ELL Teaching Assistant - LaSalle Elementary School

Xavier Catholic Schools is hiring a Teaching Assistant for LaSalle Elementary School! This assistant will support the Englist Language Learners Teacher.

Faith & Mission Statement Commitment: Xavier Catholic Schools forms disciples unafraid to follow Jesus Christ. As part of this Christ-centered educational system the Teacher Associate helps build and support a professional culture rooted in Catholic values across all Xavier Schools

The Teacher Associate is expected to model and promote the mission of forming disciples unafraid to follow Jesus Christ, and fosters a Christ-centered, respectful, and ethical work environment that upholds Catholic identity through every aspect of their leadership and decision making.

Position Summary: A Teacher’s Associate is responsible for the planning, organizing and implementing of an appropriate instructional program in a preschool, elementary, or secondary learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their potential.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities:

• Foster the Christian uniqueness of the learning community
• Maintain required trainings as required by the State of Iowa, Archdiocese, and local site
• Support the learning center environment
• Communicate effectively with classroom teacher(s) and administration
• Help with appropriate daily activities for children
• Establish and maintain a safe and healthy nurturing environment for children
• Supervise children for safety
• Keep the learning environment clean and orderly by picking up learning materials, wiping tables and chairs, etc.
• Attend staff meetings, school programs, and in-service trainings as requested
• Maintain confidentiality with work-related matters
• Promote positive public relations through interactions with the community
• Work collaboratively with other members of the school
• Uphold, support, and promote all school policies and procedures
• Accept and provide effective supervision, assignments, change and correction
• These duties are not all-inclusive. Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED; at least 1 year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified
• Practicing Catholic preferred

Skills and Competencies:

• Enthusiastic supporter of Catholic faith and schools
• Self-motivated
• Well-organized with leadership abilities
• Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills
• Professional oral and written communication skills
• Flexible, adaptive, and cooperative

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, talk, reach, sit, hear, handle and perform repetitive motions of the hands/wrists. Lifts and moves items up to 20 pounds.

Working Environment:

Work is performed in a school and outdoor setting. Employees may be required to attend an occasional evening meeting and do extensive close computer work.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described above are representative of the physical capabilities that must be met by an employee and the working conditions that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.