FLACS III Teaching Assistant (K-5) - 26-27

Family Life Academy Charter School is seeking a dynamic individual to support teachers in implementing high-quality rigorous standards based curricula and promoting a culture of excellence and high expectations. The ideal candidate values collaboration and has high expectations for students and themselves as an educator.

Requirements

• Assists the teacher in setting up and maintaining a clean and orderly classroom
• Creates and maintains bulletin board displays
• Manages and secures all materials in the classroom environment
• Works with individual children or groups of children on special instructional projects and activities
• Uses and promotes positive guidance and behavior management techniques
• Assists teachers with conferring with students
• Communicates to the teacher observations or concerns regarding student’s academic and social-emotional progress
• Assists teachers with keeping individual students on task during instructional activities
• Grades assignments involving multiple choice or unambiguous short answers
• Writes individual anecdotal records
• Assists teachers with entering data in online gradebooks
• Assumes the position of teacher for short periods in the absence of the certified classroom teacher
• Promotes healthy eating habits of students in the cafeteria
• Maintains a safe and orderly environment in the lunchroom
• Assists teachers in the orderly transition of students at arrival and dismissal
• Escorts students to bus dismissal
• Maintains a professional relationship with the assigned teacher
• Participates in staff meetings and professional learning
• Adheres to the prescribed schedule set by the administration