Learning Support Aide

Job Description
Learning Support Aide
Part-Time
City & State: Mechanicsburg, PA
School: St. Joseph School, Mechanicsburg
 
Payroll Grade: 11 FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Nature of Position: Learning Support Classroom Aides provide support for full-time teachers, helping them with clerical work and classroom activities. This position can involve providing individual attention to students in need of extra assistance or monitoring students while the teacher is out. A teacher's aide's job is to assist a teacher and reinforce the instruction taught in the classroom to students.

Reports to: Principal

Responsibilities/Tasks - The following are examples of the tasks required for a teacher assistant:

• Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts.
• Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations.
• Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, or supervised role-playing methods.
• Assist children individually or in small groups in order to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
• Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
• Distribute teaching materials such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils to students.
• Distribute tests and homework assignments, and collect them when they are completed.
• Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
• Observe students' performance and record relevant data to assess progress.
• Organize and label materials, and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their eye levels and perceptual skills.
• Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
• Plan, prepare, and develop various teaching aids such as bibliographies, charts, and graphs.
• Provide extra assistance to students with special needs.
• Assist in bus loading and unloading.
• Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories, and assist students with hardware and software use.
• Monitor classroom viewing of live or recorded courses transmitted by communication satellites.
• Operate and maintain audiovisual equipment.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices and supportive technology.
• Requisition and stock teaching materials and supplies.
• Type, file, and duplicate materials.
• Use computers, audiovisual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

Requirements:

• An associate's degree or bachelor's degree in education, special education, or a related field. (Current students may also apply)
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Experience working with children required.
• Teacher's aides must know the appropriate responses when dealing with children and how to properly show educational materials in the classroom.
• Additionally, learning to follow the instructions of a teacher is extremely important.
• Must comply with PA state clearance requirements.
• Must be willing to respect the Catholic Church and follow our basic morality guidelines.

Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions:

• Ability to see at normal distance. Hear normal conversations and sounds.
• Physical ability to bend, squat, sit on the floor, skip, run, and climb stairs, as part of daily center activities.
• Able to crouch to a child's height, maintain eye contact at the child's level, sit on the floor, and stand tall enough to reach children on the highest piece of equipment.
• Ability to safely lift or assist children weighing up to 40 pounds in emergencies only.
• Ability to reach a child 30 feet away within 30 seconds without danger to the staff person's health.
• Ability to effectively use hands and fingers to fill out paperwork.
• May be required to work outside.
• Potential for exposure to blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases.