Teaching Assistant

Job Summary:
Centre Assistants support the Company Centre Instructor and Centre Director in various instructional and center management tasks. Job responsibilities are assigned by the Company Centre Instructor and/or Centre Director based upon the needs of each centre.

Centre-Specific Requirements

-Comfortable with high school mathematics and English (comprehension)

-Live near the centre to access

-Good organizational skills

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Repetitive tasks
• Attention to detail

-Available to work 3-4 days (out of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday) 3:30pm-7:30pm

Early Learner/Primary Instruction:
-Working efficiently and effectively with one or two younger or new Kumon students at a time to provide instruction through utilization of the Kumon Method and worksheets
-Ensure proper study habits and work skills are being developed and train the students in centre routine

Kumon Responsibilities
-Individualizing strategies for student development based on student goals and communication with Instructor
-On-going assessment of student skills development
-Work closely with Instructor to develop and understand lesson plan and goals for each student in order to properly administer instruction individually Grading: -Grading of student class work, homework, and corrections and organizing of Student worksheets
-Ensuring Student classwork is completed and corrected to 100%
-Assessing oral reading ability with reading students and providing necessary feedback
-Provide assistance/guidance to students, as needed, adhering to Kumon Method standards and centre procedures
-Provide Instructor with written or verbal feedback, as needed, based on student observations and/or student performance on worksheets
-Work with other grading assistants to create a balanced workload to ensure grading is completed before the end of class Administrative Support: Answer incoming inquiries
-Communicating with students and parents during class-time, addressing student and parental needs, professionally, quickly, and quietly
-Prepare student files
-Developing own knowledge of Kumon method and worksheets
-Assisting with marketing initiatives and retention events (ex: student awards, goal-setting parties

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 12 per week

Salary: From $15.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Job Type: Part-time

Salary: $15.00-$16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 4 – 15 per week

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• On call
• Weekends only

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Edmonton, AB T6X 2N4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:

• teaching: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person