month Administrative Assistant - Middle School
Downingtown Area School District
- Downingtown, PA
- $21.11 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Communicate openly to build relationships and trust
- Partner with team members to see the TEAM succeed
- Demonstrate a growth mindset and seek ongoing opportunities for growth
- Embrace and support a safe and inclusive environment
- Eagerly and enthusiastically support student learning
- Strive to be kind and reflective
- Focus on the solution and put people first
- Lead by example!
- Effective interpersonal skills with the ability to diplomatically interface with students, parents, coaches, officials, teachers, administrative staff, and external contacts required.
- Proficiency in the use of the personal computer, calculator, and other office equipment, plus organizational and communication skills required.
- Proficiency in the use of technology for individual and system management, communication, and research.
- Must successfully complete and maintain compliance with all federal and state background and criminal record check requirements
- Candidate must adhere to all local, state, federal, and school code requirements for employment
- Distributes annual budget information to teachers. Enters orders online in current software system for all staff
- Types and distributes teacher evaluations annually. Maintains staff files
- Distributes and maintains records of student grades, including honor roll list; processes schedule changes
- Maintains student activities, faculty, and petty cash accounts
- Prepares back to school night packets for parents; assists with preparation for parent conferences; attends back to school and conference nights to provide office assistance as needed
- Collects money due, materials, and books; directs funds to appropriate department
- Administers and grades end of year final make-up exams and enters grades in student transcript
- Processes timecards and hours for activity/intramural clubs and homebound instruction
- Enters facility usage requests and maintains building usage schedule in current software; maintains building activity schedule book to coordinate room usage during school day
- Processes conference/workshop requests
- Orders supplies, adds money to postage meter, and trouble-shoots problems regarding copiers, fax machines, printer, and postage meter
- Types and publishes daily bulletin to school website; distributes on docu-share to staff and TV studio
- Maintains current faculty and student handbooks and distribute
- Orders buses or coach charters for field trips; processes trip requests.
- Orders general supplies, academic awards; conducts periodic inventory and reorder supplies as needed. Updates list and prices of textbooks and core supplement books
- Types flyers, district memos, building information, student awards, etc.; distributes to staff mailboxes as needed. Provides materials to homeroom teachers for distribution to students
- Maintains building keypad access numbers and requests addition or deletion of staff as needed
- Maintains current list of students living within the Limerick boundaries including forms
- Processes list to Human Resources of non-athletic supplementals, distributes contracts to staff for signatures, maintains copy in staff files
- Edits parent portal access on current software. Activates an ESchool account for parents of newly enrolled students to view their child’s grades. Sends letter to parents with log-on information
- Organizes and orders annual printing items from print shop
- Provides quarterly lists of mailing labels, student teams, etc., as requested by teachers for mailings throughout the year
- Organizes information to be displayed on outside sign
- Schedules classroom observations, field experiences, student teacher placements, and clearance documents
- Assists in monthly fire drill evacuation by aiding/diverting students to another exit from a specified targeted area that is being blocked off
- Creates and maintains position procedure outline to describe day to day duties of the position/department as needed
- Medical Coverage through IBX - PPO plans only
- No Primary Care Physician necessary
- No referrals required
- IBC has extensive local and national networks
- Prescription Coverage through CVS/Caremark
- Dental Coverage - Delta Dental Active PPO
- Allows use of in-network and out-of-network providers
- Vision Coverage - Vision Benefits of America (VBA)
All employees may enroll in the district’s health benefit plans effective with their date of hire into the benefit eligible position.Eligible Dependents
A legally married spouse as defined by PA law and children up to age 26 may enroll in the District’s health benefit plans.New Hires or Newly Eligible
You have 31 days from the date that you are benefit eligible to make your elections. If you do not make elections during this time, you will only be enrolled into any benefit that is provided by the District at no cost to you.Flexible Spending Accounts
Benefit eligible employees have the opportunity to elect to participate in a Flexible Spending Account. DASD offers both a Healthcare Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account. This benefit allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for out of pocket eligible healthcare and dependent care expenses.Support for the Whole You
- Fitness Program
- Receive $150 back when you complete 120 workouts at an approved fitness facility within 365 days.
- Nutritional Counseling
- Up to 6 free visits per calendar year with a registered dietitian.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate is a free, confidential program that offers EAP+ Work/Life benefits to help you address difficulties in your life by providing short term assistance with personal, family, and work issues. In addition, it simplifies the navigation of the health care system by helping you find the right doctors, resolving billing and insurance claim issues, explaining benefit coverages, helping your parents or in-laws with the complexities of Medicare, and much more!
- Telemedicine
- The telemedicine benefit through SwiftMD is offered to ALL DASD employees at no cost to you. The telemedicine benefit allows for consultations with US board-certified doctors over the phone or online, from your home, office, or on the road. These physicians can diagnose, recommend treatment, and submit prescriptions to your pharmacy of choice.
As a PSERS member, you'll join with over a half million fellow public school employees who are also members. You'll contribute to your own personal PSERS retirement account and have a safe and secure benefit payment(s) from one of the largest public retirement plans in the nation.Student Loan Forgiveness
All DASD employees are eligible to apply for loan forgiveness through the federal government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Find out more here:Life Benefit
Pays 1 x your basic annual salary up to maximum of $60,000Income Protection Benefit
Pays 60% of your basic monthly pay, up to $1,500 per monthPaid Time Off
- 10 sick days annually
- 3 personal days annually for full-time employees; 2 annually for part-time
- 9 paid holidays per year
Pro-rated 75% of tuition if grade of ‘B’ or better is attained; limit 12 credits per year.