2025-2026 Library Educational Assistant

JOB TITLE: Library Educational Assistant atParkview Elementary

SUMMARY OF POSITION/PURPOSE:
To assist teachers in achieving their objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

SUPERVISOR:
Classroom Teacher and/or School Principal or Designee

SUPERVISES:
No other staff

EDUCATION REQUIRED/PREFERRED:
Required: High School Diploma or Equivalent.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/PREFERRED:
Preferred: At least two years experience in position

CERTIFICATE/LICENSE:
Current New Mexico Public Education Department Level 3 Educational Assistant License. Must have an AA in Early Childhood Development or be willing to earnin 6 credit hours per academic year towards AA in Early Childhood Development.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
2. Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students their needs interests and abilities.
3. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
4. Helps student master equipment or instructional materials assigned by their teacher.
5. Distributes and collects workbooks papers and other materials for instruction.
6. Guides independent study enrichment work and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
7. Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills assemblies play periods and field trips.
8. Keeps bulletin board and other classroom learning displays attractive and up to date.
9. Assists with such large group activities as drill work reading aloud and storytelling.
10. Reads to students listens to students read and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
11. Assists students in the library or media center.
12. Checks notebooks corrects papers and supervises testing and make up work as assigned by the teacher.
13. Checks and records student attendance.
14. Helps students with their clothing.
15. Assists with lunch snack and cleanup routines.
16. Assists with washup and toilet routines.
17. Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
18. Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
19. Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.

20. Must adhere to all NM Educational guidelines and training guidelines.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES REQUIRED/PREFERRED:

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT:
Employees work:

Standing

60%

Inside

95%

Walking

35%

Outside

5%

Sitting

5%

Total

100%

100%

Requirements While Performing Job:

Physical Activity

Daily: Yes/No

Description

Twist: Waist

Yes

Wrist

Yes

Neck/Shoulder

Yes

Stoop bend

Yes

Squat kneel or crawl

Yes

Repetitive motions of hands or wrists

Yes

Run

No

Climb ladders stairs or equipment

No

Ride equipment

No

Walk on uneven terrain

No

Fine finger dexterity

Yes

Manual dexterity

Yes

Reaching above shoulders

Yes

Reaching at shoulder height

Yes

Reaching below shoulders

Yes

Other

Requirements for pushing lifting pulling or carrying obstacles of weight

No. of lbs. from the floor

Push

Pull

Lift

Carry

Frequency: Explain if daily/weekly/monthly/once in a while

025

X

X

Daily

2650

X

X

Weekly

51150

X

Once in a while

Above 150

No. of lbs from chest high

025

X

X

Weekly

2650

X

X

Once in a while

51150

Above 150

No. of lbs. over head

025

X

X

Once in a while

2650

51150

Above 150

Must be capable of working under unusual conditions such as:

Chemicals skin irritants such as soaps cleaning agents and others

Yes

Cold/heat of outside work

Confined spaces such as crawl spaces and other small areas

Contact with the public

Yes

Dampness

Electrical

Explosives flammables gas paint thinners

High work spaces

Machine noise

Yes

Radiation

Sun

Yes

Vibration

Protective equipment required

Vision Demand and Capabilities Hearing Demands and Capabilities

Normal night vision

Normal depth perception

X

Normal depth vision

X

Normal color vision

X

Red/Green/Amber color vision

X

Uncorrected Vision

Corrected Vision

X

Hearing essentially normal

X

Some high tone loss

Significant high tone loss

Low tone loss

Other requirements: Corrected hearing

X

PRIMARY JOB LOCATION:
Assigned school site

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT (LENGTH OF CONTRACT):
School year as scheduled on school calendar

EVALUATION PERFORMED BY:
Supervising Teacher/Principal or Deisgnee

Socorro Consolidated Schools provides all training required by OSHA to ensure employee safety.