Instructional Assistant-Special Education Resource

Job Title

Instructional Assistant—Special Education Resources

• Position Type:
  Support Staff (Instructional Assistant) / Instructional Assistant – Special Education
• Date Posted: 2/15/2024
• Location:
  
  Western Sky Middle School
• Date Available:
  
  ASAP
• Closing Date:
  When Filled

• Contract:
  
  9 months
• Hours:
  
  5.5 hrs per day, 5 days a week
• Classification:
  Non-Exempt

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Must enjoy working with children.
• Must be Highly Qualified.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate.

To assist the classroom teacher in instruction related duties as may be assigned.

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially by the teacher.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing materials or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Serves as a source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Alerts the teacher to any problems or special information about an individual student.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of certified teachers.
• Assists the teacher in preparing bulletin boards, copying materials, laminating, selecting software compatible with existing computer system, grading papers, and help in testing.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom.
• Assists with monitoring of students as assigned by school administration.
• Other duties as may be assigned.