Assistant Teacher

Lowndes County School District•Caledonia, MS

About The Position

The Teacher Assistant supports the teacher in achieving instructional objectives by working with individual students and small groups to help them reach the skill levels of the class. The role helps maintain a well-organized, smoothly functioning classroom where students can benefit from the instructional program and available resources. The assistant also supports the teacher and principal in developing and implementing a successful instructional program and promotes a positive public image of the school district program. The position is for 185 days per year. Salary and work arrangements are established by the board. Performance is evaluated under the board’s policy for evaluating professional personnel.

Requirements

High school diploma, G.E.D., or a four-year college degree.
Proficiency in reading and proofreading.
Passing scores on a written reading test and a language arts test established by the State Department of Education.

Responsibilities

Works with individual students or small groups to reinforce material or skills introduced by the teacher.
Assists the teacher in devising strategies to reinforce learning based on students’ individual needs, interests, and abilities.
Distributes, prepares, and collects instructional materials, including workbooks and papers.
Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work assigned by the teacher.
Helps supervise students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
Assists with large-group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in oral communication with students.
Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises makeup work as assigned by the teacher.
Assists with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines.
Alerts the regular teacher to problems or special information about individual students.
Provides information and assistance to substitute teachers assigned when the regular teacher is absent.
Maintains ethical conduct and confidentiality regarding student information.
Performs other appropriate duties assigned by the teacher or principal.
Promotes a positive image of the school district program to the public.
Assists students with reading, basic skills, and handwriting problems.
Operates audiovisual programs for small groups and assists with small-group reading and basic-skills sessions.
Keeps records of books students read, displays student work, and helps prepare stencils, charts, and posters and put work on the chalkboard.
Attends parent-teacher conferences when requested.
Follows the guidelines in Bulletin 171 and the personnel and student handbooks.