in group settings.

Working Conditions
:
Indoor classrooms (noise, lawn mowing, music, food odors, mowed grass, possible communicable diseases) and outdoor schoolyard and grounds (exposure to temperature extremes, mowed grass). Regular work attendance is required.

Contact
: hjacobs