La Joya ISD is hiring: PK - Instructional Assistant (ACE Campus) in Mission

Overview

Job Title: Pre-K 3/4 Instructional Assistant

Wage/Hour Status: Non-Exempt

Reports to: Campus Principal

Starting Pay: Instructional Support Pay Plan

48 college hours, Pay Grade 2

Associate’s Degree, Pay Grade 4

Bachelor’s Degree, Pay Grade 5

De/pt. /School: Assigned Campus

Funding Source: 195

Initiated Date: June 24, 2021

District Primary Purpose: To assist and promote La Joya ISD district in implementing a rigorous curriculum/instructional program that supports student success and achievement.

Department Primary Purpose: Assist the teacher to achieve teaching objectives by working with PK EL individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

Qualifications

Education/Certification: High School Diploma or G.E.D. and 48-College hours or 2 years postsecondary education. Educational aides should be certified and/or be able to attain a certification according to standards established by the State Board for Educator Certification. 19 TAC 230.51

Experience/Knowledge: Proficient in English and Spanish – (Bilingual). Following oral and written directions; work effectively with others; learn rapidly, interpreting and applying laws, rules, and classroom procedures.

Major Responsibilities and Duties

• Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual PK EL students.
• Works with individual PK EL students or small groups of PK EL students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the PK Bilingual teacher.
• Assist the PK Bilingual teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual EL students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the PK Bilingual classroom for instructional purposes.
• Helps PK EL students master or instructional assigned by the PK Bilingual teacher.
• Distributes and collects workbooks, paper, and other materials for PK Bilingual instruction.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the PK Bilingual teacher.
• Assists with the supervision of PK EL students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Keeps bulletin boards and other PK Bilingual classroom learning displays up to date.
• Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading out loud, and storytelling in the PK Bilingual classroom.
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with PK EL students.
• Assists PK EL students in library or media center.
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make up work, as assigned by the PK Bilingual teacher.
• Helps PK EL students with their clothing.
• Assists with lunch, snack and clean up routines of Pre-K Bilingual classrooms.
• Alerts the Bilingual 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 PK Bilingual teacher.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Participates in all service-training programs, as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned in regards to the Pre-K Bilingual classrooms.
• Follow all Work from Home Protocols when working remotely.

Working Conditions

Mental Demands: Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written in English and Spanish); interpret policy and procedures; maintain emotional control under stress.

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: Repetitive hand motions, prolonged use of computer. Works with frequent interruptions, moderate standing, stooping, bending and lifting.

Position Working Days: 187 Days