Looking for Teacher Assistant- 3 Vacancies in Mississippi

Job title: Teacher Assistant- 3 Vacancies

Company: Teach Mississippi

Job description: JOB GOAL: To lead students toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth and maturation.



RESPONSIBLE TO: Principal



DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate instructional efforts.


• Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations.


• Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, or supervised role-playing methods.


• 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.


• Conduct demonstrations to teach such skills as sports, dancing, and handicrafts.


• Distribute teaching materials such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils to students.


• Distribute tests and homework assignments, and collect them when they are completed.


• Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.


• Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.


• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials, in order to prevent injuries and damage.


• Observe students' performance, and record relevant data to assess progress.


• 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.


• Plan, prepare, and develop various teaching aids such as bibliographies, charts, and graphs.


• Provide extra assistance to students with special needs, such as non-English-speaking students or those with physical and mental disabilities.


• Assist in bus loading and unloading.


• Assist librarians in school libraries.


• Attend staff meetings, and serve on committees as required.


• Laminate teaching materials to increase their durability under repeated use.


• Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories, and assist students with hardware and software use.


• Monitor classroom viewing of live or recorded courses transmitted by communication satellites.


• Operate and maintain audiovisual equipment.


• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities such as restrooms.


• Requisition and stock teaching materials and supplies.


• Type, file, and duplicate materials.


• Use computers, audiovisual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

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