QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or its equivalency.
• In accordance with federal guidance, an Associate's Degree or 60 semester hours of coursework

documented on an official transcript from an accredited institution of higher education; or

• Meet a rigorous standard of quality as demonstrated through the passage of a formal state

assessment: Para Pro, ACT Workkeys, or Master Teacher's Para Educator Learning Network.

• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Governing Board may find appropriate and

acceptable.

REPORTS TO: Teacher

TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: 9 months JOB GOAL: See school philosophy.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists with attendance reports including registers, absence slips and admission slips.
• Assists with entering grades onto report cards and the teacher's record book.
• Keeps an inventory of supplies, books, furniture, etc.
• Retrieves supplies from the supply room.
• Cleans audio-visual equipment assigned to the classroom.
• Files student's work as needed.
• Assists in operating audio-visual equipment, including getting it ready before a lesson and operating it during a lesson.
• Prepares and runs off duplicator materials including transparencies as needed by the teacher. Types tests and other materials for the teacher.
• Obtains pictures, books, makes charts, and prepares classroom displays and chalkboard presentations.
• Corrects written work such as tests, workbooks, spelling tests, etc.
• Participates in appropriate training programs set up by the school district.
• Monitors students to and from the cafeteria, library, music, PE and playgrounds.
• Handles routine interruptions-notes from other teachers, messages, deliveries, and routine phone call.
• Assists the teachers in seeing that seatwork is completed.
• Assists special program teachers during those periods.
• Distributes routine notices to the students.
• Handles routine opening exercises such as pledge of allegiance, opening songs and health inspections, etc.
• Assists the teachers in such activities as: using earphones, arithmetic and word drill games,

musical accomplishment, dictation of spelling words, and reading stories to the students.

• Works with small groups and selected individuals to reinforce the teacher's instructions.
• Supervises school duty areas including but not limited to playground, lunch, before and after

school, etc.

• Provides directed activities for small groups to learn games.
• Assists in keeping order and enforce classroom rules.
• Any other duties as assigned by the certificated classroom teacher.

EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated twice a year in accordance with provisions of the Board policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.