Educational Aide

Job Details

Job Location

North Charleston [709] - North Charleston, SC

Position Type

Regular Full-Time

Salary Range

$19.00 Hourly

Job Shift

Day

Job Category

Classified

Description

LEARN4LIFE CHARLESTON

Full Time, Monday - Friday; 7:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Compensation: Competitive compensation starting from $19/Hour

Number of School Days: 194

Do you have a passion to work one-on-one with students and help them soar? As an employee at Learn4Life High School - Charleston, you can encourage, challenge and help students grow in confidence and academics, and graduate high school - no matter their obstacle.

The Learn4Life High School Advantage

Our personalized learning model is what makes Learn4Life High School unique. Our students are at the center of our mission, which means that staff is unified, and priorities are set to reach the best outcome for all students. Teachers can make a real difference in a student's life as they work one-on-one or through small group instruction to help them accomplish their individual goals.

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Additional advantages we offer:

Our teachers have a smaller caseload of students - typically 40 students instead of 180.

We provide ongoing professional learning, continuing education (subsidized) and career growth opportunities for teachers throughout the school year.

Our teachers have a close relationship with and are supported by school leadership. We empower them to succeed.

We offer teachers more support with two to three times the number of school counselors, free tutors for their students and labs that supplement their teaching.

With the support of Lifelong Learning, an educational services organization, teachers receive all the tools/resources needed to do their job without any personal financial investment.

We offer generous holiday, vacation, and seasonal breaks. How You Will Make an Impact

The Educational Aide serves as a knowledgeable professional and fully supports the campus academic program. This position will assist appropriate educators in servicing all students. The Educational Aide completes paperwork, performs data entry, completes organizational tasks, and provides tutoring support and manages online coursework to students in the specialized program.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: Note, this list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Assist educators in their instructional duties and other general responsibilities such as organizing and providing tutorial support

Provide additional student support including accommodations and online assessments

Assist in related data entry for students enrolling in the program or school

Facilitate program implementation and support maintenance efforts such as student transportation, guest speakers, career fairs, field trips, etc.

Alert the educator to student behavior issues or other program challenges

Assist in monitoring and proctoring student assignment and tests

Perform clerical tasks for teachers as needed, to include coordination, scheduling of and participation in meetings when requested

Assist educators in contacting parents or adult students and assists in retrieving required forms

Participate in meetings relating to student success

Aid the educator in rendering additional attention or data collection for particular students

Demonstrate willingness to learn and build expertise in relevant content areas

Follow directions for activities involved in the development and implementation of student learning plans

Translate communications between students and teachers

Adhere to attendance policies

Administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed from time to time Qualifications

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, ETC:

Organizational skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work with diverse youth populations

Ability to collaborate with various people to support student learning and development MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Associate Degree or completion of 60 college units

Experience working with students

Experience working with low economic and at-risk populations

Experience in the education of individuals with exceptional needs

Skilled in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) TRAVEL: Ability and willingness to travel in performance of job duties if necessary.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Mental Demands: Ability to handle multiple competing projects and assignments, high people engagement

Finger Dexterity: using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together

Speech clarity, oral expression; written expression, talking; especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly

Average Hearing: able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information

Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery

Physical Strength: sedentary work. Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally (almost all office jobs)

Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required

Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures