27-123 ITINERANT AIDE/ECCAT PREKINDERGARTEN SPECIAL NEEDS

EXTERNAL APPLICANTS SHOULD PROVIDE A RESUME AND THREE LETTERS OF REFERENCE

 
POSITION:                               ITINERANT CLASSROOM AIDE/EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOM ASSISTANT TEACHER
 
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:      Principal (Assistant Director of Support Services in the case of a Transportation Aide)
 
FLSA/CONTRACT STATUS:     Non-exempt
 
EMPLOYMENT TERM:             Minimum 200 days annually, pursuant to WV Code §18-5-45; extended employment terms may be established by the Mineral County Board of Education.
 
SALARY:                                  Pursuant to WV Code §18A-4-8a, in accordance with Mineral County Salary Scale, Pay Grades E or F, commensurate with experience and education level.
 
EVALUATION:                          Performance in this position will be evaluated by the building principal/immediate supervisor and in accordance with WV State Code §18A-2-12, WV State Board Policy 5314 and Mineral County Board of Education Evaluation Policy. 
 
JOB SUMMARY:                       The aide/paraprofessional/ECCAT is assigned to a Pre K or Kindergarten classroom. The aide/paraprofessional/ECCAT assists the teacher(s) in a variety of ways to implement the instructional program including working directly with children in small groups or on a one-to-one basis; to establish effective rapport with students assigned to the classroom; to motivate students to develop attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good educational foundation, in accordance with each pupil's ability. The aide/paraprofessional assigned to a school bus assists with the supervision of student passengers on the bus, including securing student passengers in various types of restraint.
 
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists teacher as needed with planning, preparation, and distribution of classroom materials;
• Conducts learning games with students according to established procedures;
• Maintains regular attendance and complies with State Law and County policies and regulations;
• Maintains an environment that is safe for students and conducive to learning;
• Anticipates and effectively addresses unforeseen crises associated with working with large groups of children;
• Assists with supervision and instruction of children; copying, cutting, coloring, etc., to construct materials and bulletin boards.
• Provides individualized and small-group instruction to reinforce skills that have been taught by the teacher;
• Assists in implementing lessons based on district and school objectives and needs and abilities of students;
• Assists with supervision of student passengers on buses and maintains a safe traveling environment, if assigned to transportation duties;
• Attends in-services and workshops as directed;
• Maintains confidentiality, unquestionable integrity;
• Assists the teacher in supervision of children in the classroom and to various locations in the school including, but not limited to, instructional areas, the cafeteria, and the bus;
• Participates in bus duty, hall monitoring, lunchroom duty, playground duty;
• Maintains positive work habits;
• Performs duties efficiently and productively;
• Maintains and/or upgrades skills;
• Promotes and maintains positive pupil-staff-community relations;
• Adheres to Employee Code