Special Education Assistant - Resource/General Education
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation•Evansville, IN
•$16 - $23•Onsite
About The Position
Special Education Assistants work throughout the school year, beginning one day before school begins and ending on the last day of school. Enjoy your summers off! The schedule is 5 days per week at 6.75 hours per day and follows the EVSC School Board of Trustees approved school calendar. This includes 27+paid holidays throughout the school year! Additionally, Special Ed Assistants follow a salary schedule that provides an annual increase every year! This position is a Resource/General Education position. While employees will work in an assigned category, employees shall be required to support the needs of all students when necessary.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Additionally, all new employees are required to complete required online professional development within 60 days of employment.
- Ability to work with special needs students.
- Ability to maintain composure under stressful conditions.
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and board of school trustees policies.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret technical procedures, textbooks, and government regulations (Article 7).
- Ability to write reports and general correspondence.
- Ability, both orally and in writing, to present information effectively and respond appropriately to questions and concerns from individuals and groups of educators, administrators, parents, students, and the general public.
- Ability always to communicate using correct grammar.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, and statistical inference.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form and to understand abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to use available information and develop realistic long-term and short-term plans for curricular goals.
Nice To Haves
- In specific program areas, other skills may be required, i.e., brailling skills in vision area, interpreting skills in hearing area.
Responsibilities
- Assist teacher in routine classroom operation by working with students.
- Prepare planned instructional materials, attendance reports and class reports.
- Supervise students involved in non classroom activities; recess, lunch, room transitions, etc.
- Implement/follow teacher instructions of classroom procedures.
- Make appropriate referrals when teacher is not readily available.
- Assist with clerical duties such as inventory, bulletin boards, collecting money, etc.
- Demonstrate an understanding of students' unique needs.
- Keep records, write lessons on the board, support students' work.
- Assist with loading and unloading of students on buses.
- In specific classes, will feed, toilet, and manage self-care needs.
- Responsibilities may include non-medical procedures concerning personal hygiene of the students in addition to g-tube feedings.
- While employees will work in an assigned category, employees shall be required to support the needs of all students when necessary.
- Maintain regular attendance.
- Supervise students.
Benefits
- Summers off
- 27+ paid holidays
- Annual, incremental pay increases
- Four Anthem medical insurance plans
- Single medical, dental and vision insurance provided
- EVSC Health & Wellness Centers (primary care, generic prescription medications, physicals, health screenings, and labs at no cost)
- 12 Sick days annually (accumulate each year)
- 3 Personal Business Days annually (accumulate each year)
- Paid Snow Days
- EVSC Wee Care Learning Centers (discounted early learning experience for employees' children)
- Automatic enrollment in Public Employees' Retirement Fund (PERF) (defined benefit pension and Annuity Savings Account)
- 403(b) Plan participation
- Group life insurance
- Long term disability plans
- Voluntary insurance products through American Fidelity
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
