Instructional Aide Responsibilities/Guidelines

1. Respects the confidentiality of all student and family information.
2. Coordinates instructional efforts by discussing assigned instructional responsibilities with the classroom teacher.
3. Assists the teacher in the presentation of lessons.
4. Administers examinations in accordance with teacher guidance.
5. Assists students, individually or in groups, with lesson assignments in order to reinforce learning concepts.
6. Observes and supervises students during classroom activities.
7. Assists with student supervision while outside the classroom during transitional and non-transitional time.
8. Helps students utilize equipment and instructional materials available in the classroom.
9. Participates in service training programs as appropriate.
10. Assists the teacher in implementing strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
11. Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other instructional materials.
12. Supervises students before and after school and at recess.
13. Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work assigned by the teacher.
14. Assists with such large groups activities as drill work and story telling.
15. Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication.
16. Assists students in the library/media center and computer lab.
17. Alerts the teacher to any problems or special information about individual students.
18. Serves as a chief source of information and assistance to substitute teachers assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
19. Performs all other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher and/or the educational administrator.