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Platte River Academy Job Description

Position: Instructional Aide
2 days per week, Tues/Thurs or Wed/Fri or Tues-Fri, 8am-3:45pm 2024-2025 School Year

Reports to: Director of Homeschool

Overview:
The Aide position involves assisting teachers and students in various ways. The ideal candidate for this position thrives in a dynamic environment and has experience working with children or volunteering in schools. If you think you would enjoy positively contributing to our students’ school experience while enhancing teachers’ effectiveness, please apply for this position.

Responsibilities – Duties include but are not limited to:

Supporting teachers in the classroom

• ●  Working with students individually, in small groups, and in the classroom
• ●  Assisting teachers with grading, preparing for instruction, and clerical tasks
• ●  Being attentive to students’ ability to meet expectations during classroom activities

  and/or pace of instruction

  Supporting office/administration

• ●  Answering the door and checking identification for all adults who enter the building
• ●  Greeting and training parent volunteers
• ●  Miscellaneous clerical, preparation, and organizational tasks

  Providing supervision on the playground and in the lunchroom

• ●  Monitor and direct large groups of students
• ●  Promote positive behaviors and interactions among students
• ●  Enforce PRA’s expectations for behavior
• ●  Respond to injuries and/or conflicts according to training and/or protocols

  Experience and Knowledge

• ●  Experience working with children preferred
• ●  Basic skills with Apple technologies and Google apps and/or a willingness to learn

• ●  Comfort with and willingness to establish positive relationships with all students
• ●  Professional written and verbal communication skills with all stakeholders
• ●  Ability to manage multiple tasks, projects, people, and unexpected situations
• ●  Commitment to PRA, our Core Values, and organizational success

  Physical Demands

• ●  Constant lifting of five (5) to twenty (20) pounds
• ●  Frequent lifting of twenty (20) to fifty (50) pounds
• ●  Occasional lifting over fifty (50) pounds
• ●  Constant bending, squatting, standing, reaching, sitting, walking, kneeling,

  crawling, stooping, repetitive motions and overhead work.

  Evaluation and Compensation

  • The employment cycle is as follows –
  o Mid-Year Evaluations – Winter
  o Contract Period – August 1 through June 30
  o Job Classification – Non-Exempt, Hourly
  o Part-time – 7-8 hours per day, 8:00am-3:45pm, 2 or 4 days per week- All student contact days + training days
  o $16.82 per hour base
  o Sick leave based on 1 hour of leave per 30 hours worked

  Please submit a resume and letter of interest to: ewilliams@prak8.org with Homeschool Middle School IA Position in the subject line. You may also mail documents to: Platte River Academy, Attn: Elizabeth Williams, 4085 Lark Sparrow Street, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126. To learn more about Platte River Academy, visit: www.prak8.org

  Platte River Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, gender, religious or sexual orientation.