4th grade Classroom Assistant - St. Joseph Elementary, Pinole at Diocese of Oakland, Department of Catholic Schools - Contra Costa
Job Description / Essential Elements:
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At St. Joseph School you will need these skills and experience to thrive in your job:
• An ability to build good working relationships with both students, parents and your teacher
• Good organizational skills
• Being proactive, flexible, and creative
• Enjoy working with children, patience, and sense of humor
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Working with deadlines
• Ability to manage groups of students and deal with challenging behavior
• Assist the teacher in getting the classroom ready for lessons
• Listening to children read or reading to them, leading reading groups
• Helping children who need extra support to complete tasks
• Helping your teacher to plan learning activities and complete records
• Supporting teachers in managing class and individual behavior
• Supervising group activities or working with students one-to-one
• Looking after children who are upset or who need redirecting/refocusing to attend the lesson
• Clearing away materials and equipment after lessons
• Collaborate with the teacher in providing control and supervision in buildings and on school grounds
• Supervises the yard during recess, lunch time and traffic
• Helping with outings
• Taking part in training and/or professional development
• Carrying out administrative tasks at the direction of your teacher and administration
• Supervise a class for a teacher who is off sick or undertaking training.
Requirements / Qualifications
An AA or BA in child education is essential unless you have 3 years+ experience in an elementary classroom and letter(s) of recommendation that can verify your experiences. You need to like children and be able to both have fun with them and be able to hold true to St. Joseph School's behavioral and academic expectations.
Requirements / Qualifications
An AA or BA in child education is essential unless you have 3 years+ experience in an elementary classroom and letter(s) of recommendation that can verify your experiences. You need to like children and be able to both have fun with them and be able to hold true to St. Joseph School's behavioral and academic expectations.
Comments and Other Information
A teacher assistant can be a valuable tool when trying to bring instruction into the needs of a global society. To assist your teacher, you may provide extra support per online teaching methods, update his/her website/page, and/or create tools for students to review when studying to help those students. You can help your teacher with an open tutoring schedule, and/or arrange tutoring sessions targeted to some of the most challenging topics. As a teaching assistant, you can give students greater opportunity to collaborate by grouping them with students who share similar struggles.
Comments and Other Information
A teacher assistant can be a valuable tool when trying to bring instruction into the needs of a global society. To assist your teacher, you may provide extra support per online teaching methods, update his/her website/page, and/or create tools for students to review when studying to help those students. You can help your teacher with an open tutoring schedule, and/or arrange tutoring sessions targeted to some of the most challenging topics. As a teaching assistant, you can give students greater opportunity to collaborate by grouping them with students who share similar struggles.