Section 511 IAC 1-8-7.5 - Qualification and duties of instructional aidesAuthority: IC 20-43-9-11
Affected: IC 21-1-30
Sec. 7.5.
(a) To be qualified for the duties of a PRIME TIME instructional aide, a person must have a minimum of a high school diploma or its equivalent and one of the following additional requirements:(1) Post high school work in education or a related field;(2) Previous work experience in an early childhood program (i.e., day care, community program) documented by letter(s) of reference submitted to the local school corporation;(3) Previous experience as an elementary classroom aide, documented by letter(s) of reference and record of duties performed; or(4) Completion of a 15 contact hour training program conducted by the local school corporation. Plans for this program shall be filed with the department of education prior to the beginning of the school year.(b) PRIME TIME instructional aide duties include:(1) Working under the direction of the classroom teacher to: (A) Assist individual students with learning tasks assigned by the teacher;(B) Assist students in small group learning situations; and(C) Monitor the class while the teacher works with groups or individuals.(2) Assisting the teacher with making instructional materials; and(3) Assisting the teacher with instruction-related clerical tasks.(c) A PRIME TIME instructional aide shall not be assigned:(1) The sole responsibility for teaching units of study;(2) As a substitute for an absent teacher; or(3) Exclusively to non-instructional/clerical responsibilities.(d) To qualify as one-third (1/3) full time teacher equivalent for funding, a PRIME TIME instructional aide shall be: (1) Employed full-time for at least five (5) hours per day or if employed part-time at least two and one-helf [sic.] (2 1/2) hours per day. For state funding purposes, two (2) half-time aides are equivalent to one (1) full-time aide. Aides may not be employed for less than half-time if they are counted for state funding;(2) Employed for at least the same number of days the students are in attendance;(3) Assigned to work with no more than two (2) teachers; and(4) Assigned to a classroom during the core curricular program (3) [sic., (e)] Nothing in 511 IAC 1-8 shall be interpreted to prohibit a school corporation from establishing additional qualifications for a PRIME TIME instructional aide or employing additional classroom aides, not funded under IC 21-1-29[Repealed by P.L. 170-1972, SECTION 1.], for a PRIME TIME classroom. Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 1-8-7.5; filed Sep 4, 1985, 2:47 pm: 9 IR 35; readopted filed Oct 12, 2001, 12:55 p.m.: 25 IR 937; readopted filed Nov 20, 2007, 11:36 a.m.: 20071219-IR-511070386RFA; readopted filed Dec 2, 2013, 3:26 p.m.: 20140101-IR-511130419RFA