Instructional Assistant

Manchester City School District Westwood Middle School – Manchester, Tennessee

• Job
• Final date to receive applications:
  Jul 30, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)
• Posted:
  Jul 21, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date:
  Immediately
• Position Type:
  Full-Time

Type, duplicate, and assemble student materials; design and develop bulletin boards for classroom, assist in instructional activities; monitor students during teacher breaks and/or lunch period. Collect lunch money for primary students. Record student grades in electronic grade book program.

High school diploma or equivalent.

Must be able to type and operate a personal computer.

• Perform duties under general supervision.
• Utilize initiative and good judgment in scheduling work.
• Ensure accuracy of work.
• Assist students or teachers with problems.
• Deal with a variety of persons and situations requiring a high degree of courtesy and tact.
• Handle volume of work and meet deadlines.
• Be sensitive to students’ needs.
• Work in cooperation with teachers, students and administration.
• Maintain confidentiality of information associated with position.
• Understand instructions and underlying principles.
• Understand meanings of words and ideas associated with position.
• Perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Perceive pertinent detail in verbal or tabular material.
• Coordinate eyes and hands or fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed.
• Move the fingers and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly and accurately.
• Move the hands easily and skillfully.
• Perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or in shades or other values of the same color.
• Perform the essential functions and requirements of the job.
• Must meet satisfactory health standards.

• Type, duplicate, and assemble student materials as requested by teachers; may set up or design pages; ensures accuracy of work.
• Assist teacher in the classroom working with individual students or small groups under the direction of teacher.
• Perform technology-related tasks as assigned by the teacher which may include entering grades and attendance on computer.
• Collect lunch money from primary students.
• Construct bulletin boards and laminate materials for classroom.
• Perform backup of electronic grade book software as required by supervising teacher.

Assume other special activities and/or responsibilities as assigned by the principal or supervising teacher.

This position requires lifting of objects not to exceed 25 pounds without assistance and the wearing of a safety support belt and frequent lifting and/or carrying objects that weigh 10 pounds or more. Other physical abilities that may be required are:

• Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling.
• Climbing and/or balancing.
• Stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling.
• Reaching, handling, and/or feeling.
• Talking and/or hearing.
• Seeing.
• Manual dexterity.