Teacher Assistant

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East Orange, NJ - East Orange School District, Essex County

Permanent

an ESS teacher aide helps to assist the classroom teacher to provide extra support to students with special needs, promoting maximum academic and personal growth. The teacher aid job responsibilities range from supplementing regular classroom curriculum to helping individual students.

Teacher aid are also known as paraprofessionals, classroom aides, teacher assistants, instructional aides, one-to-one aides, two to one aide and personal care assistants. This job description covers all those roles.

• Assists in taking care of the physical needs of the special education student, including putting on and taking off outerwear, moving from room to room, student hygiene, and using the lavatory as needed. Assists with wash-up and toilet routings including diapering when necessary
• Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual students
• Assists, where appropriate, in escorting students to arrival/departure areas, loading and unloading the special education student from transportation buses or vans
• Completes clerical duties as assigned by the classroom teacher, including collecting behavioral data.
• Aids physically disabled students, particularly those who rely upon appliances and prosthetics
• Can be utilized as a classroom aide, one to one aide, or two to one aide; this job description covers all of those roles
• Maintains confidentiality in accordance with district policy and handbook. Handles sensitive and confidential information, documents, communications, incidents, etc., with discretion and in a conscientious manner
• Participates in staff meetings, professional development and training sessions as assigned .
• Helps maintain individual records for each student. Refers parent requests for information to the classroom teacher
• Provide instructional reinforcement for individual students or small groups of students
• Assist teacher with classroom management and general supervision of the class
• Assist with administrative duties such as setting up equipment and preparing materials
• Supervise students in the cafeteria, schoolyard, specials, hallways, on field trips, and/or during before and after school programs
• Attend to students' physical, personal, academic, and emotional needs
• Support students with special needs by following provisions specified in their IEPs/504 Plans
• Perform other duties as directed by the classroom teacher and school administration

• 30 College credits and a NJ Substitute Teacher certificate or the Para Pro Assessment
• Valid NJ criminal history letter
• Negative tuberculosis test obtained within 6 months of initial employment

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