About this role
Job Goal: To assist the classroom teacher in preparing classroom activities and materials and to provide care in meeting the needs of the students. Look after children's physical, social and emotional welfare, create a safe and interesting environment. Work closely with teacher, and speech and language therapists. Professional 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 • Administers, scores, and records 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 SPED teacher to any problem or special information about individual students • Participates in daily lesson and classroom activity planning • Performs others duties as assigned by the Principal, Assistant Principal, Supervising Teacher, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and other supervisor