Pre-K Auxiliary Teacher

Title:Pre-K Auxiliary Teacher

2024-2025 School Year

187-Day Work Term

General Information: The Midfield City Board of Education is an Equal Opportunity Employer." No person shall be denied employment or be excluded from participation in any program or activity on the basis of disability, sex. race, religion, natural origin, color or age."

Job Goal: To assist teachers in classroom activities with students. Duties and responsibilities include providing instructional assistance and support services to teachers, students, and/or staff.

Reports to: Principal & Pre-K Lead Teacher

Duties:

• Provide individual instruction to students who require additional assistance.
• Assist students with group activities and deliver small group instruction.
• Reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Guide independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work as assigned by the teacher.
• Assist in devising special strategies to reinforce material or skills based on the individual needs, interests, and abilities of students.
• Monitor seat work and workbook assignments, and assist students with make-up work.
• Supervise and assist with morning duties of students.
• Escort students to and from lunch, monitor students in the cafeteria and hallways, and maintain a reasonable noise level.
• Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Report discipline problems to the appropriate personnel and maintain classroom order.
• Keep inventory and order clerical supplies and tools for instructional assistance as needed.
• Prepare materials requested by classroom teachers, including designing and binding books, preparing graphs, and student name charts for classroom use.
• Distribute and collect workbooks, papers, and other instructional materials.
• Operate and care for instructional equipment and materials as assigned by the teacher.
• Assist students in mastering the use of equipment or instructional materials.
• Help students with their clothing, and assist with lunch, snack, and clean-up routines.
• Assist with wash-up and toilet routines, ensuring hygiene standards are met.
• Alert the regular teacher to any problems or special information regarding individual students.
• Serve as the chief source of information and help to substitute teachers in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and engage in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Assist students in the library or media center.
• Maintain bulletin boards and other classroom learning displays to ensure they are up-to-date and visually engaging.
• Collaborate with the classroom teacher to support and enhance the learning environment.
• Administer, score, and record achievement and diagnostic tests as recommended by the teacher.
• Check notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and make-up work as assigned.
• Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality regarding student information.
• Participate in in-service training programs and other professional development opportunities as assigned.
• P erform other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Principal(s) and/or Pre-K Lead Teacher.

Qualifications:

• Must possess a high school diploma or GED.
• Must possess a Child Development Associate credential (CDA) or at least 9 credit hours of college coursework in Early Childhood Education or Child Development from a regionally accredited institution.

Evaluation: Performance of the job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board policy on evaluation of personnel.

Salary Range: Salary is based on Board approved salary schedule based on rank, certification and
experience. (Actual salary will be determined upon verification of experience.)

Applicants will be required to submit legible fingerprints for a background review by the
Alabama Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (HB 402 Act 99-361 Alabama Legislature).