Instructional Assistant - Short Term Recovery Class; STR

Instructional Assistant - Short Term Recovery Class (STR)

• Position Type:
  Support Staff/ Instructional Assistant
• Date Posted:
  8/7/2026
• Location:
  
  Creston Intermediate and Middle School

Non-exempt, hourly employee

181 days (those days when students are scheduled to attend school)

7 hours per day (not including a 30-minute unpaid duty-free meal break)

The work year for the Short Term Removal (STR) Supervisor begins with the first day that students are scheduled to report to school in August, and ends with the last day that students are scheduled to report to school in May or June.

The Short Term Removal (STR) Supervisor is paid on the  Instructional Assistant  salary schedule, and is eligible for benefits on the  Support Staff  benefits schedule. Medical benefits are available the first day of the month following 60 days of employment, as long as enrollment forms are received within 31 days of the effective date.

Starting hourly rate $16.05.

The Short Term Removal (STR) Supervisor reports to the Principal.

The Short Term Removal (STR) Supervisor does not supervise any other employee(s).

The Short Term Removal (STR) Supervisor provides support in an educational environment by supervising students. This entails a proactive disposition, walking the hallways and checking the restrooms during passing periods and during class periods, as well as monitoring all other areas of the building as requested or assigned. Short Term Removal (STR) Supervisor interacts with students individually or in small groups, ensuring that students are behaving appropriately and giving directions to keep students moving toward their next classes.

Performs related work as directed.

• Provides a high-level of customer service support with a focus on safety, as it relates to interacting with staff, students, families, and community members on school's campus.
• Ensures that students assigned to STR complete assignments provided to them by teachers while they are assigned to support.
• Monitors students in the STR classroom and throughout the building and around the campus to ensure that students are obeying school rules, as well as behaving in safe and appropriate ways.
• Monitors hallways during passing periods and during class periods to supervise and correct students' behavior.
• Inspects bathrooms immediately following passing periods to ensure that students are not lingering.
• Assists teachers and administrators in handling students' behavior problems.

While the following tasks are necessary for the work of the unit, they are not an essential part of the purpose of this position and may also be performed by other unit members.

• Performs related duties as directed and/or assigned by the Principal, Assistant Principal or designee.

1. EDUCATION/TRAINING:
High school diploma or GED is required;
Associate's degree or higher; or at least sixty (60) semester hours from an accredited institution of higher education, is preferred. (

Note:

official transcripts are required to validate education.)

2.

EXPERIENCE:

Previous work experience with school-age children is preferred.

3. CERTIFICATIONS &/OR LICENSES:
Able to meet the requirements of a paraprofessional as outlined in ESSA. Pass the required Expanded Criminal History Check and Expanded Child Protection Index Check. Must have at least an associate's degree or two years of college passed the Para Pro Assessment. The HIghlander Park offers the Para Pro Assessment at no cost for all Warren Township prospective employees. Testing is offered Monday through Thursday at 9:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. To register for your free assessment, email  or call .

4. OTHER:
Ability to perform the essential functions, meet the performance aptitudes, and fulfill the physical/sensory/environmental requirements of the job (with or without reasonable accommodations) is required.

• Data Utilization
  :
  Requires the ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure and/or sort data and/or information. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.
• Human Interaction
  :
  Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to behave in specific situations.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization
  :
  Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of standard office equipment.
• Verbal Aptitude
  :
  Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude
  :
  Requires a basic understanding of time and physical space, in order to plan routes throughout the facility to cover the appropriate area within a reasonable period of time.
• Functional Reasoning
  :
  Requires ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved…