37 school support jobs found in Newport News, VA

Job Description ***Grant Funded Position*** Locations: Denbigh Early Childhood Center and Watkins Early Childhood Center Job Summary: Position is responsible for providing assistance to the Media Specialist. Essential Duties: 1. Maintains electronic database in the library automation system. 2. Assists students and teachers in the use of the library materials, including technology. 3. Prepares displays, orders, reports, notices, letters, etc. as requested by School Library Media Specialist. 4. Receives periodicals and prepares them for circulation. 5. Cares for library materials; including managing book stock according to accepted library practice, shelving materials daily, repairing damaged materials, maintaining bar codes, etc. 6. Provides superior customer service to students, teachers, and families. 7. Provides clerical support in the main office during periods of high volume or as directed by building principal. 8. Models...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for various types of roof repair and maintenance. Essential Duties 1. Repairs several different types of roofs throughout the school system, including built-up, modified, bitumen, metal and shingle roofs. 2. Makes decisions on own initiative regarding the best procedure for making roof repairs. 3. Cuts out and repairs roof blisters, buckles, wrinkles, fish mounts and otherwise deteriorated roof areas. 4. Seeks out and repairs roof leaks after finding sources of penetration. 5. Inspects roof areas and repairs potential problem areas before a real problem occurs. 6. Insures that roof drains are not stopped up and are free flowing. 7. Repairs fascia, flashing, coping, roof expansion joints and roof ventilators. 8. Utilizes computers to document materials and labor cost. 9. Reconciles P-Card transactions. 10. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities. (These are intended only as...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for various types of roof repair. Essential Duties 1. Repairs several different types of roofs throughout the school system, including built-up, modified, bitumen, metal and shingle roofs. 2. Makes decisions on own initiative regarding the best procedure for making roof repairs. 3. Cuts out and repairs roof blisters, buckles, wrinkles, fish mounts and otherwise deteriorated roof areas. 4. Seeks out and repairs roof leaks after finding sources of penetration. 5. Inspects roof areas and repairs potential problem areas before a real problem occurs. 6. Insures that roof drains are not stopped up and are free flowing. 7. Repairs fascia, flashing, coping, roof expansion joints and roof ventilators. 8. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities. (These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for operating a 16, or fewer passenger bus and transporting school-aged children identified under the McKinney Vento Act safely and efficiently over specified routes to and from schools. Position conducts pre-trip inspections; observes safety regulations and policies; enforces student discipline on the bus; and performs related work. Position does not require candidate to hold a Virginia Commercial Driver's License. Essential Duties 1. Obtains all Non-CDL bus training as mandated by the Transportation Safety and Training department and Virginia State Code. 2. Communicates with the dispatcher or Area Transportation Supervisor for any changes in normal duties or new student passengers, including communicating orally while the bus is in motion when needed. 3. Ensures the bus can be operated safely before driving and conducts pre-trip safety inspections as required by federal and state laws to include observing visual...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for providing a variety of skilled work related to the maintenance and repair of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system which includes installation, preventative maintenance and service calls. Essential Duties 1. Responsible for opening and inspecting air handling, cooling and heating equipment, recognizing, repairing or replacing worn or non-functional components, adjusting and lubricating such parts to insure continued, efficient functioning of the machine or system. 2. Responsible to check, renew or clean filters in heating or cooling air handling equipment, and ventilators. Inspect, adjust and replace belts. Lubricate motors, bearings, pulleys, linkages and adjust as necessary. 3. Install new HVAC equipment, follow OEM schedules, log work accomplished, and interact with building based personnel to ascertain problems and locations of needed work. 4. Abatement of asbestos containing building...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for compiling and maintaining inventory records and assisting with purchasing records for the division under the direction of the Supply Supervisor. Position maintains a computerized database, assists with coordinating an annual inventory, and scans documents into the purchasing system. Position is responsible for performing various accounting functions and providing clerical office support. Essential Duties 1. Assists in maintaining a detailed, accurate and up to date inventory database and performs data entry tasks to reflect additions, deletions, or transfers of material. 2. Participates in the annual physical inventory of all materials. 3. Performs duties related to and assisting with the loading / unloading of materials, and restocking functions. 4. Enhances the inventory database, as needed, to ensure that it continues to meet the needs of the division. 5. Operate forklift or other material handling...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for providing clerical office support in a school office or department. Essential Duties Performs a variety of clerical tasks as assigned by the administrator. Compiles information from various sources for records and reports. Maintains student files and records. Registers incoming students. Answers the telephone and responds to the needs of parents, teachers, and administrators. Performs other duties as assigned. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities. (These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.) Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required) Completion of high school and or any equivalent combination of experience and training including or supplemented by a course in typing....

