Non Teaching Assistant

American Paradigm Schools • Philadelphia, PA

19d • Onsite

About The Position

The Non Teaching Assistant is a school support position responsible for maintaining discipline, surveillance, and control over students’ non-instructional activities. The role regulates, monitors, and directs student activities inside and outside school buildings and in surrounding areas. Additional duties include receiving, storing, and issuing school supplies, operating simple office equipment, and routine filing. Assignments may come from the lead NTA in the building, and employees may be assigned or transferred to different schools as needs arise.

The position is based at Tacony Academy Charter School in the Student Support department. Employment is full-time, exempt, and for a 10-month duration.

American Paradigm Schools expects employees to champion its Caring School Community Program. The program focuses on building positive classroom and schoolwide communities, strengthening students’ social and emotional learning, and creating a warm, safe, and disciplined environment where community members can interact constructively.

Requirements

• Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth school grade.
• One year of volunteer or paid experience working with youth, including responsibility for maintaining discipline or security, directing activities, and/or counseling.
• Must be able to pass all required background checks.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities in customer and personal service; education and training; computers and electronics; public safety and security; sociology and anthropology; social perceptiveness; monitoring; complex problem solving; and judgment and decision making.

Responsibilities

• Patrol the school building and surrounding areas before, during, and after school hours to maintain orderly scholar entry and dismissal.
• Inspect locker and play areas, lavatories, and halls for scholars loitering or in unauthorized areas.
• Question scholars to ensure they are in the proper location.
• Stop smoking and other unauthorized activities on school property.
• Assist teachers with routine disciplinary cases.
• Monitor scholars during lunch and recess periods.
• Supervise the late room and complete late cards and other forms to admit students to class.
• Issue locks and lockers to students.
• Receive, store, and issue school supplies; operate simple office equipment; and perform routine filing tasks.

What This Job Offers

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