Classified Positions Job Palmer Arkansas USA,Education / Teaching

Location: Palmer

Position:
Special Ed. Assistant

Position FTE: 0.875

Pay Grade: 7

Starting Wage: $19.77/hour

Days Per Year: 202

Shift hours: TBD

Specific job responsibilities relevant for this position include:

Enters student Individualized Education Plans (IEP's) into a computer system and prints student data files/ information according to established procedures.

Prepares and returns materials for classroom use and related activities. Locates necessary supplies (e.g. books, movie projectors and VCRs), reproduces class notes and/or handouts, prepares bulletin boards and craft projects and cleans/organizes classroom upon completion of daily activities.

Provides attendant care for moderately and severely handicapped and/or emotionally disturbed/behaviorally disruptive students throughout the course of the school day. May assist students off/on buses; monitor student activities and safety during class, recess, lunch breaks and field trips; and assist with feeding, dressing and toileting needs.

Professional staff by typing, filing, duplicating and organizing materials for distribution; grades student projects/exams using specified criteria; maintaining attendance records; and assisting instructors and/or professional staff with screening and testing procedures for students referred for Special Education.

Assists Special Education instructors in planning and implementing student Individualized Education Plans (IEP's). Provides teaching assistance to individuals and/or small groups in a variety of educational areas; monitors student performance; and provides information.

Assists Special Education instructors in scheduling parent conferences, Individualized Education Plan meetings with professional staff and student visits to school nurse.

May be required to provide other administrative assistance (e.g. proctoring student detentions, picking-up student prescriptions and transporting/accompanying students to therapy sessions/jobs.

May be directed by Supervising teacher to make phone contacts concerning meetings, however, all programmatic communication flows between teacher and parents.

Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge:
Applicants must be Highly Qualified.

High school diploma or GED,
AND
Two years of college (at least 48-semester hour credits);
or
Associate's (or higher) degree;or
Pass the Para Pro Assessment and the Paraprofessional Standards Checklist.

Skills (position requirements at entry)

Training and Experience (position requirements at entry):
Previous education, training, work or life experience which provides reasonable evidence of the successful performance of the various tasks listed. Such experience may be evidenced by six (6) months of providing attendant care within an emotionally disturbed/behaviorally disordered and/or self-contained environment.

Licensing Requirements (position requirements at entry)

A valid Alaska Driver's License.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions ...

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl to assist students. The employee continuously uses hand‑strength to grasp items such as classroom supplies, feeding instruments, or testing material. The employee will occasionally lift, carry, push and/or pull to 40 lbs, such as a wheelchair, student, or other assistive devices.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.

Medium Work:

Lifting/carrying a maximum weight of 40 pounds (lbs.) occasionally (less than 33% of the time, or 1-100 times per day to move objects

Pushing a maximum force of 40 ft./lbs. to move objects

Pulling a maximum force of 40 ft./lbs. to move objects

Dynamic Lifting Criteria:

Floor to Knuckle: 25 LBS
12 to Knuckle: 40 LBS
Knuckle to Shoulder:

-- LBS
Shoulder to Overhead:

-- LBS

Post-offer/pre-placement examinations

Post offer/pre-placement examinations are utilized by MSBSD to create a safer working environment for employees. MSBSD requires such examinations for all applicants who have been conditionally offered employment in designated job categories. An examination may include a medical examination and physical fitness or agility tests. In addition, during the examination, training may be provided to increase body awareness during work activities to prevent cumulative trauma and reduce injuries.

For the candidate that receives a conditional offer of employment for this posted position, that offer is conditioned on:

The candidate's cooperation and cooperation and participation in the WorkSTEPS evaluation program at least 3 days before the anticipated start date;
Completing a release authorizing MSBSD, WorkSTEPS, and the licensed WorkSTEPS testing facility to conduct the…