Job Description Job Summary Position provides assistance to remote school psychologists and other assessment team members in the administration of special education assessments to students. The work involves facilitating the administration of virtual psychological assessments, including scheduling appointments, preparing testing materials, proctoring tests, recording student responses, and compiling data for comprehensive report. The position may work with students in pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools, including students with disabilities, and may travel between school sites during the day. All important aspects of the work are subject to detailed and specific procedures which employees follow closely. Essential Duties 1. Proctors the administration of psychological assessments, following proper test administration protocols as determined by the remote school psychologist. 2. Coordinates evaluation appointments with assigned remote school...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for indirect supervision of assigned school-based lead custodians. Oversees execution of standardized cleaning methods and schedules at assigned schools. Acts as liaison between Plant Services management and building administrators. Essential Duties 1. Ensures that all building-based custodians are present on a daily basis at the approved staffing level, approving and keeping appropriate records of leaves and absences. 2. Inspects assigned buildings for cleanliness and maintenance issues, ensuring that the school-based staff is aware and acting as needed or appropriate. 3. Provides advice to building-based staff on problem solving and appropriate methods or materials needed to solve cleanliness or health-impact issues. 4. Provides on-going training as needed to maintain cleanliness standards. 5. Consults with the building administrators on a regular basis to ascertain satisfaction with services provided or...

Job Description **Multiple Vacancies** Job Summary Responsible for cleaning in all areas of the building to include vacuuming, sweeping, dusting, mopping, wiping and emptying trash utilizing appropriate equipment, and supplies. Essential Duties Locks and unlocks doors; activates and deactivates alarm system. Sweeps, mops, dusts all classrooms, bathrooms, offices, hallways, and specialty rooms. Keeps building and premises neat and clean at all times. Uses appropriate equipment and supplies to wipe and sanitize toilets, sinks, mirrors, countertops, windows and water fountains. Empties trash. Stocks paper products at all points of use. Waxes floors and operates buffing machine. Vacuums and cares for building carpeting. Washes windows and furniture. Picks up litter and debris on outside school grounds. Makes minor repairs to equipment and furniture as needed. Replaces light bulbs, tubes, ceiling tile, switch and outlet plates and pencil sharpeners as needed....

Job Description Job Summary Position works with a supervising School Psychologist and is responsible for the identification, place and followup of students referred for special and general education assessment at a specific school site. The School Psychologist Intern will also provide consultation to teachers; will provide counseling of special education and general education students under the supervision of the supervising School Psychologist. The position will provide written reports documenting assessment results and observations. Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required) Must meet the requirements for candidacy for Pupil Personnel Service Credential in School Psychology from an accredited institution. Must receive a passing score on the CBEST and TB clearance. Must possess the ability to work cooperatively as an interdisciplinary team member. Must possess excellent communication and time management skills. Must possess the ability to...

Job Description Job Summary Position performs specialized psychological work in an educational setting to enable students to achieve optimal learning. Position collects, interprets, and synthesizes information about a student's sensory motor/perceptual functioning, academic achievement, intelligence, social/emotional adjustment, and significant crises that influence academic and behavioral functioning. Position works cooperatively as an interdisciplinary team member to provide services and to devise an appropriate service plan for referred students and their families. Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required) Must possess a Master's degree and be eligible for a Virginia License as a school psychologist. Must possess the ability to synthesize and interpret diagnostic and assessment data. Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of school psychology theory, child development, substance abuse education, tests and measurements, and crisis...

