St. Catharine School: Classroom Aide

St. Catharine School, located at 2865 Fair Avenue in Columbus, is seeking a part-time Classroom Aide for the  school year.

Catholic School Teacher's Aide

• Supports the classroom learning environment
• Helps with appropriate daily activities for children
• Establishes and maintains a safe and healthy nurturing environment for children
• Keeps the learning environment clean and orderly
• Assist faculty in the context of classroom instruction, small group/individual tutoring, practice and drill
• Provide support in all areas of the classroom maintaining a clean, safe, and cheerful environment
• Develop and maintain a positive relationship with administration, the students, their families, and volunteers; ensure that all feel welcome, and receive on-the-job training and communicate with parents on a regular basis
• Assist Teacher in completing all required reports and distributing them to the appropriate people at the appropriate time; and assist in maintaining up-to-date and accurate files for all students, safeguarding privacy of records and confidential information
• Eat and interact with students at meal times, serving as an appropriate role model to the students
• Be familiar with, and perform duties, according to established policies, procedures, and regulations as assigned/directed
• Performing supervisory duties as assigned
• Maintain appropriate and accurate records
• Assist Teacher with various projects as requested
• Regular attendance and punctuality is essential for this job

• Complies with federal, state and local safety laws
• Maintains a neat and safe work area
• Assisting in the production of educational materials
• Performing necessary clerical tasks; communication and interface
• Provide support in keeping a current inventory, including all supplies and equipment, and ordering supplies in advance to avoid unnecessary shortages
• Ensure that all classroom equipment is operational
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Hold an appropriate aide license or be eligible to obtain one before starting to work
• Current satisfactory FBI and BCI background checks
• Compliance with FBI and BCI&I background checks and completion of Protecting God's Children program
• High School degree is required

• Ability to communicate effectively and knowledge of the Catholic perspective
• Ability to multi-task and establish priorities; high level of integrity and professionalism
• Ability to maintain a flexible attitude and approach towards assignments, and successfully operate under appropriate guidelines
• Light typing, filing and proofreading skills; excellent communication skills and knowledge of office equipment
• Knowledge of Microsoft software applications (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)