Upper Elementary Classroom Assistant

Regular, On-going Tasks 

      Daily 

Pre-, during and Post-class 

• Carry out plans and directives of Guides. 

• Help keep classroom and bathroom neat during and after sessions. 

• Take charge of refilling supplies as needed. 

During Class 

• Greet and dismiss children. 

• Assist any children with a problem in organizing materials, completing tasks and returning materials properly. 

• Contend with interruptions, thereby freeing trained staff to continue working with children and/or observing. 

• Take charge of classroom when Directress is out of the room. 

Post-class – in cooperation with Directress 

• Make minor material repairs. 

• Refresh environment. 

• If necessary, program and assemble a new exercise for the next day. 

• Confer with Directress 

• Compare observations. 

• Discuss relevant points in Montessori theory. 

• Demonstrate a learning material. 

• Exchange ideas or alternate way to cope with a given child (not just problems). 

• Review successful group activities and invent new ones. 

Occasional, On-going Tasks 

• Attend all staff meetings and other in-service training as requested. 

• Attend school functions as requested.  

• Other duties as requested 

      Physical – On the job at least 80% of the time, the employee must: 

• Bend 

• Squat 

• Stand 

• Sit on the floor 

• Walk independently for up to 1 mile

• Push/pull 

• Carry/lift up to 50lbs 

• Walk up to one mile comfortably and independently