Instructional Assistant - CTE - Welding - Red Mountain High School

Mesa USD 4 • Mesa, AZ

3d • $16 • Onsite

About The Position

Forbes names Mesa Public Schools in their list of Best Employers in Arizona for multiple years. East Valley Tribune names Mesa Public Schools as Best Place to Work in East Valley for multiple years. Employment Type: Part-time (29 hours per week) Base Hourly: $16.31 Class/Calendar: A11, 12 months Benefits: None Performance Pay: Available annually New Hire Experience: 1% of the base hourly rate granted for each year of verified like experience (within ten years) beyond the requirement, up to a ten -year maximum New Hire Education: 1% of the base hourly rate awarded for an AA or higher degree if not required for the position Job Summary: To provide assistance to the Automotive Technologies and Welding teachers in a variety of instructional activities and to relieve teacher of routine clerical tasks.

Requirements

• High School education or equivalent
• Models the attributes and skills of the MPS Portrait of a Graduate
• Demonstrates commitment to the MPS Promise that every student is known by name, served by strength and need, and graduates ready for college, career and community
• Understand, remember, and apply verbal and/or written instructions or other information; understand, remember, and communicate routine factual information
• Organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology; organize and prioritize own work
• Read and interpret instructions, understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines; interpret written procedures and complete routine forms and/or conduct routine verbal communication with individuals via telephone or e-mail, speak and write effectively; express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word, communicate verbally with others accurately and quickly
• Understand verbal and written instructions; understand simple to complex multiple step instructions; solve practical problems; analyze situations to define issues and draw conclusions
• Apply common sense in performing job
• Ability to work well with students and staff; good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to operate general office machines
• Ability to organize and prioritize and follow directions
• Ability to use own transportation to travel the district to assigned schools

Nice To Haves

• Welder or equivalent work/school experience

Responsibilities

• Work in close proximity with assigned teacher and students
• Assist students, individually or in groups, to reinforce skills and/or oversee learning activities
• Assist with classroom instruction
• Participate as a stakeholder in school improvement initiatives
• Develop classroom materials (i.e. instructional activities, bulletin boards, reference materials, etc.) to provide assistance to teacher in support of lesson plans
• Maintain instructional equipment to ensure the availability of items when required
• Perform record keeping and general clerical functions (i.e. student records, schedules, lesson plans, progress reports, etc.) to support the teacher and/or administrator in providing records and/or materials
• Regular and on-time attendance required
• Perform other related duties, as assigned, to ensure the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit
• Assists with other assigned duties as appropriate to the area of assignment and Mesa Public Schools

Benefits

• None
• Performance Pay: Available annually
• New Hire Experience: 1% of the base hourly rate granted for each year of verified like experience (within ten years) beyond the requirement, up to a ten -year maximum
• New Hire Education: 1% of the base hourly rate awarded for an AA or higher degree if not required for the position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED