Academic Aide

Public Schools of Petoskey Public Schools of Petoskey
- Central Elementary
- Petoskey, Michigan Open in Google Maps

Public Schools of Petoskey Public Schools of Petoskey
- Central Elementary
- Petoskey, Michigan Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Petoskey Schools

Job : 5931183

Final date to receive applications: Sep 24, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)

Posted: Sep 17, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Oct 5, 2026

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of an Associate Degree or 60 hours from an approved college, required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Work cooperatively with others.
• Follow instruction from teachers related to carrying out individual student’s educational plans and meeting classroom expectations.
• Communicate effectively with students (and adults) in order to encourage and aid student progress.
• Display an ability to keep accurate records (e.g., academic growth data).
• Connect successfully with students in order to provide supplemental and academic support and interventions prescribed by the classroom teacher.
• Organized, self-directed, and flexible to work with varied schedules and individual needs.
• Available for occasional after-school meetings or activities planned for students involved in the Title IA/31A program or their parents/families.
• Demonstrate initiative and excellent work habits (i.e. attendance, punctuality, responsibility, and collaboration).
• Able to attend conferences when Title IA/31A appropriate and applicable.
• Abide by FERPA confidentiality laws in handling student and family information.
• Additions to the above qualifications as the Superintendent or Board of Education deem appropriate.

REPORTS TO:

Building Principal (immediate supervisor) and Director of Teaching and Learning

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Help maintain a culture of caring, follow/support the Full Value Agreement, and provide a safe, learning environment.
• Take direction from supervising teacher(s) to work with students who have identified academic needs and are part of the Title IA/31A program.
• Use available diagnostic information (from the supervising teacher or administrator’s data analysis, leadership, planning, or guidance) to carry out a supplemental program of reinforcements and interventions for students who have not performed at grade level in the regular core subject areas of reading, writing, math, science, or social studies and have been identified and ranked-by-building for Title IA/31A services.
• Maintain a system of records (e.g., an intervention activity log or personnel activity reports as required by legislation and the supervising teacher) to chronicle and help monitor a Title IA/31A student’s progress.
• Administer targeted assessments to progress monitor students in the Title IA/31A program as outlined by the supervising teacher.
• Attend required district/building professional development programs and meetings.
• In conjunction with the supervising teacher, help submit a year-end progress report of all Title IA/31A assigned students to the building principal(s) and the Director of Student Support Services.
• Maintain all certifications (note Qualifications #1).
• Perform other intervention-related duties assigned by the Supervising Teacher(s), the Building Principal(s), and/or the Director of Student Support Specialist (Title IA/31A) as related to and allowed according to Targeted-Assist Title IA/31A federal and state legislation.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Building Principal or Director of Teaching and Learning.

OTHER INFORMATION:

This is a non-tenured, paraprofessional position which provides supplemental support to identified intervention students while under the direction and management of the Supervising Teacher(s) and Building Principal(s).

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