Paraprofessional PreK

Title: Pre-K Assistant Teacher

Reports To: Assigned Teacher/Principal

Location: School

Position: Classified

Contract Days: 190, 7.5 hrs/day

Retirement: TRS

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Pay Scale: Support Staff A Parapro Ga PreK Set

Minimum Requirements

Education: As required by the State Department of Education for Licensing:

• High School Diploma or GED;
• Must be highly qualified according to the No Child Left Behind Act.
  
  

This Includes One Of The Following

• Associates Degree; or 2 years of college (60 semester hours/90 quarter hours);
• Passing score on the state's required GACE Paraprofessional assessment.
  
  

Experience: Experience working with children.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities: Written and oral communication skills; ability to operate office machinery and deal with multiple tasks; computer competence; typing and proof reading skills; pleasant personality;cooperative attitude.

Primary Function: To assist in the implementation of instructional goals developed by the teacher.

Performance Responsibilities

• Assists the teacher in organizing the learning environment.
• Works with the teacher in implementing an individual program of instruction.
• Helps collect, organize, and file materials for units of work.
• Assists in the preparation of instructional materials.
• Works with individual small groups within the classroom setting in areas of discussion, listening activities, sharing of stories and games.
• Assists the teacher in maintaining confidentiality of students.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the teacher and/or principal.
  
  

Some Of These Duties Are – But Not Limited To

Lunchroom duty, Car/Bus duty, Recess duty, etc.

Evaluation Instrument

• Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the HCSS Board of Control's policy on Personnel Evaluations.