Essential Functions: • Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate instructional efforts • Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations • Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups in order to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers • Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips • Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials, in order to prevent injuries and damage • Organize and label materials, and display students’ work in a manner appropriate for their eye levels and perceptual skills • Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development • Take class attendance, and maintain attendance records • Laminate teaching materials to increase their durability under repeated use • Requisition and stock teaching materials and supplies • Type, file, and duplicate materials

Qualifications: • High school diploma; Bachelor’s degree preferred • A minimum of one year’s teaching assistant experience in an independent school environment • Excellent verbal and written communications skills