Teaching Assistants (Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School)

To initially prepare for an interview opportunity, you will need to set up a profile at irondistrict.org. Make sure that you have a current resume and cover letter uploaded to your profile as well as taking the online questionnaire that they have so that when jobs are posted, you can apply easily...

You tend to work Monday through Friday from 8am-3:30pm. You’ll often be busy tutoring groups of students, helping the teacher with lesson classroom management, and monitoring students during lunch or recess. Sometimes you’ll be required to work one on one with a child and other times you’ll be ma...

Definitely reflect on your experiences working with kids, good and bad. They also ask how you would handle certain issues regarding children who are misbehaving, going through a crisis, etc... But also, think about the passion you may have for working with kids and helping others.

You arrive between 7:30-8:00AM and then go out to either the playground to watch kids and help them line up for breakfast, or you would go to the cafeteria and assist with washing tables and assisting any students in the breakfast line. You would then either help to clean up in the cafeteria or h...

Grading homework, proctoring exams when needed, helping professor grade exams, answering Piazza questions, holding office hours, and answering emails from students. It is about 10 hours per week.

The first grade co-teacher is a huge support for the lead teacher. Your job includes lesson planning, teaching, bringing children to and from co-cirriculars, parent teacher conferences, problem solving with students and SO much more. Usually the co-teacher takes turns with the lead teacher to run...

The interview will likely be with both the Director/Principal of the High School and the facilities director. You should have a brief knowledge of what St. Leonards does as well as what restorative justice is as a whole. It is important to know why you want to intern at St. Leonards. Why are you ...

Be ready to share experiences about similar settings that you have either worked or volunteered in, as well as any class content that you feel could help you in a preschool environment. Make sure to look at the website and familiarize yourself with what CDC values in their curriculum. Learn about...

You show up for your shift waiting for the kids to be dropped off. After that, each day is an adventure. Depending on the class you're in, there's a schedule followed throughout the day and based on that schedule, you help the Therapeutic Preschool Specialists (TPS) with whatever they need. That ...

What you'll end up doing will probably depend on what shift you have (if you work there part time like I did) and on what age group you're with. In general, though, a day at MJCC roughly involves: playing with/supervising children as they arrive, preparing breakfast snack and supervising children...

I take the AM time on a Friday. I arrive a little before 9AM and follow the teacher's lead to bring the kids to our classroom from being dropped off on busses and get ready for whatever activity the teachers have planned. There's a set schedule the children follow; pull out their lunches and put ...

You will be asked if you can manage the physical aspects of the job. It switches between standing (like when the children are outside on the playground) and sitting (helping with activities). As the classroom aid you will also be expected to set up and take down lunch tables, fill/empty the water...

I arrived roughly 30-40 minutes before the kids arrived to set up the classroom (making sure activities were ready, filling the water table). The staff all attend morning devotion together before students arrive.When the kids started arriving, I would answer the door to let them in (the pre-k is ...

In this position you will be working in a classroom with 3 other teachers. The maximum number of children an infant room can have at one time is 10. Most of your time will revolve around the different babies feeding/sleeping schedules and you will have to prepare bottles and put them down for nap...

Be prepared to have examples of when you have worked with children, this could include any babysitting, nanny, camp counseling, etc. You can make yourself a stronger candidate by explaining how courses in your major supplement your experiences working with children. You may also have a chance to ...

If you work full time, the days are pretty long. You work from about 7:30-5 with a one hour break somewhere in the day. Days are spent teaching and instructing in the morning, providing meals, and documenting all pertinent information about the child's day.

My major greatly prepared me for this position! I learned a great amount about child development, learning, and teaching methods. I learned appropriate methods of teaching that are suitable for younger kids. It is important to view each student as an individual and to treat them as such!

Being a preschool assistant at Jumpstart is a very fun and rewarding experience. Twice a week you go into a preschool for a few hours and interact with the children. The jumpstart team doing different activities with the children to help their writing and reading skills. The kids are always excit...

When you meet an Uncommon recruiter, ask specifically which campuses are hiring, especially if you feel strongly about working with a particular age group. Since recruiters work region wide, they’re hiring for multiple positions at once. If you really want to work with high schoolers, you don’t w...

You shadow a class of any grade for the last 2 weeks of the school year with your mentor teacher in preparation for teaching summer school as your lead teacher. You also get weekly pd and teach like a champion training. You teach a month of summer school with the help of your lead teacher.

You tend to work Monday through Friday from 8am-3:30pm. You’ll often be busy tutoring groups of students, helping the teacher with lesson classroom management, and monitoring students during lunch or recess. Sometimes you’ll be required to work one on one with a child and other times you’ll be ma...

As a TA part of my job was helping the teacher by managing the classroom. The TA is responsible for assisting the teacher in properly preparing the class. You have to be organized and engage with the students. One very important skill that is needed to be successful as a teacher assistant is to m...

Teacher assistants are mainly facilitators within classrooms. They are there to communicate between Chinese students and English-speaking teachers. Teacher assistants usually also act as "model students", showing other students how the teacher would like them to behave during class time or during...

Interviewing with the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is a three-part process: First, there is a phone interview in which the interviewer asks questions about your teaching style, how you will incorporate that style in helping students grow academically, how you use data to inform inst...

A day in the life of a teacher in DCPS is not too different from teaching in other districts. At my particular school, the day went as follows: 8:15-9:15 am - Staff meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to discuss topics around instruction, assessments, data, etc. 9:15-11:15 am - Reading/S...

Know your strengths and weaknesses. How are you working on your weaknesses? Be ready to answer questions about how you manage your classroom and student behavior. You will likely be asked about specific example from your teaching - come prepared with examples of situations you handled well and no...

Busy! You will be expected to do the job of 2-3 people! You need to be able to manage student behaviors both within your own classroom, but in other classrooms as well. You will need to support gen ed teachers, supervise paras, collect (and analyze) data, help students with executive functioning,...

Be sure to have examples of how you have used data and classroom objectives to drive your instruction with students. The support you provide is generally one-on-one or in small groups, so be able to talk to your experience in these formats. North Shore values team players, so you won't just be t...

80% of your job is working with students one-on-one or in small groups, providing academic interventions and organizational/study skills. You also meet with teachers to discuss concerns, ideas for modifications in the classroom. You might provide accommodations like reading assessments to studen...