Career and Technology Educational Aide (Part-time)

Qualifications:

• Previous Experience working with children/students preferred.
• Paraeducator Highly Qualified Certificate OR High School Diploma/GED with a commitment to complete the PDE Credential of Competency required within first three months of employment.

Responsibilities:

Assisting the Teacher:

• Maintaining discipline and other behavior management functions to maintain a safe classroom environment.
• Arranging the learning environment.
• Administering educational assessments. The Career and Technology Educational Aide is not permitted to analyze the results or determine the grade or achievement level.
• Assembling, adjusting, and maintaining equipment and technology used in the instructional program.
• Preparing instructional materials.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Assisting the Students:

• Working with individual students or small groups on activities assigned by the teacher.
• The Career and Technology Educational Aide is only permitted to reinforce instruction provided by the teacher and in this capacity must adhere to lesson plans provided by the teacher.

Assisting with Clerical Duties:

• Completing recordkeeping tasks assigned by the teacher such as lunch reports, attendance, etc.
• Completing data collection tasks assigned by the teacher such as tallying points on student behavior sheets from other teachers, classroom progress monitoring, etc.

Professional Development:

• Complete required In Service hours as per contract.
• Earn and maintain qualified status.
• Accumulate 20 hours of approved Professional Development hours per school year, required to continue employment.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Performing Basic Reading, Writing, and Math Skills.
• Ability to understand and follow directions as directed by the teacher(s)or supervisor.
• Working confidentially and cooperatively with other staff members within the school environment.
• Position requires sitting, standing, walking, bending, reaching, climbing stairs, or moving throughout the school environment, often for extended periods of the workday.
• Position requires mobility such as: pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, and sliding supplies or equipment weighing no more than 45 pounds.
• Lifting students in order to assist with their physical needs.
• Withstanding inside and outside environmental conditions.
• Withstanding a noise level that is generally moderate to loud.
• Performing other related duties as directed by the teacher(s) or supervisor

Program/Classification:

• Schuylkill Career and Technology Centers

Reports To:      

• School Administrator

Method of Evaluation:

• As per the contract, there is a probationary period of 90 working days prior to the candidate becoming a permanent employee. The employee will be observed and evaluated with the appropriate STC form prior to the end of the 90 days.
• New employees who are not Highly Qualified must complete the PDE Para educator Credential of Competency certificate within 3 months from date of hire.
• All Career and Technology Educational Aides will be evaluated at least annually. New Career and Technology Educational Aides will be evaluated prior to the end of the probation period. Any disciplinary actions will be conducted via the evaluation process.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Terms of Employment:

• Career and Technology Educational Aides shall be employed on a part-time basis for 10 months of the year.
• As a STC employee, you are subject to assignment. All assignments are based on the needs of the students and/or program and are not negotiable.

Physical/Sensory Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• This is an active position requiring the ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk and occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 50 lbs.; verbal and hearing skills to effectively communicate; visual acuity to oversee projects, and make observations. Work is done mainly indoors but could include outside tasks.

The public schools of Schuylkill County and the Schuylkill IU 29 do not discriminate against any persons in employment, educational programs or activities based on race, color, sex, creed, religion, age, disability, national origin, marital status or because a person is a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era. This policy extends to all other legally protected classifications and is published in accordance with state and federal laws including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.