Elementary Planning​/PLC Assistant

Elementary Planning/PLC Assistant

Hours per week: 29 hrs a week

Job Summary:

This position requires a dependable, student friendly and patient individual to work with K-5th grade students in a classroom setting under the direction of the building principal and leadership team. This position will provide classroom instruction for students in grades K-5. Will work with the building administrator to provide positive learning experiences and monitor student engagement. The time spent providing instruction will allow the classroom teachers to meet in grade level collaborative groups.

Attendance and physical presence are required and is an essential function of this position.

Essential Functions:

• Teaches students skills to overcome barriers, cooperative/collaborative attitudes and build self-esteem.
• Monitors student participation to ensure students are learning and developing.
• Follows district policy for attendance.
• Communicates in the workplace as needed.
• Implements mini-lesson plans for the classroom setting.
• Forms partnerships with students, teachers, and staff for student progress, goals, concerns, and accomplishments.
• Engages children with enthusiasm, variety, and novelty across the whole day.
• Attends required professional development opportunities to enhance skills in working with students, including but not limited to behavior management, job coaching and monitoring.
• Completes reports, including keeping daily records of student progress in relation to mini lessons presented during Planning or PLC time.
• Works under the direction of the building administrator(s).

Non
- Essential Functions:

Other duties as assigned

Required Education and

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent (Highly Qualified if in a Title 1 School)
• No prior experience required

Required Knowledge and

Skills:

• Ability to maintain a safe learning environment through the use of best practice classroom management skills.
• Ability to monitor student engagement levels during mini-lessons.
• Basic reading, writing, math, organization, record keeping and computer skills.
• Ability to collaborate and share responsibilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Displays patience and positivity.

Assigned Decision Making:

• Makes decisions concerning the best way to accomplish tasks assigned by the building administrator and members of leadership team.
• Must take directions well and be able to work within specific guidelines.
• Makes suggestions but must be willing to follow directions.
• Concerns for safety of self and others.

Interactions with Others:

• Interacts positively with students, parents, staff, teachers, administration, and other district personnel.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Oversees the safety of students.

Budget Responsibility: NA

Working Environment:

• Work setting is mainly in the classroom. Noise level is usually moderate to loud.
• May be exposed to bodily fluids.
• May be asked to work inside or outside the building to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Working conditions can be in hot and cold weather.
• May experience stress from disruptive students and/or groups of students.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to speak and/or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Occasionally required to use hands to handle or feel and must occasionally climb or balance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Must be able to stand/sit for long periods of time.
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.