Position: Teacher Aides

Division: Special Education - Serving classrooms in Cattaraugus & Allegany County school districts.

Supervisor: Special Education Supervisor

Location: District Wide

Description: This is responsible work involving the performance of non-teaching tasks relates to the teaching process in a classroom or school. Incumbents relieve the teaching staff of that part of their duties related to teaching, which may be performed by a non-teacher. The duties of this class differ from those of School Monitor due to the more complex nature of the assignments that are performed, though on a limited basis Teacher Aide may be assigned monitoring duties. A Teacher Aide does related work as required.

Typical Work Activities:

• Works with small groups of students, or one-on-one, reinforcing skills taught by a teacher;
• Helps teacher with bulletin boards, arts and crafts, and the conduct of games;
• Operates copy machines producing ditto copies, transparencies, and other copied material utilized in the teaching process;
• Collates copied material;
• Takes attendance and distributes work folders;
• Distributes audio-visual equipment;
• Directs students to class;
• Proctors and assists in the conduct of examinations;
• May perform incidental duplicating and typing tasks;
• Assists in toileting of incontinent children;
• Assists children in daily living skills;
• Helps in feeding children who need this service;
• Assists in transporting non-ambulatory or developmentally disabled children;
• Assists students with behavioral management needs;
• May supervise students in various settings such as classroom, hall, lunchroom, bus, playground, or parking lot

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Ability to establish good relationships with students and teachers; ability to readily acquire a familiarity with school and classroom routine; ability to read and write English; resourcefulness in conducting activities related to the teaching process; tact; courtesy; good judgment, physical condition sufficient to perform the essential functions of the position. 

Position: Keyboard Specialist 

Location: Teaching & Learning Center, BARN - Olean

Division:  Instructional Support Services

Supervisor: Program Manager for Learning Resources

Please Note: Only individuals who have received a canvassing letter or phone call, or who are presently employed in a comparable Civil Service title, should apply for this role.

Description:  This position involves responsibility for the performance of standardized clerical tasks and the full-time or substantial part-time operation of equipment requiring the manipulating of an alphanumeric keyboard to produce printed copy. Specific duties vary with the needs of the department. Supervisors are available for consultation concerning new or difficult assignments. Work is reviewed by immediate observation, checking completed work, periodic or spot checks, cross-checking or other steps in the clerical process. Supervision over the work of others is not a responsibility of employees in this class. A Keyboard Specialist does related work as required

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Receives and organizes work to be typed determining document format;
• Types correspondence, documents, records and other written material in final or draft form using handwritten, rough drafts, marked copy, oral recordings or data from various equipment as the source material;
• Proofreads and corrects work producing accurate, clean and complete typed copy;
• Makes arithmetical computations, compiles and types simple statistical reports;
• Prepares, stores and retrieves lists and documents;
• Answers telephone and gives out routine information or relieves at switchboard;
• Updates and stores department forms on word processor;
• Orders office supplies and maintains inventory of supplies and equipment;
• Sorts, date stamps and distributes mail and packages;
• Performs routine equipment maintenance tasks;
• Serves as receptionist and greets clients and/or visitors;
• Maintains alphabetic, numeric and/or chronological files of correspondence, documents and materials by coding and filing new material, searching for requested material and periodically purging obsolete material;
• Schedules meetings and appointments;
• May collect fees and account for monies received;
• May prepare and maintain time records and payroll data

Minimum Starting Salary:  $29,689 per year

PosItion: Keyboard Specialist 

Location: CTE Center Olean

Division:  Career and Technical Education

Supervisor: Building Principal

Please Note: Only individuals who have received a canvassing letter or phone call, or who are presently employed in a comparable Civil Service title, should apply for this position.

Description:  This position involves responsibility for the performance of standardized clerical tasks and the full-time or substantial part-time operation of equipment requiring the manipulating of an alphanumeric keyboard to produce printed copy. Specific duties vary with the needs of the department. Supervisors are available for consultation concerning new or difficult assignments. Work is reviewed by immediate observation, checking completed work, periodic or spot checks, cross-checking or other steps in the clerical process. Supervision over the work of others is not a responsibility of employees in this class. A Keyboard Specialist does related work as required

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Receives and organizes work to be typed determining document format;
• Types correspondence, documents, records and other written material in final or draft form using handwritten, rough drafts, marked copy, oral recordings or data from various equipment as the source material;
• Proofreads and corrects work producing accurate, clean and complete typed copy;
• Makes arithmetical computations, compiles and types simple statistical reports;
• Prepares, stores and retrieves lists and documents;
• Answers telephone and gives out routine information or relieves at switchboard;
• Updates and stores department forms on word processor;
• Orders office supplies and maintains inventory of supplies and equipment;
• Sorts, date stamps and distributes mail and packages;
• Performs routine equipment maintenance tasks;
• Serves as receptionist and greets clients and/or visitors;
• Maintains alphabetic, numeric and/or chronological files of correspondence, documents and materials by coding and filing new material, searching for requested material and periodically purging obsolete material;
• Schedules meetings and appointments;
• May collect fees and account for monies received;
• May prepare and maintain time records and payroll data

Minimum Starting Salary:  $29,689 per year