3rd Grade Instructional Teaching Assistant

Position Details

• Position: 3rd Grade Instructional Teaching Assistant,  School Year ()
• Position Type:
  Teaching Assistant
• Date Posted: 7/20/2026
• Location:
  
  Muffley Elementary School
• Date Available:
  
  08/07/2026
• Closing Date: 07/31/2026

500.052A

Title: Teacher Assistant

• Minimum of 60 semester hours of college credit.
• Hold or be eligible for teacher assistant certificate.

Reports to:

Building Administrator

Job Goal:
To assist the teacher in maintaining appropriate classroom activities and environment so that students may learn effectively.

• Assist all students in their assigned daily academics as instructed by teachers.
• Assist in grading work and assigning students individual academic work.
• Alert the teacher to the special needs of individual students.
• Provide escorts and assistance to students as necessary.
• Help maintain individual records for each student.
• Distribute and collect workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
• Implement changes as needed to meet the individual needs of students.
• Be responsible for student safety education and accident prevention.
• Report all unsafe conditions to the school principal promptly.
• Report all accidents or injuries to the principal as soon as possible.
• Supervise and intervene to regulate student behavior to reduce risk of harm.

Wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment pursuant to negotiated agreement.

Performance in the position will be evaluated once every two years in accordance with the District's plan for evaluation.

Handle work which deals mostly with people, objects, equipment in a general setting; depth perception and field of vision are important. Employee is regularly required to bend, stoop, twist, turn, reach, lift (up to 50 pounds), carry, pull, push, climb, and kneel; walking and standing approximately 50‑75% of each shift. Employee must recognize differences in sounds, such as voices or noises that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative;

ability to differentiate tones and volumes in conversation.

The Teaching Assistant must ensure that children are supervised at all times, and that children are involved in safe and appropriate activities. There may be a number of situations happening at once, and the Teaching Assistant must be prepared to handle accidents and emergencies at any time.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Teaching Assistant will be working in a busy and occasionally noisy environment. There may be a number of activities and situations happening at once, and the Teacher will have to supervise all students at all times.

This position falls under the Decatur Federation of Teaching Assistants – July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025. The Salary Schedule is attached above. Benefit information is available upon request.