Elementary School Aide; RHS Student Employment

Elementary School Aide (Student Employment)

The Weld RE-5J school district is seeking a highly motivated and talented high school student to join us as an elementary school student aid. This opportunity will provide valuable hands-on experience and exposure to various aspects of supporting teachers and staff in an elementary school while working in a professional environment. The elementary school student aid will assist the school staff in performing daily support tasks.

This position demands outstanding communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and multitasking capabilities.

Essential job functions:

• Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills
• Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs
• Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs
• Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas
• Constructs, copies, and distributes educational materials as needed
• Follows all applicable safety rules, universal precautions, procedures, and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs

Additional duties:
Assist guidance, pupil services staff or building administration, as needed. Perform any other related duties as assigned.

Note:

The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Required skills, experience, and abilities:

• Currently enrolled in a high school program, preferably with a focus on information teaching or related fields
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed to assist students
• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals
• Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff, and others contacted in the course of work
• Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required
• Effective writing and verbal communication skills
• Support the teacher in the classroom with behavior management
• Maintain a safe and productive work environment, care for tools and equipment

Education and training:

Preference for those students who successfully completed Teacher Cadet. Students should be enrolled in Work-Based Learning:
Family Consumer Science in the  school year.

Confidential information:

• Staff members shall not access, receive, transmit, or retransmit material regarding students, parents/guardians, or district employees that is protected by confidentiality laws.
• If material is not legally protected but is of a confidential or sensitive nature, great care shall be taken to ensure that only those with a "need to know" are allowed access to the material.
• Staff members shall handle all employee, student, and district records in accordance with applicable district policies.
• Staff members who intentionally disclose student records, other confidential student information, and/or district information may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

Physical demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be occasionally exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualifications profile/education/experience:

• Must be a current Roosevelt High School student
• Must be 16 years of age or older
• Have a valid Colorado driver's license or be able to provide your own transportation

FLSA status:
Non-Exempt