Teacher Assistant (2026-27 SY)

POSITION SUMMARY: Teacher's Assistants (TAs) will work with their assigned teacher(s) to provide students with additional academic support. TAs who are certified teachers may also teach a regular class. TAs will work with teachers to motivate pupils to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to achieve a quality education, in accordance with each pupil's ability and will establish good relationships with parents and with other staff.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.

• Possesses knowledge in the core processes, skills, and content of reading and its relationship to listening, speaking, and writing. They understand the reading process, particularly comprehension, decoding, strategic reading, and the application of these skills.
• Possesses knowledge in the core processes, skills and content of math.
• Knows and supports, through instruction and modeling, the core values of wisdom, justice, courage, compassion, hope, respect, responsibility, integrity.
• Uses instructional and corrective language that is positive and behaviorally descriptive to support the character education goals of the school.
• Supports reading/math instruction using a structured instructional process in accordance with the established curriculum and instruction strategies.
• Uses technology tools for instruction, planning, and communication and is eager to learn new uses and applications of technology tools.
• Assists in the organization and administration of initial and quarterly assessments.
• Collaborates with classroom teachers to identify learning goals for individual students.
• Excepts responsibility for assisting the teacher in maintaining a classroom that is safe, nurturing, and productive, where the TA models the behavior expected of students, and where the school's values are the focus of instruction and discussion wherever appropriate.
• Helps to create and manage a responsive learning environment that enables students to feel safe, to be creative, and to develop to their full potential.
• Works in teams with other TAs and classroom teachers to plan, problem solve and support one another on a daily basis.
• Actively participates in school activities and committees.
• Writes, implements, and evaluates their own professional development plans.
• Solicits constructive feedback from lead teachers, curriculum coordinators, and others who are observing instruction.
• Supports the professional development plans of colleagues.
• Communicates with their students' parents on a regular basis.