EC Spoken Language Facilitator

Stanly County Schools•Badin, NC

10h

About The Position

The employee in this position provides support to students who have verbal language needs to meet IEP goals and have success in the general curriculum.

Requirements

Willingness and ability to learn new skills.
Ability to display calmness, patience, and firmness in managing problem behavior.
Ability to accept and follow the direction of students’ IEP.
Ability to show respect for all students, regardless of abilities or needs
Dependability and promptness.
Associates degree or equivalent required hours
Completion of NC DPI Spoken Language Facilitation Canvas Course (or willing to complete asap)

Responsibilities

Facilitate communication between assigned student and peers, the classroom teacher, and other school personnel.
Focus on linguistic input conducive to language learning by: modeling speech and language skills/stimulating verbal interactions/assuming roles for language input.
Demonstrate proficient knowledge of language facilitation strategies for the classroom.
Encourage emergent literacy skills (symbol and word relationships, print awareness, name recognition, rhyming, etc.).
Provide high-quality input of passive and active messages in diverse context and interactions.
Deliberate use of words, grammar, and sounds commensurate with the student’s level to stimulate language development.
Provide repetition of important linguistic concepts and repetitive input of targets.
Monitor student’s comprehension and document needs, and problems encountered and report to the appropriate staff.
Oversees daily maintenance and use of devices and performs simple troubleshooting as needed.
Actively participate in the teaching process by modifying instruction and tasks when appropriate, provide demonstrations, manipulatives (sentence frames, visual demonstrations, etc.) as needed to enhance understanding.
Delivery of Language Facilitation services in accordance with each individual student’s IEP
Travel between school locations, as necessary.
Written check-in/check-out at each school, according to each school’s procedures.
The Spoken Language Facilitator is not responsible for behavior management or physical restraint.
Performs other duties as deemed appropriate and assigned by the supervisor