Summary
Special Education Teacher Assistant assists in the overall assistance of students in the classroom and those needing behavioral support in the form of escort and prevention of self-injury.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
1. Becomes familiar with the teaching procedures used by the Teacher, his/her schedule of activities, the continuity of academic progression, and the materials and equipment available.
2. Works with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
3. Assists the teacher in devising strategies for reinforcing materials or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
4. Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teachers.
5. Provides escort and assistance to students as necessary throughout a variety of school and community settings.
6. Checks students’ work, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher.
7. Assists with large group activities such as reading, science, history, lunch and break times.
8. Assists the teacher in maintaining work and preparing work and study areas, equipment, materials and facilities.
9. Assists the student(s) assigned to him/her in such physical tasks, if necessary, as putting on and taking off outerwear, moving from room to room, using the lavatory, transitioning, etc.
10. Operates teaching aids, i.e., computers, iPads, Smart Boards, etc.
11. Substitutes for teacher when needed.
12. Alerts the teacher or administration to any problem or special information about an individual student.
13. Supervises and engages with students during break periods..
14. Assists with clerical responsibilities of the teacher or administration, before and after school, preferably not during school hours.
15. Participates in workshops, in-service training, and team meetings.
16. Assists teacher in dealing with students who have challenging behaviors.
17. Assists the teacher in maintaining an environment that is conducive to learning.
18. Observes, records and follows the management plan established by the teacher.
19. Assists and manages students in the classroom, cafeteria, at breaks and all related activities as directed by policy.
20. Assists in preparing teaching materials during the school day as directed by the teacher.
21. Within the classroom setting, the assistant reports to the teacher in matters involving the students’ programs and related activities.
22. Become educated and be able to implement the Heather Forbes methodology of behavior management.
23. Understands and is able to use Google Drive, Mail, Calendar.
Qualifications:
Education and/or experience
Sixty hours of college credit preferable. Experience working with children required.
Essential Functions
(To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following essential functions satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
Language Skills
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and policy and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals and percentages.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to problem-solve and apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written and/or oral or diagram form.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties and responsibilities of this job, the person is regularly required to talk and hear, stand, move and walk at a brisk pace, sit, and use hands and arms to handle, feel and reach. The ability to accompany students anywhere on the school premises. The person is occasionally required to stoop or kneel and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds. Regular attendance on the job is expected and necessary. Additionally, the person must be physically able to react and intervene quickly during crisis situations, such as but not limited to the following circumstances: student elopement, physical altercations involving students or any situation that requires physical intervention to maintain student safety.
Supervisory Duties
Supervises students at all times when students are present
Speaking
- Speaks and hears in an environment with numerous conversations and activities taking place simultaneously
Seeing
- Uses computer for extended periods of time
Attendance
- Maintains regular attendance
- Exhibits flexibility in attending student/family/staff meetings
The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an individual will encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Conditions and Environment
- Typical office/educational environment
- Risk of injury, should student become aggressive
- Noisy environment
- Distractions
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $17.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- After school
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
Education:
Work Location: In person