Job Description Job Summary Position performs specialized psychological work in an educational setting to enable students to achieve optimal learning. Position collects, interprets, and synthesizes information about a student's sensory motor/perceptual functioning, academic achievement, intelligence, social/emotional adjustment, and significant crises that influence academic and behavioral functioning. Position works cooperatively as an interdisciplinary team member to provide services and to devise an appropriate service plan for referred students and their families. Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required) Must possess a Master's degree and be eligible for a Virginia License as a school psychologist. Must possess the ability to synthesize and interpret diagnostic and assessment data. Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of school psychology theory, child development, substance abuse education, tests and measurements, and crisis...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for providing all students with an enriched library environment containing a wide variety of materials that will invite intellectual growth and research and to aid all students in acquiring the skills needed to take full advantage of media center resources. Essential Duties Operates and supervises the media center to which assigned. Assists teachers in the selection of books and other instructional materials, and makes media center materials available to supplement the instructional program. Informs teachers and other staff members concerning new materials the media center acquires. Maintains a comprehensive and efficient system for cataloging all media center materials and instructs teachers and students on the use of the system. Works with teachers in planning those assignments likely to lead to extended use of media center resources. Helps students to develop habits of independent reference work and to develop...

Job Description This posting is for Elementary & Secondary - Special Education General and Adaptive Curriculum. Job Summary: Position is responsible for creating a classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth of every student; establishing effective rapport with students; motivating students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for becoming a responsible citizen in accordance with each pupil's ability; and to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members. Essential Duties: 1. Instructs students in a program of study which meets stated objectives and provides transfer of knowledge. 2. Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of Newport News Public Schools. 3. Develops lesson plans and instructional materials, provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the...

Job Description Job Summary The Associate Teacher is responsible for creating a classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth of every student; establishing effective rapport with students; motivating students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for becoming a responsible citizen in accordance with each pupil's ability; and to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members. The Associate Teacher is a non-licensed employee who commits to working on the requirements for a Virginia teaching license during the one-year employment period. Essential Duties Instructs students in a program of study which meets stated objectives and prepares students to master grade level standards. Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of Newport News Public Schools. Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials...

Job Description This posting is for Special Education Teacher - Deaf & Hard of Hearing Teacher PreK-12. Job Summary: Position is responsible for creating a classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth of every student; establishing effective rapport with students; motivating students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for becoming a responsible citizen in accordance with each pupil's ability; and to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members. Essential Duties: 1. Instructs students in a program of study which meets stated objectives and provides transfer of knowledge. 2. Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of Newport News Public Schools. 3. Develops lesson plans and instructional materials, provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum...

Job Description This posting is for Special Education Teacher - Blindness & Visual Impairments. Job Summary: Position is responsible for creating a classroom environment favorable to learning and personal growth of every student; establishing effective rapport with students; motivating students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for becoming a responsible citizen in accordance with each pupil's ability; and to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members. Essential Duties: 1. Instructs students in a program of study which meets stated objectives and provides transfer of knowledge. 2. Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of Newport News Public Schools. 3. Develops lesson plans and instructional materials, provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for assisting students, school personnel and parents with relevant educational and personal/social goals. Develops and implement effective programs for all students while functioning as a member of a school's multidisciplinary team. Essential Duties Develops and provides an effective comprehensive school counseling program to serve the needs of all students. Demonstrates knowledge of national, state, and local school counseling standards. Provides students and families with immediate and long-range educational planning and course selection as appropriate. Collect, analyze, and use data to develop, implement, and evaluate the school counseling program. Provides individual and group counseling for students and ensure that at least 60% of time is devoted to counseling of students. Works cooperatively with school personnel to foster more effective learning climates for students. Provides workshops for parents and...

Job Description Job Summary Position is responsible for providing a variety of skilled work related to the maintenance and repair of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Essential Duties Responsible for opening and inspecting air handling, cooling and heating equipment, recognizing, repairing or replacing worn or non-functional components, adjusting and lubricating such parts to insure continued, efficient functioning of the machine or system. Responsible to check, renew or clean filters in heating or cooling air handling equipment, and ventilators. Inspect, adjust and replace belts. Lubricate motors, bearings, pulleys, linkages and adjust as necessary. Install new HVAC equipment, follow OEM schedules, log work accomplished, and interact with building based personnel to ascertain problems and locations of needed work. Models nondiscriminatory practices in all activities. (These are intended only as illustrations of the various types...