Teacher Assistant, Special Education (Cross Category) (EOY-End of Year)
About The Position
Provides instructional support, training, and personal assistance to teachers of students with physical or intellectual disabilities. The employee assists teachers with instructional duties, prepares classroom materials, supervises student behavior, learns and applies behavior-management techniques, performs clerical duties, and provides personal hygiene and physical care as needed. Work is performed under the guidance and supervision of the teacher. The position is 10 months, 187 days, and 7 hours per day. It is non-exempt, non-certified, and not eligible for remote work. The listed salary range is $22.47–$25.28.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED; equivalent combinations of education and experience are acceptable.
- Experience as a teacher aide or experience working with children.
- Ability to work under a teacher’s supervision and follow teacher-prepared lesson plans.
- Ability to work effectively with individual children and small groups to meet instructional objectives established by the teacher.
- Physical ability to lift, position, and assist students as required.
- Ability to accept and adapt to differences in student characteristics and abilities.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment, learn to operate video equipment, and learn individual medical procedures when necessary.
- Good human-relations and communication skills, patience, and flexibility.
Responsibilities
- Collect and record student data, including skill practice, seizure occurrences, and toileting.
- Provide discipline in the teacher’s absence while maintaining procedures established by the teacher.
- Implement behavior modification plans.
- Practice speech sounds, vocabulary, and syntax objectives with students as directed by the speech therapist.
- Read to students and ask questions to stimulate language development.
- Present language activities involving expressive and receptive development.
- Supervise learning centers during independent student work and assist students in manipulating materials.
- Participate in classroom activities such as discussions and games.
- Operate computer and audiovisual equipment, including DVD players, data projectors, and smartboards.
- Assist with instructional duties, classroom-material preparation, clerical work, and student personal hygiene and physical care as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
