Paraprofessional; Preschool

Position Type: Support Staff/ Paraprofessional

Date Posted: 1/6/2026

Location: London Elementary

Date Available: until filled

District: London City School District

Title: EDUCATIONAL AIDE

Reports to: Building Principal

Job Objectives: Performs a variety of support services to help students achieve productive learning experiences. Provides direction and encouragement to help students pursue their intellectual, social, and emotional potentials. Provides personal care assistance. Promotes the inclusion of students with disabilities into regular classrooms and school activities. Uses each contact with the public as an opportunity to promote a positive impression of the school district.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Meets all mandated health requirements (e.g., a negative tuberculosis test, etc.).
• Successful completion of a criminal background investigation.
• Holds or is qualified to obtain an Educational Aide Permit.
• Ability to learn appropriate skills for the position.
• Ability to physically manage students with disabilities.
• Ability to learn and use basic sign language techniques when needed.
• Demonstrates maturity and the ability to work with students and their families.

The following skills and duties are representative of performance expectations. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform essential functions.

• Learns the purpose and proper procedures to perform all assigned duties. Seeks advice when expectations are unclear.
• Works with individual and/or small groups of students. Receives instructions and follows a prescribed educational plan or procedural guideline as directed by the teacher.
• Helps students with class assignments, homework, special projects, and makeup activities. Checks papers and scores tests as directed.
• Reinforces materials introduced by the teacher. Supervises independent study or remedial activities. Helps maintain a learning environment that stimulates interest, enthusiasm, and inquisitiveness about subjects and events.
• Helps students understand their personal responsibility for achieving academic and success. Nurtures students who require alternative approaches to learning. Collaborates with staff to ensure that services are provided in the least restrictive educational environment.
• Helps the substitute teacher understand the regular classroom routine and the individual needs of students.
• Performs routine clerical work and record keeping duties related to classroom activities. Helps with the preparation of classroom materials. Operates duplicating equipment. Distributes supplies.
• Helps prepare bulletin boards and displays.
• Cleans up and organizes work and storage areas. Helps keep the classroom orderly. Follows standard sanitation procedures to maintain clean classroom equipment.
• Learns to operate and prepare classroom equipment for use (e.g., computers, media resources, etc.).
• Assists in the computer lab. Prepares equipment for use. Ensures that students use age appropriate software for the assigned tasks. Works with students on computer skills. Helps keep the computer lab orderly.
• Supports student progress with appropriate emotional development and interpersonal relationships. Helps students change attitudes and behaviors.
• Encourages a positive outlook, cooperation, active participation, accountability, dependability, consistent attendance, punctuality, etc.
• Offers help when students ask for or their behavior suggests they need assistance. Avoids being intrusive. Allows students to seek their highest degree of independence. Solves student concerns discreetly.
• Works with the classroom teacher to address persistent behavior problems. Carries out behavior modification plans to help students achieve performance objectives.
• Reports evidence of suspected child abuse as required by law.
• Supports an inclusive educational environment. Provides opportunities for students with disabilities to participate in appropriate peer group activities.
• Helps students with medical and/or physical needs as trained by a licensed health care professional (e.g., personal hygiene, toileting, catheterization, transfers, mobility, lifting, carrying, etc.).
• Learns to operate personal assistive devices. Recognizes when problems may be developing. Immediately corrects or reports malfunctions or unsafe conditions.
• Helps position students to take full advantage of each learning environment (e.g., line-of-sight, proximity to equipment, height of working surfaces, etc.).
• Helps feed students. Observes all personal hygiene requirements for the preparation and handling of food.
• Actively participates in recreational and leisure activities associated with the assigned student’s educational program.
• Supervises mandated rest periods when applicable.
• Monitors ill students until a parent/guardian arrives.
• Helps students with clothing and cleanup routines.
• Helps with school bus arrivals and departures.…