Educational Assistants; Global

Position: Educational Assistants (Global Support)
Location: Dulce

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Must possess a Level III Educational Assistant License or work towards acquiring one.

* Reasonable degree of computer literacy.

* Must possess a Substitute Licensure through NMPed

PREFERED

QUALIFICATION:

* AA Degree

SUPERVISOR:
Classroom Teacher, Principal, Assistant Principal

POSITION SUMMARY:

To assist the classroom teacher in achieving learning objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Be punctual; adhere to rules set by building principal and as outlined by the staff handbook, thirty minutes for lunch. Overtime or make-up time must be approved by the Principal or Assistant Principal.

* Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skill initially introduced by the teacher.

* Assist the teacher in planning and implementing special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.

* Operate and care for equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.

* Distribute and collect workbooks, papers and other materials for instruction.

* Guide independent study, Reading mastery groups Corrective Reading groups, math ability groups, enrichment work, and remedial work set-up as assigned by the teacher.

* Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods and field trips.

* Keep bulletin boards and other classroom learning displays up to date.

* Assist with such large group activities such as drill work, reading aloud and storytelling.

* Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students.

* Check notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and make-up work as assigned by the teacher.

* Monitor and circulate among students during assigned lunch or breakfast duties (find cover for assigned duty as needed for absences).

* Assist with lunch, snack and clean-up routines.

* Assist with wash-up and toilet routines (K-2).

* Alert and provide documentation to the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.

* Substitute for teacher as necessary or serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.

* Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.

* Participate in faculty meetings, grade-level meetings, in-services, and other trainings

as assigned.

* Other duties as assigned by the teacher, principal, or assistant principal.

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: 185 days. Work schedule and hours to be established by the Board of Education on annual basis, through the recommendation of the Superintendent.

SALARY:
To be established by the Board of Education on an annual basis, through the adoption of Salary Schedules.

PRIMARY

JOB LOCATION:

Elementary, Middle or High School Classroom.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Employee must frequently lift or move up to 100 lbs., and occasionally lift up to 100 lbs.

EVALUATION:
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Evaluation of Personnel School Board Policy.