General Education Teaching Assistant- JW Eater Junior High

General Education Teaching Assistant - JW Eater Junior High

Rantoul City School District 137, JW Eater Jr. High, Rantoul, Illinois.

Job : 5815975

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 06, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 12, 2026

Assist the teacher in achieving teaching objectives by working with individual students, small groups, or whole classrooms to help students achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole. Provide a well‑organized, smoothly functioning class environment to maximize instructional time.

• Active Illinois Paraprofessional License.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral).
• Link to information on how to obtain your paraprofessional license.
• 180‑day position.

• Administer, score, and record diagnostic tests as recommended by the teacher.
• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce material or skills introduced by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising strategies to reinforce material or skills based on understanding of students' needs.
• Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.
• Guide independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Supervise students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Assist with large group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in oral communication.
• Assist students in the library or media center.
• Check notebooks, correct papers, supervise testing, and make‑up work.
• Help students with clothing, lunch, snack, clean‑up, wash‑up, and toilet routines.
• Alert the regular teacher to any problem or special information about a student.
• Serve as chief source of information for substitute teachers in the teacher’s absence.
• Maintain ethical behavior and confidentiality of student information.
• Participate in in‑service training programs as assigned.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

• Communicate effectively with parents, students, teachers, administration and community members.
• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Use e‑mail and office equipment effectively.
• Work with students individually or in group settings.

• Indoor classrooms: noise, lawn mowing, music, food odors, grass, possible communicable diseases.
• Outdoor schoolyard and grounds, field trips: exposure to varying temperatures and grass.
• Regular work attendance required.

Full‑time

• Minimum Starting Wages (0 years experience)
• High School Diploma $18.57 per hour
• Associate’s Degree $19.60 per hour
• Bachelor’s Degree $20.63 per hour
• Maximum Starting Wages (30 years experience)
• High School Diploma $28.67 per hour
• Associate’s Degree $30.02 per hour
• Bachelor’s Degree $31.06 per hour
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• At least 1 year(s) of relevant experience preferred.
• Associate degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Heather Jacobs, Principal
• JW Eater Jr. High
• Email: hjacobs