Position Summary
We are currently searching for an Instructional Assistant for the 2024-2025 school year. The Instructional Assistant will provide vital support for and will work alongside the teacher; together, they will:
- Rigorously develop our students’ academic skills
- Support the school’s unique approach to developing students’ social-emotional skills
- Foster a learning environment that develops thinking and learning within the classroom
- Provide high-quality experiences all day, every day
- Creates a space to allow our students to understand how deeply faculty/staff care for them
- Intentionally listen and properly respond to the compliments and concerns of students, parents, and community members
- Keep parents regularly informed about their children’s academic and social- emotional progress
- Maintain a strong, student-centered relationship between home and school
- Encourage in-depth parent participation in the life of the school
- Utilize available resources to help families support one another
- Support and reinforce Perea’s Core Values: community, empathy, innovation, safety and excellence with our students, parents, community members and colleagues
Qualifications:
- Affinity for the compelling mission of Perea Elementary School
- 48 semester hours of college credits or bachelor’s degree
- Personal and professional integrity
How to Apply
Please send a resume and cover letter to careers@pereaelementary.org