Ex Ed Educational Assistant - IDS

Overview

Hunter Middle School is a 6‑8 school located in Ooltewah, TN. Our teachers can expect supportive administrators, a collaborative environment, support from veteran teachers, and strong faculty, parent, and community involvement. We uphold high academic standards and expectations.

We are seeking teachers with a positive attitude who are highly qualified in their subject matter. Are you organized, a good communicator, dependable, flexible, and enthusiastic about working with children and colleagues? Join our team at Hunter Middle!

The purpose of this classification is to provide teaching support and services under the direction of a licensed special education teacher in the implementation of Individual Education Programs for students with disabilities in general or special education classrooms, one‑on‑one or in small group settings, or with special, more narrowly defined services, or as otherwise needed.

• Training in or willingness to be trained in nonviolent crisis intervention techniques.
• Competent use of verbal and nonverbal techniques designed to prevent or de‑escalate students when acting out behaviors occur.
• Competence at and willingness to incorporate consistent patterns of assertive communications including delivering a three‑part statement of empathy, verbalizing conflict behavior, and communicating a rectifying statement when behavioral conflict is apparent.
• Ability to maintain a group during emergencies or when a teacher must be away.
• Provide educational assistance to students with disabilities; assist in preparing, modifying, and utilizing instructional materials to meet individual needs; assist with development and implementation of Individual Education Programs for each student; assist with data collection and progress monitoring of students’ physical, communication, social/emotional, and educational development; use special educational strategies to address academic needs.
• Provide physical assistance, including but not limited to toileting, positioning, lifting, carrying, feeding, personal hygiene, or other assistance as determined by specific student needs, to any student with disabilities based on a student’s Individual Education Program.
• Oversee, monitor, or cover classes during the short‑term absence of the teacher.
• Assist teacher and work with students during various class activities; prepare instructional materials; assist with instructional and assistive technology.
• Assist with data collection and progress monitoring used to evaluate student performance and skill levels.
• Follow established procedures for ensuring student safety.
• Perform clerical tasks in support of teaching activities, office operations, and other school functions.
• Respond appropriately to students’ inappropriate behavior; maintain certification in non‑violent positive behavioral interventions and support methods to respond, diffuse, de‑escalate, and control aggressive behavior, including use of physical restraint as appropriate.
• Model appropriate social and professional behaviors during community experiences or work‑based learning.
• Chaperone students on field trips occurring during the regular school day only.
• Hold and attend regular parental conferences.
• Develop and implement transition programming for students age 14 and above.
• Collaborate with related service providers for students with communication disorders to teach and implement specialized communication systems.
• Assist students with self‑help and behavioral needs such as toileting, feeding, and other self‑help.
• Participate in training programs related to delivery of IEPs or curriculum.
• Maintain all required special education records, ensuring they are complete, accurate, and within all timelines.
• Perform tasks requiring reading, handwriting, numeracy, oral and written communication skills, and use of various equipment and technology to assist teacher responsibilities under the IDEA and to implement student IEPs.
• Demonstrate basic sign language acquisition, communication facilitation competencies, and Braille skills as needed.
• Communicate with supervisors, school officials, teachers, students, parents, vendors, the community, and other individuals…