Aspen Community School 3rd & 4th Grade Teaching Assistant for SY 2024-2025

Pay Range: $23-28/per hour based on experience.

Shift Type: Part-time- 32 hours/week

Start date: August 14, 2024

Dates: August 2024- June 2025

All Aspen Community School employees are employees of Compass for Lifelong Discovery, not Aspen School District employees. 

Please submit your resume and cover letter directly to Casey White at cwhite@discovercompass.org

There is no option to apply through TalentedEd for this position.

The Mission of Compass is fostering lifelong learning and empowering individuals to take responsibility for themselves, their learning, and their community.

All employees at COMPASS work together to fulfill the mission of the school. Every employee at COMPASS is expected to deliver exceptional service to our students, parents, and the COMPASS community. 

Teaching assistants are responsible for supporting classroom teachers in planning, implementing, and delivering instruction to a variety of ability levels. As a member of a teaching team, assistants will accomplish these duties while working with students, parents, other teachers, and staff toward achieving the goals set forth by the school community.

A Teaching Assistant at Aspen Community School will:

• Work with the classroom teacher to establish a safe and respectful learning environment for all students, integrating ACS expectations for academic excellence, relevance, and focus on relationships
• Build positive relationships with the students, parents, and staff
• Support the delivery of effective instruction across subject areas
• Effectively manage small or large groups of children during academic, transitional, or recess periods
• Effectively manage the whole group of children during structured independent work time for 15-30 minutes
• Support effective classroom management by reinforcing clear classroom expectations
• Share the responsibility for conducting a prepared, organized and professional classroom
• Model and foster independent thinking skills, creative problem solving, and increasing autonomy
• Demonstrate a developmental understanding of young children
• Pursue professional development based on feedback and discussion with teaching team and school leadership
• Identify an area of ownership within the classroom or program to plan and execute developing teaching skills in collaboration with teaching team
• Support consistent and effective communication with students, parents, and colleagues
• Support and participate in required activities such as but not limited to: Back to School Night, Family BBQ, the Winter Celebration, CTB, Spring Musical, and Outdoor Education trips that enhance our program outside of instructional hours
• Follow policies established by the COMPASS Board of Directors, administration, the respective school district, and Colorado State mandated school guidelines, except where COMPASS has received waivers
• Complete other duties as assigned
• Support and uphold all school policies

Requirements

B.A. or B.S. required in the specific content area (e.g. B.A. in History when applying for Social Studies position). 

Current Colorado Teaching License preferred, not required.

Demonstrated experience in the instruction of students with varied learning styles and levels of mastery.

Do not use the online application for this position. 

Send Resume and Cover Letter to: cwhite@discovercompass.org

Name: Casey White, Principal

Email: cwhite@discovercompass.org, Phone: 970.923.4080