Ex Ed Educational Assistant

Overview

Hamilton County Schools, located in Chattanooga, TN, is working to ensure that all students thrive and experience a future without limits. We are committed to excellence for every student and are seeking outstanding leaders, teachers, support staff, and district employees who desire to make a difference in the lives of students. With nearly 75 schools, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County.

Hamilton County Schools, located in Chattanooga, TN, is working to ensure that all students thrive and experience a future without limits. We are committed to excellence for every student and are seeking outstanding leaders, teachers, support staff, and district employees who desire to make a difference in the lives of students. With nearly 75 schools, we are confident that you can find your place in Hamilton County.

Learn more about working for Hamilton County Schools e.org and get to know us and our strategic plan, Opportunity 2030. The purpose of this job 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.

Ooltewah Elementary School is a PreK-5 school located in Ooltewah, TN. Ooltewah is a beautiful town with an incredible community that continues to grow in population and diversity. We invite you to join our team if you want to grow as a learner, leader, and professional. We strive to elevate the teaching profession through focused instruction, on-site professional learning, collaborative teams, data driven decision making, coaching support, and focused team planning.

At OES, Together we are Expecting excellence, All in, and Moving forward. We are looking for educational professionals who are passionate about learning, growing, and developing into the best educator they can be for OES students. Our teachers, staff, and administration are student-focused, equipped with a growth mindset, and have a team mentality.

We are looking for staff who are committed to excellence and who are passionate about working with students with disabilities. Our teachers and paraprofessionals accept accountability, work collaboratively, are flexible, and utilize multiple strategies when working with students. We look for staff members who believe that “every day is a new day” with students and who are willing to be a team player both in and out of the classroom.

• 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 occurs.
• Competence at and a 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 a time when a teacher must be away from the group.
• Provides educational assistance to students with disabilities; assists in preparing, modifying, and utilizing instructional materials to meet individual needs of students; assists with development and implementation of Individual Education Program for each student; assists with the data collection and progress monitoring of student’s physical, communication, social/emotional, and educational levels of development; uses special educational strategies and techniques to address students’ academic needs.
• Provides physical assistance, including but not limited to…