Special Education Instructional Assistant IV

Pleasant Valley School District•Camarillo, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of a Principal or assigned administrator, the Special Education Instructional Assistant IV provides instructional support to individual students or small groups in a behaviorally structured program, and performs assigned clerical duties. The position supports students’ learning, behavior, personal care, health, and safety needs in the classroom and other school settings. Specialized training may be required and provided. The eligibility list from this recruitment will be valid for six months and may be used to fill current and future regular and substitute vacancies.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Demonstrate proficiency in reading, writing, mathematics, and classroom instruction, meeting ESSA requirements through one of the following: an associate degree or higher; 48 units from an institution of higher education; or a local assessment demonstrating the knowledge and ability to assist with instruction in reading, writing, and mathematics.
Any combination of experience, training, and/or education equivalent to demonstrate the required knowledge and abilities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with children in a special education or clinical setting is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Maintain District standards for customer service and professional behavior, including in challenging situations.
Access and monitor District email daily and participate in assigned staff development and in-service training.
Prepare classroom work areas and materials; operate audio-visual and educational training equipment; distribute and collect supplies.
Help staff assess student needs and gather, organize, distribute, and order instructional materials and resources.
Assist teachers with presenting lessons and instructional exercises; prepare and adapt classroom projects to student or classroom needs and clean up afterward.
Support individual students and small groups in academic subjects, reinforce teacher instruction, and contribute ideas for educational goals and objectives in collaboration with teachers, specialists, and parents.
Develop creative methods for working with students within the teacher’s framework and adapt curriculum individually under teacher direction.
Perform clerical work such as preparing instructional materials, scoring papers, recording grades, taking roll, and maintaining confidential student records and files.
Provide assigned personal care, which may include toileting, diapering, dressing, bathing, grooming, feeding, and food preparation.
Observe and guide student behavior using approved procedures, report progress and behavior, and provide information to evaluate student skills.
Supervise students in assigned settings, including classrooms, playgrounds, cafeterias, field trips, and mainstreamed classes; maintain order and classroom continuity when the teacher is temporarily absent; accompany students between locations.
Lift, move, and position students, including non-ambulatory students; assist with adapted toilets, buses, standers, wheelchairs, braces, adaptive devices, and adapted physical education equipment.
Provide students with appropriate examples, emotional support, guidance, and a friendly attitude; follow health and safety rules.
Attend District-provided training for non-licensed support of specialized student health plans, such as G-tube feeding, seizure monitoring, or asthma management.
Learn and use visual and other structures and supports to provide compassionate care to students with autism or other needs; perform essential functions with students in a behaviorally structured program and use behavioral supports with students with moderate needs.
Perform out-of-class work when assigned in accordance with Merit Rules and Regulations.