Instructional Aide

Job Summary

Job Title: Instructional Aide

Reports To: Principal and Assigned Teacher(s)

Job Goal: To provide support to the instructional program within assigned classrooms with specific responsibility for assisting in the supervision, care and instruction of students; assisting in implementing plans for instruction; monitoring student behavior; and providing information to appropriate school personnel.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school graduate or equivalent (GED) and academic competency in basic skills

• Associate's Degree or completed a minimum of 48 semester hours or 72 quarter hours of study at a regionally accredited institution of higher education or,

• A passing score Alabama State Board of Education WORKKEYS Assessment. Assessment is taken at employee's expense.

Skills and Physical Abilities:

• Good physical and emotional health, adequate strength and dexterity to perform all required tasks including lifting, stooping and bending, as may be required to implement behavioral management programs for students of varying ages and sizes.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Must be able to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• The employee must have physical strength, agility, dexterity, acuity, reflexes, grasping, pushing, pulling, lifting, and mobility to perform job responsibilities.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and push or pull up to 50 pounds.
• Physical care consisting of toileting, changing clothes, feeding, etc for student