St. Matthew School: Classroom Aide

 

St. Matthew School, located at 795 Havens Corners Road in Gahanna, is seeking a Classroom Aide for the 2026/2027 school year.  

 

 

Job Title: Catholic School Teacher's Aide

Written/Revised: 1/6/2020

School: Various

FLSA Code: Non-exempt (Hourly)

Responsible to: Teacher

 

Under the direct supervision of the teacher, this position provides support to the teacher and assists the teacher in planning and implementing lesson plans, incorporating all component Plans, and leading large and small groups of students; performs clerical/ receptionist duties and other duties as assigned. The position is expected to use personal judgment in carrying out routine duties and responsibilities.

 

This job description reflects management's assignment of essential job responsibilities; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. All the duties and standards within this job description will be performed according to the established policies, procedures and guidelines outlined in the School’s policy and procedures manuals.

 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 2 Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Required: Compliance with FBI and BCI&I background checks and completion of Protecting God's Children program.

 

Education: High School degree is required.

 

Job Related Skills: Ability to communicate effectively and the understanding of the Catholic perspective; ability to multi-task and establish priorities; high level of integrity and professionalism; Ability to maintain flexible attitude and approach towards assignments and successfully operate under appropriate guidelines; light typing, filing and proof reading skills, excellent communication skills and knowledge of office equipment. Knowledge of Microsoft software applications (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint).

 

Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work with others in a collaborative team environment.

 

Language skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, write short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively communicate to customers, parents, and other visitors to the school.

 

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to use U.S. standards of currency and measurement.

 

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

 

Working Environment: The ability to maintain all information in a highly confidential manner.

 

The Physical Demands Strength Rating reflects the estimated overall strength requirement of the job. It represents the strength requirements, which are considered to be important for average, successful work performance.

 

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time, but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.