Special Education Severe Staff Assistant [ESP3461]

Ogden City School District•Ogden, UT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for tutoring, testing, assisting, instructing, and caring for students with significant cognitive and/or physical support needs. The range of activities includes individual in-class tutoring to assist in obtaining and performing a job.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent

Nice To Haves

One (1) year of related experience preferred

Responsibilities

Instruct children in small groups, and/or tutor individual students in reading, math, writing, music, etc., as assigned by the Special Education Teacher.
Rotate groups periodically during the school day with teachers and other staff assistants.
May be required to assist students with his/her physical needs, such as feeding, diapering, toileting, pushing wheelchairs, lifting on and off bus, etc.
Assist in maintaining classroom calendars, bulletin boards, and other room arrangements.
Provide reinforcement as prescribed by the Special Education Teacher or by the Speech Therapist.
Provide hand-over-hand assistance for students as needed.
Assist regular education teachers and special education students in mainstreaming (when special education students are mainstreamed into regular education classrooms).
Record data on individual student performance, and input student information on the computer.
May instruct and coach students in life skills.
May take children out in the community to participate.
Assist in lesson preparation and presentation, such as cutting, laminating, copying, die cutting, coloring, gluing, bulletin boards, room decoration,s and snack preparation.
Use a data sheet to record progress of students on classroom simulations (money, shopping, banking, etc.).
Provides prescribed behavioral support.
Record engaged time for students.
May assist students in traveling to job sites, learn required job tasks, instruct the student, and observe the student’s job performance.
Instruct severely disabled students in reading, math, spelling, etc., and record students’ answers to assignment problems.
Monitor life support equipment; keep detailed records on suctioning, ventilation settings, number of days students are absent, etc.
Administer medication to the student as required.
Apply behavior modification techniques to assist students in learning.
May be trained on life support equipment, suctioning, catheterization, etc.
Attend conferences and training as recommended
Follow the lesson plan outlined by the Speech Therapist, according to the student’s individualized educational plan; drill individual students on words, phrases, specific sounds, etc.
May work with both regular education and special education students.
Conduct exercises with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce speech training.
Record student activities for use by the Speech Therapist; documents the progress of students.
Prepare materials to supplement the therapist’s assigned activities; make your own files to refer to the student’s progress.
May team-teach elementary school students in the classroom in language skills and listening comprehension.
May be required to conduct language lessons for the entire class independently.
Assist with the sanitation of classrooms and bathrooms.
Provide a consistent atmosphere for children and teachers by being in attendance daily.
Take over teaching responsibilities when the teacher is unavailable.