Preschool Instructional Assistant
Posted Sep 18, 2026
Job description
PRESCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT PRESCHOOL INST. ASST. CALLOWAY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION POSITION: INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT – PRESCHOOL CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFIED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Any combination equivalent to: high school diploma or G.E.D. Certificate.
- Any combination of paraeducator state assessment or have a minimum of 64 college credit hours. REPORTS TO: Assigned Teacher and/or Principal/Director JOB GOAL: Assist a certified teacher by performing a variety of support functions in a regular classroom setting or within a complex program requiring additional skills and increased independence of action. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITES:
- Assists students in personal care skills as needed under the direction of the teacher.
- Assists students in completion of developmentally appropriate tasks under the direction of the teacher.
- Under the supervision of the certified teacher, works with small groups of students or individual students to reinforce learning introduced by the teacher.
- Accompanies student(s) to areas within the school and on trips outside the building to provide appropriate supervision.
- Assists teacher in planning and preparing lessons for students.
- Assists teacher in classroom management, including supervision of children.
- Serves as the chief source of information and assistance to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
- Participates in professional development training/programs as required.
- Operates and cares for instructional equipment.
- Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students and colleagues as is expected of fully certified faculty.
- Performs such other duties and assumes such other responsibilities to aid the teacher and/or students as assigned.
- Due to the legal responsibility for providing supervision to preschool students on the bus, the assistant will provide monitoring services to preschool students when a substitute monitor cannot be provided through the Director of Transportation.
- Confer, as needed, with teachers concerning programs and materials to meet student needs.
- Assure the health and safety of students by following health and safety practices and regulations.
- Participate in meetings and in-service training programs as assigned.
- Assist students in personal care skills as needed under the direction of the teacher.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- Salary – Hourly Rate based on Instructional Assistant Salary Schedule 2. 180 Days, 7 Hours Per Day
- Hours as assigned by Principal and/or Director Position : 7504 Code : 26252-1 Type : INTERNAL & EXTERNAL Location : PRESCHOOL FACILITY Group : CLASSIFIED Job Family : CLASSIFIED Job Class : INSTRUCTIONAL MONITOR Posting Start : 09/18/2026 Posting End : 10/30/2026 ©2026 Tyler Technologies, Inc. Help/Feedback
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