Job Information
Williamsville Central School District Teacher Aide - 30 hours (Temporary) - Dodge Elementary in East Amherst, New York
Job Details
Job ID: 5641130
Job Description
30 hours per week
Initial hours of assignment: 8:00am - 2:30pm (Includes ½ hr. unpaid lunch)
Temporary position: ASAP through 6/26/26
Teacher Aides may be required to provide personal care to students including toileting. Lifting may be involved. Aides may be working in life skills classrooms, job coaching or with special needs students.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Work collaboratively with classroom teachers
Flexibility to work with students and adults in different classrooms
Takes initiative
Helps teacher prepare and set up
Reinforce lessons and provide students assistance
Enforce classroom rules
Enforce school rules outside the classroom, which may include bus duty and cafeteria duty
Help to meet the needs of all students
Work in several classrooms throughout the day
Other responsibilities as directed by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee.
Requirements:
Warm, caring attitude and approach
Growth mindset
Strong communicator
Patient
Understanding
Dependable
Love of learning
Efficient
Sound judgement
Ability to record keep
Organized
Multi-tasker
Able to work collaboratively with classroom teachers
Can easily follow directions and be independent when teacher is teaching the class
Desire to work with student
Skillset to work with children and problem solve
Strong organizational skills
Willing to work with small groups of students as well as individual students
Must have at least one year experience working with school aged children
Non-competetive Civil Service job description:
Distinguishing Features of the Class: The work involves relieving school teaches in a large suburban school district of that part of their duties which, while related to the teaching process, can be performed by noncertified personnel. The work requires the incumbent to have some knowledge of the specific area of instruction performed by the teacher, to which the teacher aide is assigned. The incumbent is expected to exercise good judgment and to have considerable ability in getting along with children. Does related work as required.
Qualifications:
Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma; OR
Four (4) years of experience and knowledge in a particular field where specialized duties are involved; OR
An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B).
NOTE: This position is not designed to replace clerical positions such as Typist, Stenographer or Clerk. Also, it is not designed to assist a Teacher in the teaching process; this is reserved for Teaching Assistants. See Section 80.33 Rules of the Board of Regents and Regulations of the Commissioner of Education.
NOTE: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.
Special Requirements: Ability to establish good relationships with students, teachers and others; ability to gain and hold the confidence of and to maintain a patient and understanding attitude towards school children; ability to maintain order in classrooms and to enforce school regulations with firmness; familiarity with classroom routine; good background or knowledge in specific field where specialized duties are involved; resourcefulness in conducting activities indirectly related to teaching process; ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions; dependability; neat personal appearance; tact; courtesy; good judgment; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.
Reports to: All work is performed under the direct supervision of the teacher or school principal.
Typical Work Activities:
Is familiar with and contributes to the successful implementation of the District's Mission and Belief statements;
Oversees students in completing assigned projects;
Assists the teacher in recording grades and marks;
Proctors and otherwise helps to conduct examinations;
Assists the teacher in correcting test papers, themes and essays;
Manages records, materials and equipment;
Supervises students doing remedial work directed by teacher;
Assists in preparing bulletin boards, teacher aids and organization of necessary materials;
Assists in operating audio-visual equipment when required;
Arranges for films and projectors, as well as ordering other related equipment and supplies;
Reads in a foreign language from prepared scripts for tape recording purposes;
Assists in overseeing technical operations or language laboratory equipment;
Helps to set up science laboratory equipment, conduct experiments and performs limited review of student laboratory reports;
Helps in the technical preparation and production of television programs;
Reads to and plays records for children in primary grades;
Provides piano, violin or other musical accompaniment;
Assists teachers in the supervision of students and performs other support services which are determined and supervised by teachers.
Perform such other tasks and assume such other responsibilities as directed by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee.
Starting pay rate for Aides: $18.90/hour
Hourly stipends apply as follows:
Split aide (assigned to both general education & PPS aide duties); UPK aide; Literacy aide; Primary Project aide; Health aide; Attendance aide - $0.50/hour
PPS aide; job coach aide - $1.50/hour
(Although you are strongly encouraged to complete an online application when applying to a job posting, paper applications are available for certain non-instructional applicants who do not have access to a computer. A paper application can be downloaded from the www.williamsvillek12.org website or picked up at the reception desk in the District Office.)
Position Type: Part-Time
Job Categories:
Support Staff, Supervisory Aide
Salary: $18.90 to $18.90 Per Hour
Job Requirements
Citizenship, residency or work visa required
Contact Information
Lynn Clark
105 Casey Road
East Amherst, New York 14501
Phone: 716-626-8053
Email: lmclark2@williamsvillek12.org