Instructional Assistant

Instructional Assistant

Duties performed typically in a school setting. Performs professional work providing teaching and/or training services to students in a specialized subject. Work requires frequent standing, sitting, light lifting up to 10 pounds, walking, vocal communication for expressing or exchanging ideas, hearing to perceive information at a normal spoken word level and visual acuity for preparing and analyzing written or computer data.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists the teacher or designated supervisor with instructional activities.
• Assists students in reinforcing material already presented through special efforts and repetitions.
• Assists students with self-care areas to build independence.
• Prepares and maintains files and reports.
• Assists the teacher in performing specific duties as assigned or undertaking specialized tasks.
• Assists the teacher in providing individual and small-group instruction, providing learning experiences to pupils in language arts, social studies, pre-reading, arithmetic, science, art, physical education, and music.
• Assists the teacher in providing individual and group instruction designed to meet individual needs.
• Reinforces acceptable student behavior in a consistent and positive manner and assists with daily supervision of students.
• Encourages proper care and use of school facilities, property, and equipment and participates in curriculum development programs as required.
• Participates in planning daily and long-range lessons and classroom activities and conducts learning exercises with small groups of children.
• Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children and alerts the teacher to special needs of individual children.
• Performs other related tasks as required.

Qualifications:

• Current Child Development Associate (CDA) credential required; or an associate or bachelor's degree (in any area) from an accredited college or university recognized by the Virginia Department of Education.
• A minimum of one-year working experience as an instructional assistant preferred.
• Excellent communication, organizational, time management and public relations skills are required.
• Must have the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Must have good skills in operating personal computers and related software.
• Must be adaptable to changing priorities, have the ability to work independently and/or with minimum supervision, and the ability to effectively handle multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Must have good knowledge of and understanding of child growth and development and paraprofessional instructional procedures and practices.
• Must have some knowledge of the instructional goals and the policies of public schools.
• Considerable patience and the ability to work effectively with children and faculty members are essential.
• Must be able to follow written and oral instructions and to perform all required tasks.

Pay Scale: G-108.2 starting salary is 30,000 and maximum hiring salary is $46,135. Comes with excellent benefits.