Itinerant Aide​/Eccat Pk​/Headstart

Itinerant Classroom Aide/Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teacher

Immediate Supervisor:
Principal (Assistant Director of Support Services in the case of a Transportation Aide)

FLSA/Contract Status:
Non-exempt

Employment Term:
Minimum 200 days annually, pursuant to WV Code §18-5-45; extended employment terms may be established by the Mineral County Board of Education.

Salary:
Pursuant to WV Code §18A-4-8a, in accordance with Mineral County Salary Scale, Pay Grades E or F, commensurate with experience and education level.

Job Summary:

The aide/paraprofessional/ECCAT is assigned to a Pre K or Kindergarten classroom. The aide/paraprofessional/ECCAT assists the teacher(s) in a variety of ways to implement the instructional program including working directly with children in small groups or on a one-to-one basis; to establish effective rapport with students assigned to the classroom; to motivate students to develop attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good educational foundation, in accordance with each pupil's ability.

The aide/paraprofessional assigned to a school bus assists with the supervision of student passengers on the bus, including securing student passengers in various types of restraint.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Assists teacher as needed with planning, preparation, and distribution of classroom materials
• Conducts learning games with students according to established procedures
• Maintains regular attendance and complies with State Law and County policies and regulations
• Maintains an environment that is safe for students and conducive to learning
• Anticipates and effectively addresses unforeseen crises associated with working with large groups of children
• Assists with supervision and instruction of children; copying, cutting, coloring, etc., to construct materials and bulletin boards
• Provides individualized and small-group instruction to reinforce skills that have been taught by the teacher
• Assists in implementing lessons based on district and school objectives and needs and abilities of students
• Assists with supervision of student passengers on buses and maintains a safe traveling environment, if assigned to transportation duties
• Attends in-services and workshops as directed
• Maintains confidentiality, unquestionable integrity
• Assists the teacher in supervision of children in the classroom and to various locations in the school including, but not limited to, instructional areas, the cafeteria, and the bus
• Participates in bus duty, hall monitoring, lunchroom duty, playground duty
• Maintains positive work habits
• Performs duties efficiently and productively
• Maintains and/or upgrades skills
• Promotes and maintains positive pupil-staff-community relations
• Adheres to Employee Code of Conduct as outlined in Mineral County School's Policy 4210
• Performs duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor(s)

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent, pursuant to WV Code §18A-2-5
• Meet the definition of "Qualifications" in WV Code §18A-4-8b
• Demonstrated competency, pursuant to WV Code §18A-4-8e (state-approved competency test), as required
• Criminal background check conducted pursuant to WV Code §18-5-15c and/or §18A-3-10, as appropriate
• Must hold one of the following certificates issued by the WVDE: ECCAT I, ECCAT II, ECCAT III

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to reach, stand, walk, lift, grasp, write, talk, hear, see, use technology such as computers and multimedia equipment, and use repetitive motions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently lift and/or move at least 50 pounds (100 pounds vertically for Special Education and Transportation positions) of materials. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Most commonly, the educational setting is indoors. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud (60-90 dB). The information contained in the job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of duties performed by this position.

Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned by the Superintendent or his/her designee.