Instructional Aide

Instructional Aide

Position Type:

Support Staff/Instructional Assistant

Date Posted:

1/14/2026

Location:

A+ Academy Elementary

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Instructional Aide DUTY DAYS: 186 days

QUALIFICATIONS:

College/High School diploma/valid Certification

REPORTS TO:

Campus Principal

PAY GRADE: FLSA:
Non-Exempt / Hourly

JOB GOAL:
To be the teacher's assistant. To help the teacher achieve teaching

objectives by working with individual students or small groups, making

every effort to help them accomplish the skill levels of the class as a

whole. To provide a well-organized, smoothly functional class

environment in which students can take full advantage of the

instructional program and available resource materials.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Assists the teacher according to the teacher's needs

* Makes needed copies of classroom materials

* Monitors students during classroom and play activities

* Reads aloud or listens to children read

* Prepares instructional materials and sets up equipment

* Provides special help such as drilling with flash cards, spelling and play activities

* Assists students at meal periods

* Provides for students' physical needs as required and/or assigned

* Maintains a clean and orderly classroom

* Assist students from buses to restroom facilities, etc.

* Escorts students on educational trips outside the classroom with the teacher and other appropriate adult support

* Assists students in performing activities that have been initiated by the teacher

* Assists with supplementary work for advanced pupils

* Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work assigned by the teacher

* Assists in setting up classrooms

* Assists children in learning their names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdays and parents' names

* Hears requests for help, observes learning difficulties from pupils and reports such matters to teachers

* Works with individual students or small groups on language development as outlined by the teacher

* Serves as a bus monitor in transport of students as requested and/or needed

* In upper grades the aide will work with assigned students as scheduled by the Campus Principal

* In upper grades the aide will also be assigned to before and after school supervision and lunch duties

* Performs such other duties as assigned by the Campus Principal or the supervising teacher.

Mental Demands / Physical Demands / Environmental Factors

Tools/Equipment Used:
Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals Posture:
Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting

Motion:
Repetitive hand motions, frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching

Lifting:
Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)

Environment:
Frequent district wide travel; occasional statewide travel

Mental Demands:
Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress