TJJD - Teacher Aide -II-III GID

General Description

Work involves assisting teacher(s) with design and instructional materials for the classroom, assisting in planning and implementing educational activities, and overseeing and monitoring students. Assists with clerical operations. May be assigned a variety of instructional duties, including assisting with physical education, library operations, and academic assessments. Helps prepare and use instructional media. Assists with administering objective measurement instruments, working with individual students and groups on drills and exercises, and testing routines.

Helps operate and use educational media and work with individuals and groups on drills and exercises. Assists with instructional activities and helps implement methodology and use instructional media. Works with individuals or groups of students in a variety of educational experiences and relieves the teacher of selected exercises and instructional drills with students. One Teacher Aide III per campus may be removed from the classroom setting to serve as the TABE administrator and GED proctor on an as-needed basis.

• Monitors students in duty stations, as assigned by the principal, and ensures compliance with stated expectations.
• Reports to duty station when scheduled; prepares materials for student and instructional use.
• Facilitates classroom-learning activities by presenting subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, or supervised role-playing methods.
• Provides services to potentially aggressive/combative youth in a correctional setting with a wide variety of temperaments (volatile, suicidal) and specialized needs.
• Tutors and assists students, individually or in small groups, to help students master assignments and reinforce learning concepts.
• Administers student tests as scheduled by supervisors and completes testing in accordance with protocol.
• Compiles data for student progress reviews and prepares appropriately; attends and participates as scheduled.
• Assists teachers in instructing students, grading student work, keeping records, and maintaining the classroom.
• Assists in maintaining student discipline and holds students accountable for compliance with classroom and school rules.
• May provide extra assistance to students with special needs.
• Reports any presence or perception of racial, ethnic, and/or gender disparities.
• Performs a variety of related duties not listed, to be determined and assigned as needed.
• Performs all duties in compliance with agency safety policies and procedures; reports safety hazards and corrects hazards when possible.
• Completes required documentation in the event of an accident/injury within requested time frames.
• Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency attendance and leave policies.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Must hold a current Texas Education Agency (TEA) certification as an Educational Aide I or obtain certification within six (6) months of employment.
• One (1) year of full-time wage-earning experience in child care work or training in a child-related field.
• Qualifying experience may include work in church.

• Retirement plan.
• Paid group health life insurance for employee.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid vacation leave.
• Paid sick leave.
• Longevity pay.
• Educational assistance program.
• Employee assistance program.
• Optional add-on benefits:
  Dental, Vision, Optional Life Insurance, Voluntary ADD Insurance, Dependent Health Life insurance, Health Dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Certain designated positions eligible for hazardous duty pay, career ladder advancements, and free meals while on duty.