Educational Assistant - Proximity Support

Purpose and Scope The Educational Assistant - Proximity Support personnel will perform specialized work to co-facilitate learning with varied modes of blended instruction. Under direct mentorship from the teacher of record, the Educational Assistant - Proximity Support will play a pivotal role and is directly involved with assisting the virtual synchronous teacher to achieve student success.

Responsibilities

• This may include targeted work with individual students and small groups, monitoring and documenting student progress, and regular communication with the classroom teacher regarding instruction and other learning resources.
• The personnel will work closely with teachers to resolve complex problems; essentially, being physically present to assist teachers and students with their needs within their immediate classroom.
• Job Functions Supports students with learning skills introduced by the classroom teacher.
• Assistant - Proximity Support will assist the teacher of record with establishing classroom leadership skills with students and hands-on student interaction.
• Assist teacher by distributing education content including notes, tests, and assignments.
• Provides instructional support to students in varied classroom settings (i.e., whole group, small group, and individual).
• Provides additional support, as needed, to enhance student achievement through co-teaching and reinforcement of learning concepts in the classroom environment.
• Works to encourage more collaboration and creativity from a student perspective by emphasizing teaching strategies in a smaller, more controlled setting.
• Assists the virtual synchronous teacher with maintaining a well-organized, smoothly functioning learning environment.
• Monitors student progress, collect and document appropriate academic and/or behavioral data; observes assignments and tests data to take advantage of opportunities to reteach and reinforce when misunderstandings of content are detected.
• Assist classroom teacher with the distributing of progress reports to MSCS students.
• Attends all required professional learning sessions associated with the classes/content areas served to build specialized knowledge.
• Participates in the district provided job related training, staff meetings, in-service, and other professional development sessions as required by the Memphis Shelby County School District.
• In collaboration with the classroom teacher, provide general supervision of students while in the classroom or other district premises.
• Performs other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of supporting student academic achievement.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or directed by the school’s administration/ leadership.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with an Associate's Degree or two (2) years of college (minimum of 48 semester hours).
• One (1) year of experience working with children in an educational setting preferred.
• Must possess or be able to obtain certification in CPR and First Aid.
• (PROOF OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND/OR EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED) Degree Equivalency Formula : Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years plus required years of experience.
• Master’s Degree =6 years plus required years of experience.