EC Teacher Assistant at Grandview Middle - hold associate's degree or equivalent

EC Teacher Assistant at Grandview Middle

Associate’s degree in education or equivalent required. Full‑time position. Starting date:
August 10, 2026.

Under limited supervision of the teacher and/or principal, provides support to the teacher in the instruction of students and performs tasks to support the teaching‑learning process. Reports to the teacher and/or principal.

• Gives group instruction as prescribed by teacher.
• Provides individualized instruction.
• Demonstrates various instructional activities.
• Monitors work assigned by teacher.
• Checks and corrects students' work while in progress.
• Keeps students on task.
• Praises and reinforces achievement of students.
• Reports student progress to teacher.

• Arranges classroom furnishings and equipment.
• Prepares visual aids.
• Duplicates materials.
• Reorganizes materials at the end of day.
• Serves as proctor during testing.
• Attends workshops.
• Scores students' papers as instructed by teacher.
• Distributes and collects instructional materials.

• Checks and reports attendance.
• Enters data in health record.
• Records student behavior.
• Files data according to regulatory requirements.

• Supervises students in the classroom and other locations.
• Creates and distributes awards for positive behavior.
• Promotes student self‑esteem.
• Teaches citizenship, social skills and respect for others.
• Reconciles minor student conflicts.
• Participates in development of discipline policy.
• Disciplines misbehavior through approved methods.
• Reports discipline problems to teacher or principal.
• Reports to supervisor significant change or lack of change in student behavior.

Performs other related duties as assigned by the teacher and/or principal.

Associate’s degree in education or equivalent, preferred in a related field, or any combination of education, training, and experience that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the job functions.

• Physical Requirements:
  
  Must be physically able to lift and move objects related to the job functions. Physical demand requirements are for light work.
• Data Conception:
  Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable characteristics of data, people or things.
• Interpersonal Communication:
  Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information.
• Language Ability:
  Requires the ability to read forms and materials associated with the job functions.
• Intelligence:
  Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Verbal Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English.
• Numerical Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to add, subtract, divide and multiply.
• Form/Spatial Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
• Motor Coordination:
  Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes accurately in using instructional objects.
• Color Discrimination:
  Requires the ability to differentiate between colors or shades of color.
• Interpersonal Temperament:
  Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under average levels of stress.
• Physical Communications:
  Requires the ability to talk and hear.

• Working knowledge of effective methods of dealing with children.
• Working knowledge of the core subjects at the grade level to which employment assignment is made.
• Some knowledge of the school organization and its community.
• Some knowledge of expected behavior of children, that is, basic characteristics of ages and stages.
• Skill necessary to operate audiovisual equipment and common office machines.
• Skill to make learning aids which will strengthen lesson plans.
• Ability to comprehend the purpose of teacher designed strategies as a fulfillment of the instructional objective.
• Ability to discern significant student behavior and refer this to the supervisor.
• Ability to impart information to the child's level of comprehension.
• Ability to apply impartially and consistently proper methods of recognition, reward and punishment.
• Ability to solve independently most minor problems.
• Ability to follow minimally detailed written and oral instructions without constant supervision.
• Ability to record and store data accurately.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of student information.
• Ability to work directly with students.

Full‑Time

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