Lower School Teachers Aide - 2026-27

Mission:  To assist Christian parents by helping equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence, and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ.

Employee Profile:

Spiritually, the employee shall possess characteristics that reflect:

• Acceptance without reservation of the PCA doctrinal beliefs
• A strong clear Christian testimony
• A mature, godly spirit
• A person of faith and prayer

Personally, the employee’s life shall reflect:

• A lifestyle of biblical integrity
• A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness
• The ability to listen and respond to counsel

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist and support the teacher in any way possible with classroom control, art projects, room decorating, snack and lunch time, cutting, pasting, copying, laminating, delivering items, etc.
• Assist students during lunch
• Help with classroom organization and clean up
• Assist children to the restroom, clinic, office, specials, etc.
• Always available to teachers during class and scheduled times
• Supervise class during library times and as needed
• Assist with other grades and classes as scheduled or as needed
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge
• Early care duty on a rotating basis as scheduled by your administrator
• Professional attitude with regard to parents; allowing the teacher to discuss any behavior or academic problems with the parents and allowing the teacher to meet with parents for conferences 
• Support and assist teachers with and on field trips.  Never is an aide to take a class on a field trip without a teacher present
• Maintain professionalism in regards to making any personal phone calls or taking care of personal business during time scheduled to be with your class and/or teacher
• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications/Skills: 

• College degree and/or Aide experience preferred
• Good communication skills
• Flexibility and patience in times of stress
• Prestonwood Baptist Church member preferred

Physical and Mental Requirements and Work Environment Conditions:

• Talking – expressing ideas by means of the spoken word to convey instructions to students/parents and co-workers accurately, loudly or quickly
• Hearing – ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and to receive detailed information through oral communication
• Standing and walking for sustained periods of time – moving about on foot for lecturing and monitoring students in the classroom, as well as throughout the building and playgrounds
• Stooping, crouching, crawling and kneeling – ability to assist small children with various needs
• Climbing, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling and Lifting – ability to pick up small children as need as well as for classroom set up purposes; occasional lifting between 30 – 50 pounds
• Repetitive motion of the wrists, hands and fingers
• Close visual acuity required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and reading
• Environment is primarily indoors in a classroom environment as well as  intermittent outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold
• Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts