Preschool Substitute Teacher's Aide

Description

Preschool Substitute Teacher's Aide

Reports to: Preschool Director

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Job Status: Casual

We believe that it is the parent's responsibility to train up a child in the way he/she should go. Our role is to come alongside parents and offer a biblical base for the academic education families are seeking for their children. Our purpose is to partner with parents in growing their children in Christ.

Our goal is to provide our students with a biblically based academic curriculum and to teach our students principles from God's word that they will apply to every aspect of their lives. The aide shall strive at all times to understand, appreciate, love, and serve alongside the teacher.

JOB DUTIES

Spiritual

• Maintain a daily personal devotional life to be prepared spiritually for the demands of each teaching day.
• Demonstrate, by example, love and obedience to Christ and His word. Motivate students to accept God's gift of salvation and help them grow in their faith.
• Attend an evangelical church and serve in a church ministry as the Lord leads.

Instructional

• Responsible for taking direction and supervision from the teacher.
• Responsible for supporting the teacher in the classroom to include circle time, instructional time, and recess/lunch bunch time.
• Support the teacher in clearly communicating to students the objectives and relevance of the material being taught.
• Support the teacher in integrating Biblical principles as appropriate.
• Work with teacher to determine that the students grasped the information being taught.
• Demonstrate command of and enthusiasm for the subject matter.
• Utilize a variety of teaching methods, materials, media, and evaluation tools.
• Provide reference to other disciplines and life examples to transfer, expand and enrich learning.

Management

• Support the teacher in utilizing effective classroom and instructional management techniques.
• Reflect a Christ-like spirit in dealing with student-teacher and student-student relationships.
• Recognize the value of time-on-task and demonstrate overall good use of the instructional period.
• Assist teacher to arrange the physical environment to compliment the learning atmosphere.

Communication

• Responsible for communicating with teacher as to what is the lesson plan for that day and retrieving the supplies that will be needed to complete the task.
• Maintain accurate and complete school records.
• Maintain effective communication with the teacher, students, parents, team members, faculty, office staff, and administration.
• Clearly communicates compassion and empathy to all students in keeping with the mission of the school
• Follow the Matthew 18 principle when dealing with conflicts and personal problems that arise between individuals.

Professional

• Arrive punctually and attend all duties, programs, and meetings that are scheduled by administration.
• Serve on appropriate committees for the purpose of evaluating curriculum, operational procedures, special events, services, etc.

Supplemental

• Assist teacher with extra-curricular activities, organizations, and outings as assigned. 
• Responsible for running dismissal circle for teacher while children are being checked out.
• Utilize educational opportunities and evaluation processes for professional growth. 
• Provide input and constructive recommendations for administrative functions in the school.  
• Perform other duties which may be assigned by the administration.
• Responsible for assuming an equal share of joint housekeeping of the classroom.

Safety

• Actively support and maintain safety standards, training, and an ongoing safety program, resulting in a safe and healthy work and school environment.
• Responsible for constant supervision of the children in the classroom and on the playground for their safety and welfare. 
• Responsible for understanding the school’s fire, earthquake, and lock down procedures and directing children whenever needed. Responsible for taking on an assigned role in the disaster plan if ever implemented.
• Comply with requirements to report reasonable suspicion of abuse.

Requirements

Education

• 6 ECE units, or continually enrolled in college until 12 ECE units are obtained.

Experience and Expertise:

• Demonstrate Christ-like attributes in speech and actions.
• Demonstrate spiritual maturity, academic ability, and personal leadership qualities to train up a child in the way he/she should go.

Clearances

• Must pass a pre-employment reference and background screen.
• Proof of legal authorization to work in the United States.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.

PHYSICAL: The employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee will lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is regularly in a typical school/classroom environment with adequate light and moderate noise levels.

SITE: Teacher's Aide must be able to assist the teacher gather his/her children together on the parking lot into a cohesive unit and be able to move the children from an area on the parking lot to and into the building. Aide must be able to take their students to local parks, the library, recreation facilities, and other local establishments for supervised activities. This requires the ability to escort and supervise children over a multi-block area as they cross busy streets in an urban environment. Aide must be able to keep up with their students, control them until reaching their destination and remain with the students at that location.

BUILDINGS: Students in each individual classroom are required to move about in the buildings from the classroom to the lunchroom, the chapel and/or the school office. Teachers must be able to accompany students in the hallways or in other places in the building as they move from one location to another location.

CLASSROOM: Teacher's Aide must be able to assist the teacher to prepare bulletin boards (monthly) between 2 ½-6 feet in height so that students can see the necessary information. This includes reaching overhead, bending, and ability to adhere items to board/wall with appropriate media. Must have sufficient vision and hearing to allow for active supervision and interaction with students. May be required to move children’s desks, worktables, chairs, or re-configure room.

TEACHING: Teacher's Aide must be able to assist teacher to demonstrate lesson concepts using chalkboards, media, hands-on materials and computers. 

SUPERVISION: Indoor (classroom, play areas): Teacher's Aide must assist teacher to be able to actively supervise students within the classroom or playground for indoor/outdoor recess or physical education. Outdoor (playground, parks): An Aide must assist teacher to be able to supervise students in their classroom or while on the playground, or park. Overall Supervision (in all areas) students must have adult supervision at all times. It is understood that students cannot be left unattended at any time and/or in the left alone without the presence of a teacher, aide, staff, or ACS approved/ fingerprinted adult(s). 

EMERGENCIES: Teacher's Aide must be able to quickly summon help when an emergency arises either in the classroom, gymnasium, or on the playground. Teachers are required to render minimal first aid to students who may be injured while in the classroom, or on the playground.

ATTENDANCE: Teacher's Aides are required to be present daily half an hour before the children arrive until half an hour after the children depart. They are also required to be present for faculty meetings and other special functions after school, and occasionally for meetings or other functions in the evening.

Competencies:

· Fully devoted disciple of Christ

· Integrity beyond reproach

· Ability to work in harmony with other staff members

· Flexible, adaptable, coachable, teachable

· Effective Communication

· Unshaken by changing priorities

· Scope (initiative, expertise in education, etc.)

· Influence/Contribution

· Relationship Building/People

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.