Qualifications:

• High school diploma, GED, or this may be waived by the building principal
• Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate

Reports To: Teacher and Building Principal

Job Goal: To assist the teacher achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

Performance Responsibilities:

1.Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.

2.Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.

3.Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.

4.Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.

5.Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and makeup work, as assigned by the teacher.

6.Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.

7.Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.

8.Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.

9.Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.

10.Participates in in-service training programs as assigned.

Terms of Employment: Pay and work year to be established by the Board

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.