Instructional Assistant

About the Employer

ec instructional assistant

Job Title (for context)

ec instructional assistant

General Statement of Job

To work closely with one or more students with individual education programs (iep) under the supervision of a licensed special education teacher and/or related service provider. The instructional assistant will provide assigned student(s) with the physical, educational, and/or emotional support they need to gain full access to the school setting.

Reports to the Teacher of the Classroom

The reports to the teacher of the classroom.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Carry out all physical care routines for students as indicated on their health plans and/or individual education programs (ieps), including, but not limited to, personal hygiene. Work with the student(s) on academic tasks to support the instructional plan of the teacher(s). Collect and record student data. Provide individual and group instruction based on teacher plans. Create and maintain classroom materials. Demonstrate a basic level of computer proficiency needed to assist classroom teacher(s) and students. Set up and use assistive technology and augmentative communication devices to assist students with school-related activities. Provide close supervision in all school settings. Assist students with daily living skills (i.e., toileting, feeding, cleanliness, etc.). Assist in the organization and implementation of all school-related activities. Perform routine duties as required by teacher and/or administrator(s). Maintains confidentiality. Assists the student(s) to whom assigned in such physical tasks as putting on and taking off outerwear, moving from room to room, using the bathroom, and so on, if applicable. Serves as a resource person, when requested, to the student iep team.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by ec director, school administration, or designee.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Establishes a supportive relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging dependence or intense emotional involvement. Performs simple errands for the student(s). Treats students and colleagues with dignity and respect at all times. Ability to follow written and oral directions. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Ability to accept differences in people. Ability to follow a schedule.

Minimum Training and Experience

Graduation from high school with a preference for specialized training and a two- or four-year college degree (or 48 hours of college credit), experience in education, or such alternatives to these as may be found appropriate.

Physical Requirements

Must be physically able to sit, stand, walk, and drive a car. Must be able to lift mail and boxes up to 10 lbs. Must be able to sit at a computer for extended periods of time. Physical demand requirements are for light work.

Data Conception

Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.

Interpersonal Communication

Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.
Requires the ability to read simple forms. Requires the ability to prepare time sheets and supply requisitions using the prescribed format.

Intelligence

Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.

Verbal Aptitude

Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard english.

Numerical Aptitude

Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas, to add, subtract, divide, and multiply.

Motor Coordination

Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using a keyboard.

Manual Dexterity

Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Interpersonal Temperament

Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under minimal levels of stress.