K-8 Instructional Aide – Full-time

K-8 Instructional Aide Full-time

Alameda CA

Desired Start Date: 8/1/2025

The Organization

The Academy of Alameda serves one of the most diverse student populations in the state and is committed to providing all students a world-class education including supporting students social-emotional development. In addition to providing students with deep learning experiences that are academically and emotionally engaging students learning experiences in and out of the classroom are shaped by The Academys commitment to social justice.

The Academy of Alameda staff has an excellent reputation for connecting to its diverse families providing students a strong academic foundation and for building meaningful relationships in and between students staff and families. Finally we take pride in our fierce commitment to our envisioned future of supporting all of our students success and that their destinies are not determined by their demographics.

The Opportunity

The Instructional Aide will help differentiate instruction and provide a high level of support for students who have diverse learning needs.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborates with teachers on in-class instructional strategies for academic and behavioral support that best serves a diverse group of learners.
• Provides student support in literacy/math content following teacher guidance on best practices for instruction note taking small group or station work and other in class support as needed.
• Works with small groups of students in an instructional capacity reteaching specific lessons as needed.
• Tutors students individually or in groups to reinforce learning concepts
• Provides supervision for students before school and during the school day as assigned to ensure safety of all students
• Attend weekly professional development and staff meetings
• Implement provided curriculum
• Assist with clerical duties such as record keeping filing correcting papers and data collection
• Attend student progress meetings or IEPs as requested
• Assists in understanding and supporting appropriate student behavior
• Establishes and maintains a cooperative working relationship with staff members
• Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned/required by supervisor or site administrator(s)
• Follow established policies procedures and processes as found in the Family and Employee Handbooks
• Be punctual for work and avoid making appointments during scheduled work time
• Establish and maintain professional relations and show patience with parents teachers and other staff
• Identify and respond to student behavior through restorative practices

Qualifications

• Experience working with youth in any educational or child care setting
• Classroom experience and strong classroom management preferred
• Experience in working with high needs students a plus
• Must pass a criminal background check and TB test clearance
• High school graduate or equivalent college degree preferred

Skills & Requirements

• Strong literacy/math background from school or experience
• Paid or volunteer experience working with children in any educational or child care setting experience with middle school-aged students preferred
• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Strong collaboration skills

Supervision

Manager: Special Education Administrator
Supervisor: Special Education Administrator/Dean of Students (MS/ES)

Direct Reports: Special Education Administrator/Dean of Students (MS/ES)

Time Commitment

This position is full-time and follows a 10 month work year with student-free days for professional learning and collaboration with colleagues. Most staff will report early in August (exact calendar TBD).

Our Compensation Package

At AoA we take great care of our employees. We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package including competitive salary and generous health and retirement benefits (100% employee health coverage/100% for dependents for standard Kaiser benefits coverage); 10% employer-match for 457 retirement program; medical and dependent FSA; employee assistance program (EAP).

The Academy of Alameda is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce at all levels so that it reflects the demographics of the students and families that it serves. The Academy is committed to continually looking inward to dismantle policies and practices that lead to systemic racism.