Teacher Assistant
Description:
Position Type:
Student Support Services/Teaching Assistant
Date Posted:
9/9/2025
Location:
Lincoln Heights Middle School
Closing Date:
Until FilledTEACHER ASSISTANT 1 OF 10
NOTE: This job description is divided
into four categories as listed below:
TEACHER ASSISTANT - INSTRUCTIONAL (pages 2-4)
TEACHER ASSISTANT - PRESCHOOL (pages 5-7)
TEACHER ASSISTANT -
SPECIAL EDUCATION EXTENDED RESOURCE (pages 8-10)
TEACHER ASSISTANT -
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)(pages 11-13)
TEACHER ASSISTANT 2 OF 10
TITLE TEACHER ASSISTANT - INSTRUCTIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Minimum high school diploma or G.E.D.
2. 48 semester hours of college credit or score of 456 on ParaPro Assessment
3. Meets health and physical requirements
JOB GOAL
To provide assistance to teachers, secretaries, and clerical personnel when needed
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher
recommends for individual students
2. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes
3. Distributes and collects workbooks, paper, and other materials for instruction
4. Assists with supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field
trips
5. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and makeup work as assigned by the
teacher
6. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or
skills
7. Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures
associated with the responsibilities of the job
8. Checks and records attendance
9. Arranges bulleting boards
10. Types and duplicates tests, worksheets, and supplementary materials
11. Assists in supervising children in lunchroom, playground, and loading buses
12. Assists the teacher in assimilating materials for class displays
13. Performs other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to
elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical
demands that may be required are as follows:
1. Pushing
2. Pulling
3. Climbing
4. Stooping
5. Kneeling
6. Crawling
7. Reaching
8. Talking
9. Hearing
10. Seeing
VOCATIONAL PREPARATION
The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:
1. Vocational education
2. Apprentice training
TEACHER ASSISTANT 3 OF 10
3. On-the-job training
4. Essential experience
TEMPERAMENT (Personal traits)
1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a
different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
3. Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental
criteria
4. Adaptability to dealing with students
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or adequately perform a
task or job duty.
1. Intelligence: Ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; ability to reason and
make judgments
2. Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with then
3. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the fingers and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly
and accurately
4. Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in
shapes and shadings of figures
5. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or
shades or other values of the same color
WORK CONDITIONS
Normal working environment
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
1. 185-day contract
2. Teacher assistant salary scale
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR
Classroom teacher and/or principal
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by
people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties,
and skills required of personnel so assigned.
Adopted 07/01/93
Revised 11/2010
Revised 03/21/17
TEACHER ASSISTANT 4 OF 10
TITLE TEACHER ASSISTANT - PRESCHOOL
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Minimum high school diploma or G.E.D.
2. Early childhood education experience (preference given for Child Development Associate
certification or associate's degree in early childhood education or active pursuit of either)
3. Meets health and physical requirements
JOB GOAL
To provide assistance to preschool teachers
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher
recommends for individual students
2. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes
3. Distributes and collects workbooks, paper, and other materials for instruction
4. Assists with supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field
trips
5. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and makeup work as assigned by the
teacher
6. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or
skills
7. Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures
associated with the responsibilities of the job
8. Checks and records attendance
9. Arranges bulleting boards
10. Types and duplicates tests, worksheets, and supplementary materials
11. Assists in supervising children in lunchroom, playground, and loading buses
12. Assists the teacher in assimilating materials for class displays
13. Performs other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a preschool child, with
frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be
required are as follows:
1. Pushing
2. Pulling
3. Climbing
4. Stooping
5. Kneeling
6. Crawling
7. Reaching
8. Talking
9. Hearing
10. Seeing
VOCATIONAL PREPARATION
The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:
1. Vocational education
TEACHER ASSISTANT 5 OF 10
2. Apprentice training
3. On-the-job training
4. Essential experience
TEMPERAMENT (Personal traits)
1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a
different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
3. Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental
criteria
4. Adaptability to dealing with students
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or adequately perform a
task or job duty.
1. Intelligence: Ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; ability to reason and
make judgments
2. Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with then
3. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the fingers and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly
and accurately
4. Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in
shapes and shadings of figures
5. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or
shades or other values of the same color
WORK CONDITIONS
Normal working environment
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
1. 185-day contract; 5-hour workday
2. Teacher assistant salary scale prorated from 7.5-hour to 5-hour workday
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR
Classroom teacher and/or principal
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by
people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties,
and skills required of personnel so assigned.
Adopted 07/01/93
Revised 11/2010
Revised 03/21/17
TEACHER ASSISTANT 6 OF 10
TITLE TEACHER ASSISTANT -
SPECIAL EDUCATION EXTENDED RESOURCE
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Minimum high school diploma or G.E.D.
