Job Title:                                Alternative Education Monitor

Starting Salary Range:         $20,000 - $30,000

FLSA Status:                          Non-exempt

Job Summary

Position is responsible for establishing and maintaining a calm educational atmosphere in alternative education classroom

Essential Duties

• To assist student assigned to alternative education with instructional activities such as:
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Helping locate and use educational materials
  • Assisting children with understanding and following directions and rules
  • Encouraging students to work independently
  • Assisting students in various subject areas to do work assigned by classroom teacher
  • Reinforcing skills taught by the classroom teacher
  • Helping students individually with special assignments and academic problems
  • Other instructional activities during assigned school hours.
• Other duties as assigned by the principal.

Job Specifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified, to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required)

• Must hold at least an Associated Degree or successful test results on the ParaPro Assessment.
• Demonstrate basic reading, writing, and computation skills.
• Have previous experience working with groups of children.
• Have good physical and emotional health.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those 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.  Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Clearance

Criminal Justice Background check, Fingerprinting, TB Assessment

Supervision Received:  Principal

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee.  The applicant will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Principal or appropriate administrator.  Accomack County Public Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.

The Accomack County School System does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, handicap, race, religion, color, or national origin in its employment practices.

"We are an equal opportunity employer."