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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.