Teaching Assistant - Young Adult Floater (2 Positions

The WISD's Mission

is to educate, serve, and advocate with students, families, schools and the community. We disrupt racial inequities, build just educational systems, and expand access for all learners. We value human potential while striving to support current and future generations of Washtenaw County to enrich as many lives as we possibly can.

is to be a leader in empowering, facilitating, and delivering high-quality, boundary-spanning, educational system that educates all children through an equitable, inclusive, and holistic approach.

Assists teachers and other professional staff by performing a variety of duties designed to implement the instructional program for students.

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, social justice, and inclusion in all practices and position responsibilities.
• Demonstrates the ability to examine how his/her/their position (directly or indirectly) impacts educational inequities in student achievement outcomes.
• Engages in reflection and ongoing learning and development on critical concepts and terms identified in the Washtenaw ISD Educational Equity Policy including concepts such as cultural proficiency, racial equity, and systemic and structural inequities.
• Supports WISD vision and mission to enhance achievement for all students.
• Provides excellent customer service.
• Provides support to classroom teams throughout the county as needed.
• Implements strategies for student independence.
• Integrates support services activities into the program's curriculum and the school day.
• Assists in implementing and monitoring IEP’s through group and individual instruction independently and through regular meetings and collaboration with professional staff.
• Monitors health needs and implement specialized care programs under the direction of professional staff.
• Assists in self-care, eating/feeding and dressing, as well as medical intervention if necessary.
• Assists students in the pool during Aquatic Therapy sessions.
• Supervises students in classes and/or in the community.
• Provides assistance to facilitate student needs, including implementation of ancillary designed service programs under the direction of professional staff.
• Participates in building and District level activities, staff meetings, student staff meetings, program meetings, in-service activities and other meetings as determined necessary for assigned students.
• Assists teachers and support staff in preparing materials, housekeeping, keeping records and recording student progress in an objective manner.
• Participates in professional development, maintains appropriate certifications and qualifications and keeps current in changing pedagogy.
• Provides assistance to the operation of the total school program.
• Participates in District and school initiatives, adheres to building and district school improvement plans.
• Supports WISD vision and mission to enhance achievement for all students.
• Supports a team-based approach to problem solving.
• Adheres to District and school rules and procedures.
• Conducts behavior to demonstrate appropriate role-modeling, collegiality and professionalism.
• Maintains reliable attendance.
• PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Alternative requirements that may be appropriate and acceptable to the Board of Education may be considered. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High School Diploma or equivalent - required.
• Associates degree, 60 hours of college credits, Work Keys, MTTC Basic Skills, or ETS - preferred.
• Experience working with students with moderate and severe disabilities - preferred.
• Experience using “Non-Violent Crisis Intervention” techniques and other behavior strategies (which will be used frequently in this assignment).
• Experience working as a team member to solve problems and develop and implement…