Hours: 7 hours, 10 minutes per day (including 30 minute unpaid lunch)
Position Criteria:
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High School diploma, preferred
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Experience as an associate, preferred
Performance Criteria:
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Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
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Assist the teacher in devising strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
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Support generalization of skills in an integrated setting.
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Demonstrate effective communication skills.
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Demonstrate collaborative skills in a team environment.
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Support PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Support) for all students in all settings.
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Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
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Distribute and collect workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
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Implement a behavior support plan.
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Maximize use of time throughout the day.
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Guide independent work, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
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Assist with the supervision of the students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
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Assist with such large group and small group activities.
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Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in such other forms of oral communication with students.
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Assist with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines.
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Assist with wash-up and toilet routines if needed.
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Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
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Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
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Assist with accurate data collection.
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Commit to ongoing professional growth to support the unique needs of individual students.
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Other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands: The Special Education Associate job demands require: occasional maximum lift of 25 lbs from floor to waist; occasional maximum carry of 25 lbs for 30 ft; occasional maximum horizontal push/pull force of 40 lbs; occasional grip force of 30 lbs; frequent bend; frequent crouch; frequent neck rotation; frequent trunk rotation; frequent standing; frequent walking; occasional forward reach; occasional overhead reach; occasional lateral/sideways reach; occasional hand coordination; occasional fine motor coordination; occasional sitting; occasional crouch/kneel.
Benefits included:
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IPERS retirement account
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Health and Dental Insurance paid for the employee (spouse/family coverage available at an additional cost)
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Generous leave package including personal leave, sick leave, family sick leave, and bereavement leave
