Exceptional Children Instructional Assistant K-2

K-2 Exceptional Children Instructional Assistant

Provide support to the teacher in the instruction of students. This position is responsible to the classroom teacher and/or the school administrators and will carry out such duties as determined by and in support of those teachers. A wide variety of tasks are performed to support the teacher in the teaching-learning process for students.

Major

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gives group instruction and provides individualized instruction as prescribed by the teacher.
• Praises and reinforces achievement of students.
• Reports student progress to the teacher.
• Serves as substitute teacher.
• Arranges classroom furnishings and equipment.
• Prepares visual aids and duplicates materials.
• Reorganizes materials at the end of day.
• Serves as proctor during testing.
• Morning and afternoon carpool duties
• Lunch and recess monitoring
• Classroom monitoring and classroom management
• Monitors work assigned by teacher
• Individual student support and tutoring
• Checks and corrects students' work while in progress and keeps students on task
• Instructional preparation/support
• Distributes and collects instructional materials
• Completes and organizes paperwork and other support documents
• Plans and prepares for the instructional activities with the classroom teacher
• Contributes to a positive classroom environment where every child is motivated to achieve
• Assists in escorting and supervising students to other locations
• Assists teachers with non-instructional classroom duties, such as snack, lunch, bulletin boards, and other daily routines
• Secures and organizes classroom supplies
• Assists in reading, storytelling, calendar, and other appropriate activities
• Assists small groups of students in the library, art class, computer lab, etc. as needed
• Prepares instructional materials
• Participates in appropriate in-service activities
• Assists with classroom discipline
• Attends meetings of the school as directed
• Observes student performance and assists students in correcting seat work as it is being done
• Assists the teacher in maintaining the classroom in clean, orderly, and functional condition
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with others
• Performs such other tasks and assumes responsibilities as may be assigned by the classroom teacher or school administrator
• Strives to be a desirable example for students in attitude, actions, speech, and dress
• Any other assigned duties

Additional Expectations:

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to reason, make judgments, and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to utilize positive human relation skills with all staff.
• Skills of keyboarding with accuracy at the speed necessary for the position.
• Skills in operating a computer with word processing, spreadsheet, and desktop publishing applications.
• Knowledge of office practices and procedures.
• Ability to compile and summarize information.
• Ability to resolve problem situations with sound judgment.
• Ability to demonstrate proper telephone etiquette.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in matters relating to the school system.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative in completing work assignments.
• Knowledge of business letter writing and memos.
• Ability to compose correspondences independently.
• Ability to work in the absence of supervision.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Desired Training and Hands-On

Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent degree.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Minimum Qualifications or Standards required to perform essential job functions:

• Physical Requirements:
  
  Position requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.
• Interpersonal Communication:
  Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information.
• Intelligence:
  Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form.
• Verbal Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow written and oral instructions.
• Numerical Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
• Motor Coordination:
  Requires the ability to coordinate eyes and hands to use the keyboard.
• Interpersonal Temperament:
  Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. You must be adaptable to performing under minimal to moderate levels of stress.
• Physical Communication:
  Requires the ability to talk, write and hear.

Assessment:
Performance of this job will be assessed annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on assessment of administrative personnel. Terms of Employment:
Salary and work year as established by the Board.