2627 | Teacher's Assistant

Tulsa Legacy Charter School • Tulsa, OK

12d • Onsite

About The Position

Tulsa Legacy Charter School (TLCS) Teacher Assistants are more than instructional staff members and classroom managers. They help transform children’s lives by creating opportunities for a brighter future. We are seeking Teacher Assistants who will make the commitment to teach with determination, integrity, and purpose, embodying these essential qualities: ● Past experiences and actions reflect a commitment to the TLCS mission, vision, core values ● A passion and ability to build and sustain the TLCS model in a high need, urban environment ● Work in schools that demonstrates a sense of urgency and the relentless pursuit of high academic student achievement ● Reflective, self-aware and adaptable to communication and work styles of others ● Critical thinker and problem solver who takes the initiative ● Belief in the power of collaboration and works to build a collaborative culture with TLCS network, community, staff, families, and students

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED is required
• Experience working with Early Childhood, preferably in an educational setting
• Strong desire to work within an innovative, urban program
• Ability to implement lesson plans and manage students
• Highly effective oral and interpersonal skills to communicate with a varied audience
• Ability to operate various office computers, fax machines and copiers

Nice To Haves

• 48 hours of approved college credit or an Associates’ Degree from an accredited is not required, but preferred

Responsibilities

• Participates in daily and long-range lesson and classroom activity planning.
• Adhere to the daily routine and schedule provided by classroom
• Conducts learning exercises with small groups of children.
• Maintain a safe and productive learning environment.
• Implement classroom procedures, systems, and routines that provide structure for students and maximize instructional
• Communicate and enforce high expectations and standards for behavior and academic performance, aligned with the TLCS School Culture Guide and Responsive Classroom, to maintain a strong culture of achievement and
• Establish, model, practice, and reinforce age-appropriate rules and logical consequences
• Fulfill all outlined and related functions professionally, timely and thoroughly
• Present academic content through a variety of instructional strategies to reach all
• Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children.
• Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual children
• Provides escort and assistance to children as necessary.
• Listens to the students in recitation, reading, and other curriculum tasks
• Helps maintain individual records for each child.
• Fosters good eating habits and table manners in children.
• Assists teacher in maintaining neat work and study areas.
• Assists with the supervision of children during regular play periods
• Collects and displays suitable material for educational displays.
• Under the supervision of the teacher, works with small groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher.
• Accompanies the student when trips to the office or school nurse are necessary.
• Enforces school board policies and regulations.
• Inputs data and runs selected reports from developed software. The database includes students, teachers, and classes.
• Works cooperatively with all stakeholders

What This Job Offers

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