BANNING UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Job Description

Peer Tutors - Indian Education Program

Reports to: Roxanne Roosevelt, Indian Education Program

DEFINITION:

Under general supervision, to tutor students individually or in groups in a classroom or similar learning situation, following a prescribed course of study; to oversee and supervise students; to perform clerical and para professional work both outside and in the classroom and to do related work as may be required.

CLASS CHARACTERISTICS:

Positions in this class work in regular classrooms and are established principally to relieve teachers of certain instructional tasks and routine details in order to bring intensive and more concentrated study or learning opportunities to student. Incumbents perform their tasks with initiative and independent judgment within a limited number of standardized procedures. The duties below are representative of the collective duties of positions in this class and no one position will normally perform all of these duties and the individual activities and duties of these positions may vary with the particular assignment.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Administers scores and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.

• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.

• Guides independent study, enrichment work and remedial work set up and assigned by teacher.

• Alerts the regular teacherand supervisor to any problem or special information about an individual student.

• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as expected of teacher.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Completed two years of higher education study, or possess Associate’s degree or higher, or pass a formal state or local academic assessment that demonstrates knowledge of and the ability to assist in teaching reading, writing, and mathematics or reading, writing, and mathematics readiness; ability to pass District administered basic skills test; previous experience relative to the performance responsibilities is desirable.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, as to operate office equipment, reach with hands and arms; and stoop, knell, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.