Instructional Assistant - CTE - Auto and Welding - Part Time - Mountain View High School

Location

Mesa, AZ

Wage

$16.56/hr

Employment Type

Part-time

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Posted on August 18, 2026

Job Description

Overview

Mesa Public Schools is recognized as one of the Best Employers in Arizona and the Best Place to Work in East Valley. The Instructional Assistant for CTE - Auto and Welding at Mountain View High School will assist teachers in instructional activities and manage routine clerical tasks.

Responsibilities

  • Work in close proximity with assigned teacher and students
  • Assist students, individually or in groups, to reinforce skills and/or oversee learning activities
  • Assist with classroom instruction
  • Participate as a stakeholder in school improvement initiatives
  • Develop classroom materials to support lesson plans
  • Maintain instructional equipment to ensure availability
  • Perform record keeping and general clerical functions to support the teacher and/or administrator
  • Regular and on-time attendance required
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements

  • High School education or equivalent
  • Automotive Technician or equivalent work/school experience preferred
  • Welder or equivalent work/school experience preferred
  • Ability to work well with students and staff
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Ability to operate general office machines
  • Ability to organize and prioritize and follow directions
  • Ability to use own transportation to travel the district

Benefits

  • None mentioned

Additional Information

  • Part-time position (19 hours per week)
  • Base hourly wage of $16.56
  • Class/Calendar: A11, 9.25 months
  • Performance pay available annually
  • 1% of the base hourly rate granted for each year of verified like experience up to a ten-year maximum
  • 1% of the base hourly rate awarded for an AA or higher degree if not required for the position

How this job compares in Mesa, AZ

Pay in context

At roughly $17/hr, this posting comes in about 45% below the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Arizona, where the middle half runs $24–$35/hr across 96 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 1% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. That gap is worth raising directly — in a market this size there is normally room to negotiate toward the median, particularly if you already hold the certifications the posting asks for.

The local market in Mesa, AZ

We're tracking 23 other active welding openings in Mesa, AZ right now, from 20 different employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 285 other active welding openings from 174 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Mesa, or widen the search to Arizona.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (9), Sundt Construction (8), and Comfort Systems USA Southwest (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mesa at $38/hr, El Mirage at $38/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. Mesa is among them.

Similar openings near Mesa, AZ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Instructional Assistant - CTE - Auto and Welding - Part Time - Mountain View High School figures were last recalculated when this page was built.