Instructional Assistant Pool - (General and Special Education)

Job Title:  Instructional Assistant Pool (General and Special Education)

Supervisor(s):  Principal, Assistant Principal, and/or Teacher

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Terms of Employment:  182 days

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

Qualifications:

• Associates degree, or at least two years of study (60 semester hours) at an accredited institution of higher education, or by passing the ParaPro Assessment (ETS.org).  The minimum passing score on this test is 456. (Para Pro Assessment valid until August 31, 2026) *New exam available starting September 1, 2025 - Passing the ParaPathways exam.
  • Reading & Writing (5758): minimum passing score - 332
  • Mathematics (5759): minimum passing score - 334
• Specialized training
• History of previous job experience required
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

Essential Duties:

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher
• 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
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes, or for individual special needs equipment
• Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teacher
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set-up and assigned by the teacher
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips
• Keeps bulletin board and other classroom learning displays up to date
• Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students
• Checks and records student attendance
• Helps students with a change of clothing, self-care and/or personal hygiene when necessary
• Assists with lunch, snack, and clean up routines
• Carry and/or help carry students to and from different areas of the school campus (may require lifting)
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers
• Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned
• Understands and actively supports the school's renewal plan through the activities and duties of the assigned position
• Supervisor may assign other duties as needed

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here 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 essential functions. Must exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal workplace levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal workplaces, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or occasionally performed on study trips away from the school.

Salary Scale:  Classified 02 (Instructional Assistant)  https://aptg.co/60yzQ3

Last Updated

08/2026