Thrive Assistant

Description

JOB TITLE: Thrive Assistant

DEPARTMENT : Thrive

REPORTS TO: Thrive Coordinator

FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt; Hourly

Approximately 15-20 hours/week; prefer 3-4 days per week

Position available to start immediately

Thrive assistants work with students in small groups to offer extension and extra support as needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PERSONAL & SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• •Displays a personal decorum that models professionalism, modesty, and good taste
• •Models Christian virtues in attitude, speech, and action
• •Exhibits the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23)
• •Models and cultivates habits of prayer, faith, and encouragement in self and others
• •Participates and contributes to staff devotions and prayer
• •Commits and contributes to a local church
• •Possesses a solid and growing knowledge of the Scripture and Christianity
• •Disciples students toward spiritual growth and maturity
• •Maintains good health and physical endurance to fulfill job duties
• •Maintains good attendance
• •Participates in a staff devotional, PLC, and updates PLJ’s regularly
• •Attends weekly chapel if on campus
• •Sets professional goals and monitors progress at least quarterly

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• •Builds strong partnerships with parents and teachers
• •Engenders parental support and trust
• •Communicates student progress with other LCS colleagues including teachers and admin as appropriate
• •Collaborates and cooperates with colleagues
• •Attends and contributes to required school meetings and functions as needed
• •Completes other tasks assigned by administration
• •Participate in meetings, devotions, professional learning community and Inservice as required

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

• •Contributes to a learning environment that is conducive to teaching and learning
• •The learning environment is warm and inviting
• •The learning environment is clean, safe, and orderly
• •Facilitates positive, productive interactions in the learning environment
• •Assistant demonstrates genuine care and respect for students
• •Students exhibit cordial respect for teacher
• •Students are polite, respectful, and encouraging to one another
• •Enables students to consistently perform at a high level
• •Assistant establishes and leads students to work towards high standards
• •Students engage in lessons/tasks productively and enthusiastically
• •Students are intrinsically motivated to give their best efforts
• •Transitions students between lessons/activities with minimum down time
• •Maintains proper control of the learning environment

INSTRUCTION

• •Cultivates high level, critical thinking skills in students
• •Encourages students to explain, elaborate, or defend answers age appropriately
• •Guides students in problem-solving processes
• •Equips students to analyze, synthesize, and apply
• •Corrects student errors appropriately and sensitively
• •Instills a Biblical worldview in students
• •Makes direct connection to Scripture when appropriate
• •Guides students to evaluate content against a Biblical worldview
• •Encourages students towards faith in and obedience to God
• •Creates opportunities for student participation and active learning
• •Uses Q & A, discussions, role playing, and other methods that facilitate active participation
• •Provides adequate opportunities for guided practice and independent practice

BENEFITS

• •Tuition discount for own children or choice of education reimbursement, student loan reimbursement or deposit into LCS 401k, based on FTE.
• •Free lunch on school days worked
• •Ongoing professional development
• •Positive, Christ-centered culture

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

• •Must be a born-again Christian.
• •Must be a credible Christian role model whose godly lifestyle and character demonstrate obedience to God and the Holy Bible.
• •Must be able to support and comply with the school’s Statement of Faith and Statement of Conduct.
• •Must possess Biblical knowledge and the ability to integrate Scripture into subject matters taught.
• •Must have an understanding of and commitment to Lighthouse Christian School educational objectives and philosophy of education.
• •Bachelor’s degree and/or teaching experience is preferred.
• •Proficient in Microsoft Office and in an Internet/online environment; ability to quickly learn and use different software applications.
• •Must have sufficient health and physical endurance to be able to complete assigned responsibilities.