# Instructional Aide

**Company**: ACCEL Schools
**Location**: Cleveland, Ohio
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

ACCEL Schools is seeking an Instructional Aide at East Academy in Cleveland, Ohio.

East Academy is a public charter school serving EK-8th grade students in the South Collinwood community. The school offers a wide range of specialty subjects, extracurricular activities, and sports. With an experienced administration and caring teachers, East Academy creates a positive school culture and partners with the Cleveland Food Bank and Cleveland Cavaliers.

### About the Opportunity:

The Instructional Aide will assist the teacher with classroom activities and promote positive student behaviours in academics and extracurricular activities. The successful candidate will provide oversight to ensure student safety and a positive school climate, while assisting the School Leader and Teachers with administrative duties.

### Duties:

- Supports lessons taught by the teacher to individual students or groups of students and follows instructional plans as assigned by the Teacher or School Leader

- Helps plan classroom activities as directed by the Teacher and supports the Teacher in all student and parent relations

- Assists with school activities, such as parent-faculty nights, faculty meetings, assemblies, commencement exercises, fundraisers, chaperoning student activities, providing guidance for students, and participating on faculty committees

- Performs clerical duties, including grading papers and making copies

- Assists the Teacher in using classroom technology

- Maintains the cleanliness of the classroom, lunchroom, and other school areas

- Understands, accepts, abides by, and implements the school's philosophy and mission statement in all school activities

- Other duties as assigned, such as field trips, morning duty, dismissal duty, and lunch duty

### Performance Expectations:

- Works cooperatively with the Teacher and others

- Acts in accordance with directives from the Administrator (or designee) and teacher

- Contributes to a positive climate and culture by exhibiting high professional standards

### About You:

- Associate degree, two years of college coursework, or the passage of the Paraprofessional's Exam

- Proficiency in MS Office

- Successful completion of BCI/FBI check

- Ability to meet educational standards as applicable

- Ability to work well under pressure, prioritise tasks, and manage deadlines

- Understanding and ability to manage confidential information

- High-quality written and verbal communication skills

- Physical ability to lift 25-40 lbs.

- Experience in a school or social services setting is a plus

## Skills

### Required
- MS Office
- BCI/FBI check
- Paraprofessional's Exam

### Nice to have
- Experience in a school or social services setting

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