410.04 Education Associate

EDUCATION ASSOCIATE

The board may employ education associates or other instructional support personnel to assist licensed personnel in non-teaching duties, including, but not limited to:

  • managing and maintaining records, materials, and equipment;
  • attending to the physical needs of children; and
  • performing other limited services to support teaching duties when such duties are determined and directed by the teacher 

Education associates who hold a teaching certificate are compensated at the rate of pay established for their position as an education associate.  It is the responsibility of the principal to supervise education associates.

Legal Reference:                   
Iowa Code §§279.8, 280.3, .14, (2013).  
281 I.A.C. 12.4(9); .5(9).

Cross Reference:       
411.2   Classified Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection

Adopted: 1.30.1989
Revised/Reviewed: 3.2.2020

Reviewed: 11/21/2022