Instructional Assistant - Classroom Teacher's Assistant

ABOUT CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is Ohio's third-largest public school system, serving more than 35,000 students. CMSD strives to ensure that every child receives a high-quality education, regardless of the provider. To that end, CMSD lets families choose which District schools their children attend, with options that include STEM, the arts, single-gender education, International Baccalaureate, Montessori, and early college. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing their school as a high-quality, high-expectation academic center focusing on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results. CMSD ensures that students have access to technology and training to prepare them for the future. The District provides a free laptop or tablet for every student and connects every family that needs internet access. Graduating seniors leave commencement with not only a diploma but also a laptop. In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we strive to ensure that all of our learners, both scholars and educators, to be challenged with academically and intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their efforts and provide them opportunities to demonstrate their best work. BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES The Cleveland Board of Education adopted the Building Brighter Futures (BBF) initiative on December 9, 2025. Building Brighter Futures is a strategic and data-driven plan shaped by more than a year of community engagement, information analysis, and thoughtful deliberation. The goal of this plan is to strengthen enrollment and ensure scholars attend a newer school building that offers more educational opportunities, including algebra in the eighth grade, more sports and extracurricular activities, and college credits and college and career pathways in high school. BBF is ensuring academic excellence so every CMSD scholar can thrive. THE OPPORTUNITY: An instructional assistant, also known as a paraprofessional, provides assistance with handling the unique needs of students by providing additional instructional support. This includes tutoring individual or small groups of students, reinforcing instruction as directed by the teacher, monitoring and overseeing student progress, maintaining behavioral standards and order, and providing individualized support for the students as directed in their individual education plan (IEP). Our instructional assistants also provide student supervision before, during, and after school, while they are loading, and unloading buses, on the playground, in the cafeteria, during emergency drills, and during other school events. When needed, an Instructional Assistant also supports activities of daily living and intervenes to redirect inappropriate behavior. Successful instructional assistants work closely with their assigned teachers and other professionals to create a high-quality instructional environment. Minimum Salary for an 185 Day Assignment: $34,808* (approx $24 per hour) * Our Paraprofessionals are paid over a 12 month period for work that is completed during the 185 school days. A school day is 7.75 hours plus a 30 minute lunch. Full salary schedule can be located in the CTU/CMSD Collective Bargaining Agreement Responsibilities (Instructional Assistant): · Adapts to the individual social, emotional, and academic needs of the students ·[]{style="font-family: &quo "}