Special Education Assistant

About the Employer

Requirements

Background check completion and pre-employment physical required prior to employment.
• High school diploma, preferred
• Experience as an associate, preferred

Job Description

Hours: 7 hours, 10 minutes per day (including 30 minute unpaid lunch)

Performance Criteria

• Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
• Support generalization of skills in an integrated setting.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Demonstrate collaborative skills in a team environment.
• Support PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Support) for all students in all settings.
• Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Distribute and collect workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
• Implement a behavior support plan.
• Maximize use of time throughout the day.
• Guide independent work, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Assist with large group and small group activities.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Assist with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines.
• Assist with wash-up and toilet routines if needed.
• Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Assist with accurate data collection.
• Commit to ongoing professional growth to support the unique needs of individual students.

Other Duties

Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

The special education associate job demands require:
• Occasional maximum lift of 25 lbs from floor to waist;
• Occasional maximum carry of 25 lbs for 30 ft;
• Occasional maximum horizontal push/pull force of 40 lbs;
• Occasional grip force of 30 lbs;
• Frequent bend;
• Frequent crouch;
• Frequent neck rotation;
• Frequent trunk rotation;
• Frequent standing;
• Frequent walking;
• Occasional forward reach;
• Occasional overhead reach;
• Occasional lateral/sideways reach;
• Occasional hand coordination;
• Occasional fine motor coordination;
• Occasional sitting;
• Occasional crouch/kneel.

Benefits

• IPERs Retirement Account
• Health and dental insurance paid for the employee (spouse/family coverage available at an additional cost)
• Generous leave package including personal leave, sick leave, family sick leave, and bereavement leave