# Instructional Aide

**Company**: ACCEL Schools
**Location**: Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

ACCEL Schools is seeking an Instructional Aide for Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy in Kearneysville, WV.

Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy (EPPA) is a public charter school located on a 30-acre rural campus in Jefferson County, West Virginia, serving students from pre-kindergarten to 8th grade. As part of the ACCEL network of high-performing charter schools, EPPA offers a highly individualized college prep learning environment with small class sizes, a fully certified and licensed faculty, and strong community support.

### Responsibilities

As an Instructional Aide, you will assist teachers with classroom activities, promote positive student behaviors, and help ensure student safety and a positive school climate. Your responsibilities will include:

- Supporting lessons taught by teachers to individual students or groups

- Helping plan classroom activities as directed by teachers

- Assisting with school events such as parent-faculty nights, faculty meetings, and assemblies

- Performing clerical duties like grading papers and making copies

- Assisting teachers with classroom technology

- Maintaining classroom cleanliness

- Understanding and implementing the school's philosophy and mission statement

- Other duties as assigned, including field trips and lunch duty

### Performance Expectations

- Working cooperatively with teachers and others

- Following directives from administrators and teachers

- Contributing to a positive school culture with high professional standards

### Requirements

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

- Proficiency in MS Office

- Successful completion of BCI/FBI check

- Ability to meet educational standards

- Ability to work well under pressure and prioritize tasks

- Understanding and management of 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

### Benefits

- Paid time off

- Retirement contributions

- Optional Basic Life and AD&D insurance

- Voluntary life insurance

- Discounted childcare

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- Employee Assistance Program

- Voluntary short-term and long-term disability insurance

- Career advancement opportunities

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## 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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