POSITION SUMMARY

Provide support to the lead teacher by assisting in classroom activities and ensuring a safe and positive learning environment for students. The Aide actively engages in NorthPointe Christian’s mission of “Equipping students to impact their world for Jesus Christ.”

This is a part-time position for the 2024-2025 school year.

EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the School’s Foundational Statements and mission through word and deed.
• Integrate Biblical principles and Scripture into daily activities.
• Minister to students through prayer, encouragement, and wise counsel.
• Follow safety protocols for where students can be and how to secure the building.
• Professionally represents the school in interactions with parents, community, staff, and students.
• Remain professional in attire and behavior.
• Maintain confidentiality of all matters pertaining to students, employees, and donors as outlined in NPC’s Confidentiality Agreement.
• Be timely in reporting to work and when at work.
• Carry out the procedures and protocols in the employee handbook and respect decisions made by leadership.
• Maintain open communication with leadership regarding questions, concerns, and needs.
• As a representative of the school, all written and verbal interactions with parents/guardians, co-workers, and the community must be professional and reflect the school positively. This includes one’s appearance, the content of the communication, and presentation of it.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Support Teaching Duties 

• Prepare, teach, assign, and grade Bible curriculum lessons & activities
• Prepare, teach, assign, and grade 6th, 7th and/or 8th grade math groups
• Work with individual students or groups of students on instructional activities as needed
• Provide instructional assistance to students needing additional help
• Mentor student companies during Marketplace 
• Communicate clearly and regularly with teacher regarding student performance
• Lead a Middle School Small Group twice a month

 Non-Teaching Duties

• Record daily attendance 
• Grade daily assignments
• Examine online assessments for automatic-correction accuracy
• Assist with the preparation and organization of instructional materials
• Assist teacher with other clerical duties as needed
• Monitor student behavior to support a positive and respectful learning environment 
• Assist in the orderly arrival and dismissal of students
• Monitor student passage between subjects
• Escort students to chapel and lunch
• Help maintain a clean and orderly learning environment
• Lead physical activities with students

 Other Expectations

• Attend in-service activities during staff week in August
• Assist teacher and students throughout Marketplace Day and during both the afternoon and evening events 
• Participate in Middle School Hybrid team meetings

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Active Christian in agreement with and willing to sign the NorthPointe Christian School’s Foundational statements.
• Able to pass required background checks and fingerprint screening.
• Valid Teaching Certificate or willingness to obtain certification within 1 year.
• Bachelor’s Degree, minimum.
• Adapt classroom work to provide students with instructional materials that address individualized learning plans.
• Be equipped to use a 1:1 MacBook system, well-versed in differentiated instruction and project-based learning. 
• Exhibit the verbal ability to understand meaning of words, the ideas associated with them, and the ability to convey them to others clearly using oral expression and comprehension.
• Desire to nurture and come alongside middle school students to encourage spiritual, academic, and social success.
• Successfully work with a variety of students, individually and in small groups.
• Flexibility to adjust to changing schedules and activities.
• Multi-tasking abilities amid distractions and noise. 
• Attention to detail.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physically able to:
  • Frequently stand and sit for extended periods of time.
  • Frequently use manual dexterity and/or mobility to grasp and/or manipulate objects, operate equipment, and move around the classroom.
  • On occasion, engage with students while kneeling, squatting, stooping, or bending 50-70 degrees at the waist.
  • Perform daily repetitive movement of fingers and hands when writing and typing.
  • Read printed and electronic material daily. See with clarity objects using close, distant, and peripheral vision.
  • Sufficiently hear conversations in person and distinguish sounds clearly up to 20 feet.
• Must be able to maintain continuous safety of the students and respond quickly and appropriately to any threat toward their well-being.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment is a standard classroom, office, or gathering space. The noise level in the work environment is typically low to moderate, but occasionally high depending upon student population and activities.