Instructional Aide
Job Description
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About the Team</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ACCEL Schools is seeking an Instructional Aide at Monroe Preparatory Academy in Sandusky, Ohio. </span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Be part of the difference at Monroe Preparatory Academy! Located in a renovated, historic campus, Monroe Preparatory Academy, serving EK-8th grade students, was the first public charter school to open in Sandusky in 2005. The campus features spacious classrooms and a new Makerspace dedicated to hands-on STEM learning and creative expression. Monroe Preparatory Academy offers an award-winning academic program and the stability of engaged staff attuned to students’ social and emotional wellbeing. Monroe Preparatory Academy is part of ACCEL Schools, an established network of public charter schools serving K-12 students throughout the United States since 2014.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About the Opportunity:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The Instructional Aide assists the Teacher with classroom activities and helps to promote positive student behaviors in both academics and extra-curricular activities. The Instructional Aide provides oversight to ensure student safety and a positive school climate. The Instructional Aide assists the School Leader and Teachers by administering the assigned duties in conformity with the philosophy and policies of ACCEL Schools, the assigned school, the school’s governing board, the State Board of Education, and all applicable laws.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Duties:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Supports lessons taught by the teacher to individual students or groups of students and follows instructional plans as assigned by the Teacher or School Leader</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Helps plan classroom activities as directed by the Teacher and supports the Teacher in all student and parent relations</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Assists with school activities, including, but not limited to, parent-faculty nights, faculty meetings, assemblies, commencement exercises, fundraiser, chaperoning student activities, providing guidance for students, participating on faculty committees, etc.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Performs clerical duties, including, but not limited to, grading papers and making copies</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Assists the Teacher in the use of classroom technology</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Helps maintain the cleanliness of the classroom, lunchroom and other school areas</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Understands, accepts, abides by, and implements the school’s philosophy and mission statement in all school activities</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Other duties as assigned, including, but not limited to, field trips, morning duty, dismissal duty, and lunch duty</span&g