District 58 seeks instructional assistants for 2024-25 school year

instructional assistant

Dear District 58 Families,

We hope you are having a wonderful summer vacation, and we look forward to your return next month.  If you are a new family, we want to especially welcome you to our District 58 community and hope you feel right at home here. In the coming weeks, we will email you back-to-school information to help you prepare for the first day of school. 

For now, we wanted to let you know that District 58 has several instructional assistant jobs to fill at our elementary and middle schools. Instructional assistants help supervise students and support classroom teachers through small-group or individual student instruction, under the teacher’s guidance. 

If you are looking for work, please consider applying to be an instructional assistant. Complete an application at www.dg58.org/employment. Please also share this job opportunity with anyone who’s looking. 

Why be a District 58 instructional assistant? Here are 10 reasons!:

  1. Convenient work schedule -- work the same hours your children are at school!
  2. Earn $17.47/hour, plus a $2,000 stipend for some positions.
  3. Work close to home.
  4. Paid holidays, and no weekend or summer work
  5. Paid sick and personal days
  6. Medical, dental and vision benefits
  7. Generous IMRF retirement benefits
  8. Training and professional development
  9. Supportive and positive work culture
  10. Fulfilling work - make a difference in the lives of children!

Instructional assistant requirements:

  • Minimum: high school diploma and paraprofessional license
  • Need to get your paraprofessional license? We can help you! No extra schooling required.
  • If you are in the process of getting your paraprofessional license, you can still apply for the instructional assistant job.

We currently have instructional assistant job openings at the following schools:

  • El Sierra
  • Fairmount
  • Grove Children’s Preschool (Henry Puffer location)
  • Henry Puffer
  • Hillcrest
  • Indian Trail
  • Kingsley
  • Lester
  • O’Neill

Please visit www.dg58.org/employment to learn more and apply. Please view this flyer for more information. If you have employment questions, please contact Personnel Secretary Pat Houlihan at phoulihan@dg58.org or 630-719-5807.