K/2 Teaching Assistant at Decatur Public Schools District #61

QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 19 years of age to serve students in prekindergarten through grade 12.
• Beginning January 1, 2023, you may qualify for the ELS-Paraprofessional license by meeting the requirements outlined below at age 18 but only may serve in prekindergarten through grade 8.
• One of the following required:
  • Associate’s degree or higher
  • 60 semester hours of coursework
  • High School Diploma or GED and a score of 460 or higher on the ETS Parapro
  • High School Diploma or GED and the following scores on the ACT Workkeys?:
    • Applied Mathematics/Applied Math (with a score of 4)
    • Reading for information/Workplace Documents (with a score of 4)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Assists all students in their assigned daily academics as instructed by teachers.
2. Assists in grading work and assigning students individual academic work.
3. Helps maintain individual records for each student.
4. Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
5. Supervises students during lunch period.
6. Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual students.
7. Provides escorts and assistance to students as necessary.
8. Implements changes as needed to meet the individual needs of students.
9. Takes responsibility for student safety education and accident prevention.
10. Reports all unsafe conditions to the school principal promptly.
11. Reports all accidents or injuries to the principal as soon as possible.
12. Supervises and intervenes to regulate student behavior so as to alleviate the risk that inappropriate behaviors will place students or staff at risk of harm.
13. Assists with toileting after proper training.
14. Performs other job related duties as assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

EVALUATION:     

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and see.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
• Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range.
• Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding).
• Transportation time spent commuting between sites for meetings, trainings, in-services and home visits.
• The employee may be required to work at multiple District locations if necessary.

Work Environment

• Internal office space and classroom.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

Mental Functions