6161 Teaching Assistant - Kindergarten

6161 - Teaching Assistant (Kindergarten Support)

Authorization: HR, Asst. Superintendent, TI

Schools may use Title I funds to pay for Teaching Assistants for the following tasks under the direct supervision of a licensed teacher.

• Instructional Focus: Their primary responsibility is to support instructional services for students identified as failing or most at risk of failing to meet state academic standards.
• Limited Duties: TAs paid with Title I funds may assume "limited duties" assigned to similar, non-Title I personnel (e.g., lunch duty, bus duty, playground supervision).
• Proportional Time: The time spent on these non-instructional duties must be the same proportion of their total work time as it is for other similar personnel at the school.
• Targeted Assistance Limits: In Targeted Assistance Schools (TAS), Title I paraprofessionals should not provide interventions to general education students who are not identified as Title I-eligible

Procedure:

1. All positions must be supplemental in nature.
    
2. Consult with your Title I program manager or supervisor prior to submitting the requisition. 
    
3. Follow district procedures for hiring. 
    
4. For any employees paid totally by Title I funds, supervisors must complete semi-annual certifications which verify that the employee has worked 100% on the federal grant for the first half of the year. Semi-annual certification is completed every six months, once in early January and again in early July. The supervisor will be notified via email to log into PeopleSoft to complete the Semi-Annual Certification.
    
5. For any employee whose activities are paid partly by Title I funds and partly by other funds, must complete bi-weekly time and effort reporting of their time. On the online Bi-Weekly Time and Effort form, an employee will allocate the number of hours worked for the pay period across each program covered and determine the percentage of time spent in each program area if it is different than the default amounts. The total must equal 100%. The employee will then submit the time and effort report through PeopleSoft to the supervisor each pay period. The supervisor will then review and approve the employee’s report bi-weekly.