Instructional Aide - Learning​/Special Education Resource

Instructional Assistant

The primary responsibility for the Instructional Assistant is direct involvement with students in the instructional setting. Job duties range from supporting students in the classroom to supplementing regular classroom curriculum with additional enrichment activities for students, to assisting with self-help and self-management skills. This position will deal with community members, parents, students, and staff on a regular basis and will be expected to interact with these publics in a professional, friendly, and organized manner.

Starting salary is $15/hr minimum qualifications include meeting all Indiana requirements as a highly qualified Instructional Assistant, two years of college or the equivalent, and a teaching license and/or educational training and experience preferred.

Principal responsibilities and duties include providing instructional assistance to students, working with individual students or small groups, assisting in the implementation of Individual Education Plans, providing supervision and support for individual students, working with other professionals, assisting classroom teachers with documenting and maintaining student records, utilizing de-escalation strategies, functioning as part of the crisis team, performing health-related student needs, assisting in classroom management, assisting with the administration and scoring of student assessments, assisting with the inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment, functioning as an appropriate role model for children, responding to emergency situations, keeping teachers and/or specialists informed of special needs or problems of individual students, and completing other responsibilities as deemed necessary by the director, building administrator or administrator designee.

Knowledge, skills, abilities, and personal characteristics include demonstrating interpersonal skills, working cooperatively with teachers, students, and staff, ability to learn new skills quickly, ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality, ability to work independently and in a team environment, ability to multitask with attention to detail, ability to learn classroom procedures and expectations, demonstrating organizational and time management skills, and performing all other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Special requirements include maintaining a working knowledge of all classroom equipment, working an average of 5.75 hours or less per day, no more than 180 days per year, and being capable of physically assisting students with disabilities as required in some possible assignments.