2. 48 semester hours of college credit or score of 456 on ParaPro Assessment
3. Meets health and physical requirements
JOB GOAL
To assist teachers in giving specialized academic and physical training to students with disabilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Maintains student records
2. Performs instructional activities
3. Administers diagnostic tools
4. Prepares the classroom and organizes instructional materials and equipment
5. Monitors the classroom when the teacher must attend staffings, provides consultation, etc.
6. Attends inservice and faculty meetings when requested by principal or supervisor of special
services
7. Adheres to the established work hours
8. Maintains confidential information in a professional manner
9. Performs other routinized duties as assigned by the building-level administrator, subject to
approveal of the supervisor of special services
10. Assists students with toileting, catheterization, feeding, and other self-help activities as required
11. Changes or helps spina bifida students
12. Supervises students on bus trips as required
13. Assists with bus duty
14. Assists with lunch duty
15. Assists with disabled students at lunch or in regular class
16. Helps with specific regular classes in which extended resource students are involved
17. Performs other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to
elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical
demands that may be required are as follows:
1. Pushing
2. Pulling
3. Climbing
4. Stooping
5. Kneeling
6. Crawling
7. Reaching
8. Talking
9. Hearing
10. Seeing
VOCATIONAL PREPARATION
The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:
TEACHER ASSISTANT 7 OF 10
1. Vocational education
2. Apprentice training
3. On-the-job training
4. Essential experience
TEMPERAMENT (Personal traits)
1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a
different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
3. Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental
criteria
4. Adaptability to dealing with students
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or adequately perform a
task or job duty.
1. Intelligence: Ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; ability to reason and
make judgments
2. Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with then
3. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the fingers and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly
and accurately
4. Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in
shapes and shadings of figures
5. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or
shades or other values of the same color
WORK CONDITIONS
Normal working environment
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
1. 185-day contract
2. Teacher assistant salary scale
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR
Classroom teacher and/or principal and supervisor of special services
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by
people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties,
and skills required of personnel so assigned.
Adopted 07/01/93
Revised 11/2010
Revised 03/21/17
TEACHER ASSISTANT 8 OF 10
TITLE TEACHER ASSISTANT -
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)
QUALIFICATIONS
1. Minimum high school diploma or G.E.D.
2. 48 semester hours of college credit or score of 456 on ParaPro Assessment
3. Fluent in spoken and written Spanish and English
4. Conversational in Spanish preferred
5. Meets health and physical requirements
JOB GOAL
To enhance the learning experiences of limited English proficient students by providing additional
vocabulary support, academic support, cultural support, and access to extracurricular activities, and to
more fully engage families in their children's educational process
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
1. Prepares daily lesson plans under supervision of the ESL teacher; makes instructional
presentations
2. Conducts discussions, encourages practice, and corrects student work in a manner that promotes
language competence
3. Cooperates with the ESL teacher in completing ESL forms
4. Assists teachers in administering and recording such assessment and achievement as
recommended for ESL students
5. Seeks advice and assistance of ESL and classroom teachers to make changes in the
instructional plan when evaluation indicates a need
6. Confers with the ESL and classroom teachers concerning individual student needs on a daily
basis under the guidance of the ESL teacher
7. Adjusts instruction to objectives and individual student needs on a daily basis under the guidance
of the ESL teacher
8. Provides individual students with positive and prompt feedback on their progress
9. Helps develop and use language resources to support and supplement instructional activities
10. Renews competence and keeps abreast of new knowledge, research, and practice in language
instruction and applies this knowledge to improve the instructional program
11. Attends appropriate and required staff development to enhance instruction
12. Attends PTO/PTA open houses, conference nights, and other school-related events as needed to
support limited English proficient students and families
13. Establishes positive rapport with students, parents, and school personnel
14. Sets high standards for student performance and achievement
15. Adheres to established laws, rules, and regulations of the school system and the ESL program
16. Works one-on-one and with small groups to remediate diagnosed weaknesses
17. Works to remove cultural barriers for limited-English students
18. Works to fully integrate limited-English students into all aspects of the extracurricular program;
19. Provides written and/or verbal vocabulary support with English language learner students
20. Assists in the planning and implementation of activities designed to increase parent participation
in the education process
21. Performs other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to
elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical
demands that may be required are as follows:
TEACHER ASSISTANT 9 OF 10
1. Pushing
2. Pulling
3. Climbing
4. Stooping
5. Kneeling
6. Crawling
7. Reaching
8. Talking
9. Hearing
10. Seeing
VOCATIONAL PREPARATION
The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:
1. Vocational education
2. Apprentice training
3. On-the-job training
4. Essential experience
TEMPERAMENT (Personal traits)
1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a
different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
3. Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental
criteria
4. Adaptability to dealing with students
CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an