TEACHER ASSISTANT JOB DESCRIPTION

Minimum Qualifications

• Completed at least 2 years of college or Associate Degree
• Passing score on the Work Keys Assessment Test

Work ethics

• Possess and applies knowledge and skills of job position
• Cooperates and works with others
• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Initiative and interest in work

Classroom Responsibilities

• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers
• Participates in in-service training programs as assigned
• Follows school board policy and school rules and regulations

Classroom Management

• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction
• Keeps bulletin board and other classroom learning displays up-to-date
• Checks and records student attendance
• Collects and records collection of money
• Assists with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines
• Assists with wash-up and toilet routines
• Assists teacher in maintaining neat work and study areas
• Collects and displays suitable material for educational displays

Student Support and Supervision

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher
• Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and story-telling
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students
• Assists students in the library or media center
• Helps students with their clothing
• Fosters good eating habits and table manners in children
• Assists with the supervision of children during regular play periods
• Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher

Teacher Support

• Assist the teacher with administering, scoring, and recording such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing materials or skills
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about individual students
• Participates in daily and long-range lesson and classroom activity planning

• Other duties as assigned