Mission: To assist Christian parents by helping equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence, and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ.

Employee Profile:

Spiritually, the employee shall possess characteristics that reflect:

• Acceptance without reservation of the PCA doctrinal beliefs


• A strong clear Christian testimony


• A mature, godly spirit


• A person of faith and prayer

Personally, the employees life shall reflect:

• A lifestyle of biblical integrity


• A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness


• The ability to listen and respond to counsel

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist and support the teacher in any way possible with classroom control, art projects, room decorating, snack and lunch time, cutting, pasting, copying, laminating, delivering items, etc.


• Responsible for getting student lunches from the cafeteria and delivery to classroom


• Help with classroom organization and clean up


• Assist children to restroom, clinic, office, specials, etc.


• Always available to teachers during class and scheduled times


• Supervise class during library times and as needed


• Assist with other grades and classes as scheduled or as needed


• Maintain professional and technical knowledge


• Early care duty on a rotating basis as scheduled by your administrator


• Professional attitude with regards to parents; allowing the teacher to discuss any behavior or academic problems with the parents and allowing the teacher to meet with parents for conferences


• Support and assist teachers with and on field trips. Never is an aide to take a class on a field trip without a teacher present


• Maintain professionalism in regards to making any personal phone calls or taking care of personal business during time scheduled to be with your class and/or teacher


• Other duties as assigned by the Principal

Qualifications/Skills:

• College degree and/or Aide experience preferred


• Good communication skills


• Flexibility and patience in times of stress


• Prestonwood Baptist Church member preferred

Physical and Mental Requirements and Work Environment Conditions:

• Talking expressing ideas by means of the spoken word to convey instructions to students/parents and co-workers accurately, loudly or quickly


• Hearing ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and to receive detailed information through oral communication


• Standing and walking for sustained periods of time moving about on foot for lecturing and monitoring students in the classroom, as well as throughout the building and playgrounds


• Stooping, crouching, crawling and kneeling ability to assist small children with various needs


• Climbing, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling and Lifting ability to pick up small children as need as well as for classroom set up purposes; occasional lifting between 30 50 pounds


• Repetitive motion of the wrists, hands and fingers


• Close visual acuity required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and reading


• Environment is primarily indoors in a classroom environment as well as intermittent outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold


• Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts