Substitute Instructional Assistant - Preschool

Job Description

Job Description

Application Deadline : October 31, 2025

Work Months : 9.5

Hours : 3.0 to 6.0 hours per day

Salary : $20.00 per hour

Completion of six units in Early Childhood Education / Child Development is required.

About FCUSD

FCUSD is a growing public school district focused on hiring and retaining excellent staff that represent the communities we serve. Our staff are expected to inspire excellence in all students by supporting their social-emotional wellness and academic growth. We work as a team to create welcoming and inclusive environments at our school sites and district office, with a focus on customer service and system improvement. Staff who choose FCUSD will be supported as they learn their job and opportunities to grow as a professional will be provided. Working in FCUSD is more than a job, it is a career.

Job Announcement Preschool Instructional Assistant Job Description

Assist the teacher in ways determined by the teacher to be useful in improving the quality of the preschool programs, involving clerical duties, supervision of children, transportation, food service, and instructional tasks which, in the judgment of the teacher may be performed by a non-credentialed employee. The work need not be performed in the presence of the teacher, but the teacher retains responsibility for the instruction and supervision. The assistant shall not give out any personal information concerning any pupil to any person other than the teacher or appropriate administrator.

Distinguishing Characteristics

Positions in this class are less than eight hours, and are authorized only in connection with established preschool classes or programs. Positions are usually part-time, involving working schedules on school days only. They are distinguished from other Instructional Assistant classes by area of specialization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience as a participating parent in a State Preschool Class; experience as a leader in children's activities; paid school experience is desirable but not required.
• Completion of the twelfth grade.
• Completion of six units in Early Childhood Education / Child Development is required.
• Willingness to complete such training courses, in-service, or otherwise, as may

be required after being hired.

Upon Conditional Offer of Employment :

Comments and Other Information :

The Folsom Cordova Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints, contact :

Jim Huber, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services

Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, ADA Coordinator (students) jhuber@fcusd.org

916-294-9000 x 104580

Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance

Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator sdiaz@fcusd.org

916-294-9000 x 104415

1965 Birkmont Drive

Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

The Folsom Cordova Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Folsom Cordova Unified School District’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The District Title IX Coordinator is :

Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance

Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator sdiaz@fcusd.org

916-294-9000 x 104415

1965 Birkmont Drive

Rancho Cordova, CA 95742

The District nondiscrimination policy can be located at : https : / / www.fcusd.org / district / about - us / nondiscrimination -statementpolicy

The District’s nondiscrimination complaint procedures can be located at :

Students : https : / / www.fcusd.org / departments / compliance / complaints / uniform -complaints

Staff : https : / / www.fcusd.org / departments / compliance / complaints / nondiscrimination -in-employment

To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or sex-based harassment, or make a complaint of sex discrimination or sex-based harassment under Title IX, please refer to :

Students : https : / / www.fcusd.org / district / about -us / title-ix-notificationsexual-harassment Staff : https : / / www.fcusd.org / departments / compliance / complaints / sexual -harrassment-title-ix

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Este empleador participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU