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MU
Moorpark Unified School District
Paraeducator 5 hrs (004-27)
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What they do
A Teacher Assistant assists classroom teachers by providing extra individual attention and instruction to students. Helps teachers with recordkeeping, preparation for lessons and activities and supervising students. May work with special education students, or work in a school library or computer lab; may be called teacher aide or paraprofessional.
$44,687 / year median in California
+8% projected growth
Job Description
The person in this position works under general supervision, to perform a variety of instructional and routine clerical duties designed to free the instructor from routine work related to the program and to provide specialized instruction. Primary responsibilities of the position are to:
- Work with individuals, small groups or entire classes in presenting routine instructional materials.
- Understand and apply classroom management techniques in a manner consistent with teacher instruction.
- Supervise activities of children in the classroom, on field trips, on the playground, in the cafeteria, while bus boarding and during fire and earthquake drills.
- Ability to interpret Spanish orally and written in some positions is required.
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with those contacted in the course of work.