Instructional Assistant - Title ; Grant

Instructional Assistant - Title I (Grant)

Position Goal:
To provide the highest quality care and supervision to students in the Broward County School System by providing classroom supports that enhance the instructional process. Also, plays a vital role in the instructional process of an individualized program of education.

Essential Performance Responsibilities:

• Provide classroom supports that enhance the instructional process.
• Play a vital role in the instructional process of an individualized program of education.

Minimum Qualifications &

Experience:

• A standard high school diploma or satisfactory completion of an approved General Education Development (GED) testing program.
• The ability to interact and communicate effectively with children.
• Computer skills required as needed for the position.

Preferred Qualifications &

Experience:

• Successful completion of the Principal of Teaching formerly known as Teacher Assisting Curriculum at the designated technical college in the Broward County School District.
• Achieving a passing score on the Para Pro Test, or other officially sanctioned standard tests, to demonstrate the ability to assist in instructing reading/language arts, writing, and mathematics; or reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as appropriate.
• An earned associate degree from an accredited institution, or at least 60 semester hours of earned college credit from an accredited institution.
• Bilingual skills.

Significant Contacts:

• On a daily basis, works with assigned classroom teacher(s) and classroom students(s) to support high-quality and effective instructional and behavioral program delivery to students.
• Also, provides assistance, care, and supervision to students.
• Frequently interacts with other personnel within the assigned school in performing daily work routine.

Physical Requirements:

• Medium work:
  Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up 10 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.

Terms of Employment:

• Salary and benefits shall be paid consistent with the district's approved compensation plan.
• Length of the work year and hours of employment shall be those established by the School Board.