Substitute Instructional Assistant

Job Description

Starting Date: Immediately

Purpose: To assist teachers with completing instructional and other professional duties.

Reports To: Principal

• High School Diploma or GED
• Desire to continue career improvement, plus one of the following:
  • Completed two years of study at an institution of higher education (e.g., community college, college, or university)
  • Obtained an associate’s degree or higher
  • Met a rigorous standard of quality and demonstrated, by passing the Kentucky Para educator Assessment, knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics

• General clerical skills
• Computer data entry experience preferred
• Ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work
• Certification in First Aid, CPR, medication administration, and student-specific training may be required
• Bilingual ability may be required per advertised vacancy specifications

• Assist teachers with instructional tasks, including but not limited to one‑on‑one tutoring, small-group instruction, organizing instructional and other materials, assisting in computer labs, classroom management, and parental involvement activities, and translation as needed
• Assist with non‑instructional responsibilities
• Supervise students in bus areas, classroom, lunchroom, play areas, study time, and other assigned areas
• Prepare materials to reinforce the regular classroom lesson under the teacher’s direction
• Participate in school meetings and professional development activities involving program orientation, curriculum design, materials, and evaluation procedures
• Observe confidentiality of students and student records at all times
• Assist with student supervision during field trips, as assigned by the Principal or Designee
• Use appropriate behavior management techniques to maintain a positive climate for learning
• Make appropriate referrals to the teacher, guidance counselor, and/or school nurse
• Immediately report accidents, assaults, destruction of property, and abusive behavior to the teacher and/or principal
• Administer medication to students if designated by the principal and after appropriate training by the school nurse, including emergency medication by injection and/or suppository
• Maintain knowledge of blood‑borne pathogens and practice Universal Precautions to ensure optimal communicable disease control in the school classroom setting
• Attend and pass medication administration and student‑specific training
• Obtain and maintain first aid and CPR certification
• Perform general office and clerical tasks as directed
• Provide coverage for secretary as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal, Director of Special Education, and/or Designee

Standard classroom equipment

Medium to Light Work

• Ability to lift at least 30 pounds
• Ability to exert in excess of 30 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, twist, and reach
• Ability to push, pull, or lift exerting up to 30 pounds of force
• Finger dexterity for picking, pinching, typing, or other tasks primarily with fingers
• Grasping – applying pressure to an object with fingers and palm
• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects (size, shape, temperature, texture) by touching with the skin, especially fingertips
• Repetitive motion – substantial and continuous movements of wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Talking – expressing or exchanging ideas by spoken word
• Hearing acuity – perceiving speech and environmental sounds at normal loudness levels
• Visual acuity – seeing enough to read numbers and text, operate equipment, inspect machines, etc.
• Vision – color identification and peripheral vision as described

The worker is subject to both environmental conditions as activities occur both inside and outside.

Commensurate with the school district’s Classified Salary Schedule.

This description of performance responsibilities is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct or control the work of employees under his/her supervision.

The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty with the job description.