Interim Instructional Assistant GenEd - Junior Collegiate Academy

Job Summary

**This is a part-time interim position with 28 hours/week with Aspire Junior Collegiate Academy in Huntington Park ending in June 2027.**

ABOUT ASPIRE

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998—in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through—Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.

Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Instructional Assistant supports classroom teacher(s) in providing a high quality, personalized education program for students. S/he works during the school day and/or the after school program. The ideal candidate for this position is a recent college graduate who has an interest in pursuing a career as an educator.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Support classroom systems/procedures and help manage student behavior to ensure all students are fully engaged in learning

Develop and implement lesson plans and classroom activities consistent with California State Standards and Aspire Instructional Guidelines

Assess students regularly in accordance with Aspire guidelines and analyze assessment data

Collaborate with Aspire team members to improve own and others’ instructional practices; share best practices

Help classroom teacher(s) provide students and their families

Requirements / Qualifications

Minimum educational level:

Associate’s degree or successful completion of 48 units of college credit or passing of Paraprofessional Test

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Teaching, or related field preferred

Work authorization requirements:

Clear the Department of Justice background screening

Authorized to work in the United States

Provide health (TB) clearance (update every four years)

Comments and Other Information

Competencies:

Knowledge of child cognitive development and different learning styles

Ability and willingness to implement Aspire Instructional Guidelines and Best Practices

Ability and willingness to reflect and improve

Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate with colleagues, parents and community

Physical requirements:

Stand, walk or bend over, kneel, crouch, reach overhead, grasp, push, and pull. Move, lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds to shoulder height

Repetitive use of hands (i.e. fine manipulation, simple grasping, and power grasping)

Demonstrate normal depth perception

Sitting, walking or standing for extended periods of time

Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, operate standard office equipment, and use a telephone

See and read a computer screen and printed matter with or without vision aids

Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone with or without auditory aides