PreK Instructional Assistant Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS

• Not less than a high school education or general equivalency diploma;
• At least 21 years of age
• Meets necessary health and physical qualifications.

JOB GOAL

• To assist teachers in daily operations of PreK classroom.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Attends to the personal needs of the students
• Helps students to navigate throughout the building, board buses, during mealtimes, and perform other activities as their needs arise
• Provides clerical assistance to teachers
• Assists with student management
• Sets up and operates learning/development equipment and materials
• Tutors students
• Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures associated with the responsibilities of the job
• Perform other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a student, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

• Pushing and/or pulling
• Climbing and/or balancing
• Stooping, kneeling and/or crawling
• Reaching
• Talking
• Hearing
• Seeing

TEMPERAMENT (Personal traits)

•  Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.
• Adaptability to dealing with students.

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.
• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles.
• Ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.

WORK CONDITIONS

• Normal working environment.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.

FSLA: Non-Exempt