What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cleveland Middle School Instructional Assistant position at Cleveland City Schools?
TITLE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT
QUALIFICATIONS
- Meets the Federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) qualifications including an associate’s degree or 48 hours of college credit or have passed the ParaProfessional Praxis test
- May be employed on a part time or full time basis
- Meets the health and physical qualifications
REPORTS TO
Principal
JOB GOAL
To provide assistance to teachers, administrative assistants, and clerical personnel when needed.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students
Facilitates student interventions with the guidance and support of a classroom teacher
Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes
Distributes and collects technology, workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction
Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips
Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and makeup work as assigned by the teacher
Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills
Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures associated with the responsibilities of the job
Checks and records attendance
Arranges bulletin boards
Types and duplicates tests, worksheets, and supplementary materials
Assists in supervising the children in lunchroom, playground, and bus loading
Assists the teacher in assimilating materials for class displays
Performs other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs., or more. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:
Pushing and/or pulling
Climbing
Stooping, kneeling and/or crawling
Reaching
Talking
Hearing
Seeing
VOCATIONAL PREPARATION
The required vocation preparation may come from any of the following:
Vocational education
Apprentice training
On-the-job training
Essential experience in other jobs
TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)
Adaptability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
Adaptability to dealing with students
Adaptability to make generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.
Intelligence: Ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles and ability to reason and make judgments
Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of works and the ideas associated with them
Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities of differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color
Form Perception: Ability to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shading of figures
Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully
WORK CONDITIONS
Normal working environment
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of the principal so assigned.