Teaching Assistant - Greater Atlanta Christian School

Greater Atlanta Christian School (GACS) is a leading independent school in northeast Georgia in Norcross. We are a faith-infused, academically rich community, ranked at the top of the state for teaching quality, arts, and athletics. We are Christians, change-makers, dreamers, aspirers, and hard workers. Together, we are raising a generation of bright, inspired, generous leaders. We share in a community where high academic rigor is matched by active faith and a deep commitment to care for one another in a collegiate-style campus. We live out our passions, our curiosity, our faith, and our pursuit to Be Greater.  

We are seeking dynamic, engaging individuals that will be responsible for assisting teachers with our Lower School students in face-to-face, online, and blended learning environments.  The individuals will also be responsible for:

• Assisting the Lead Teacher(s) with instructing and supervising students in classroom activities, including the preparation of activities to support lesson plans.
• Working with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce new skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assisting the Lead Teacher in devising and implementing special strategies for reinforcing skills based on the needs and abilities of each student.
• Assisting with critical daily activities such as classroom transition times, playground, mealtimes, and halls.
• Utilizing appropriate language, interactions, and positive discipline; model positive, nurturing Christian behavior.
• Continuously monitoring students to ensure a safe environment at all times; maintain a clean, organized learning environment.
• Assisting with parental communications about daily classroom routine, expectations, policies, field trips, and volunteer opportunities.
• Maintaining up-to-date and accurate student folders and records.
• Preparing bulletin boards, graphs, and charts.
• Encouraging the development of student self-control by utilizing classroom management and modeling techniques.
• Maintaining quality results by following and enforcing standards.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Our school strives to create an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the diversity of the people we serve. We foster fairness, equity, and inclusion to create a workplace environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity.  We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job that is engaged and passionate in promoting our faith-based mission for our students, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every one of our qualifications listed. Feel free to contact us with any questions about your application.

Knowledge:

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience;

Experience:

• Relevant experience, with teaching assistance experience in early childhood through fifth-grade school environment preferred;

Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, conflict resolution, and organizational skills;
• Ability to convey a dynamic, energetic, patient, and nurturing spirit;
• Ability to apply professional, Christian, ethical and legal standards of conduct in relationships with students, parents, school personnel, and co-workers, particularly as it relates to confidentiality;
• Flexible, with the ability to work in a highly demanding, stressful environment;
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills;
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and work independently;
• Ability to embrace innovation as a tool to teach, engage, and motivate students;

Other:

• Ability to lift and carry children (up to 50 lbs.), including kneeling, bending, stooping, stretching, or squatting to interact with children; use fingers and hands to manipulate small objects; run short distances; sit on the floor; bend, stretch, twist and reach out; move arms and legs quickly; and, coordinate movement of several parts of the body such as arms and legs, while the body is moving;
• Successful background check and drug/alcohol clearance;
• Acknowledgment and agreement of the School’s Community Covenant and Statement of Faith.

Perks

Free lunch, onsite fitness center, healthcare benefits, retirement plan, and a Christian community of innovative, engaged individuals.