Educational Assistant - Proximity Support

Purpose and Scope:

OVERVIEW

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is seeking dynamic educational champions ready to position our district as a national exemplar of education transformation. We need leaders with a fierce commitment to actualizing a bold vision that yields ambitious outcomes for more than 110,000 students and families across the Memphis-Shelby County area. The reality is that we can do better for kids, and we will with the right leaders in place. The most successful candidates believe that more is possible for Memphis and are:

• Courageous Thinkers & Doers: Prepared to navigate and thrive in a complex and ambiguous environment on day one, present innovative ideas to address systemwide issues, and execute sustainable plans toward transformation.
• Solutions-Oriented: See the possibilities, demonstrate the capacity to synthesize information and adjust short and long-term goals, and consistently find a window when doors close to deliver measurable results for kids and families.
• High-Performing Gamechangers: Leader of leaders with the capacity to mobilize and empower an outstanding team, make people-centered data-informed decisions, and operate with a relentless hyperfocus on removing stubborn barriers that destroy the hopes and dreams of too many of our students.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:

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.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Supports students with learning skills introduced by the classroom teacher.
2. Educational Assistant - Proximity Support will assist the teacher of record with establishing classroom leadership skills with students and hands-on student interaction.
3. Assist teacher by distributing education content including notes, tests, and assignments.
4. Provides instructional support to students in varied classroom settings (i.e., whole group, small group, and individual).
5. Provides additional support, as needed, to enhance student achievement through co-teaching and reinforcement of learning concepts in the classroom environment.
6. Works to encourage more collaboration and creativity from a student perspective by emphasizing teaching strategies in a smaller, more controlled setting.
7. Assists the virtual synchronous teacher with maintaining a well-organized, smoothly functioning learning environment.
8. 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.
9. Assist classroom teacher with the distributing of progress reports to MSCS students.
10. Attends all required professional learning sessions associated with the classes/content areas served to build specialized knowledge.
11. 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.
12. In collaboration with the classroom teacher, provide general supervision of students while in the classroom or other district premises.
13. Performs other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of supporting student academic achievement.
14. Performs other related duties as assigned or directed by the school’s administration/ leadership.

Minimum Qualifications:

(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.