SOWIC Teaching Assistant at Laraway School

SOWIC Teaching Assistant

Location: Laraway School

Position Type: Support Staff/ Teacher Assistant

Availability: July 1, 2023 onward;
Closing Date: November 1, 2023

Qualifications:

• Professional Educators License with Stipulations:
  Paraprofessional Educator Endorsement, State Approved Paraprofessional (TAS), or Professional Educator License, or Substitute Teacher License

Function: To provide instructional assistance to classroom teachers in efforts to facilitate the educational progress and growth of students.

• Check functioning of assistive equipment (e.g., hearing aid batteries, oxygen tank and tubing, communication devices, etc.).
• Operate special equipment as trained and directed (program computerized augmentative devices, braillers, etc.).
• Make visual aids as directed.
• Report concerns regarding technology equipment/supportive devices to appropriate staff in a timely manner.
• Assist in the preparation of instructional materials.
• Assist in the construction and/or assembling of bulletin boards or other room displays.
• Keep accurate attendance records.
• Collect, grade or correct student work as directed.
• Copy, order, arrange, or gather materials as directed.
• Observe and record student health needs (e.g., food and liquid intake) when needed.
• Observe and record data related to student interactions, initiatives, etc.
• Maintain and organize student data files as directed.

• Supervise and assist arrival and departure of students, by meeting buses or supervising entries, exits and grounds each day.
• Escort students to various settings throughout the building as requested.
• Clean or assist students in cleaning designated areas as assigned.
• Assist students in restrooms (supervise washroom breaks, changing diapers, briefs, clothing, or personal hygiene) as needed.
• Supervise students at breakfast, recess and lunch when requested.
• Escort, supervise and participate with P.E. duties and activities, as requested.
• Model, prompt, and reinforce appropriate social behaviors.
• Facilitate appropriate social interaction among students.
• Prompt students to utilize given strategies to assist in self-management.
• Supervise classrooms or small groups, reinforcing appropriate behaviors.
• Assist in the follow-through of planned behavior interventions.
• Provide students with prompts and cues to utilize specific pro-social skills.
• Provide physical proximity for students when needed.
• Transfer, lift, or position students as directed by appropriate professional personnel.
• Assist students in using wheelchair, stander, or other mobility devices when needed.
• Provide reinforcement utilizing established program models or individual student plans.
• Implement special systems/programs following training to assist student with specific diagnoses.
• Physical management of students.
• Observe and record student use of adaptive equipment or devices.

• Assist teachers with maintaining inclusive, learner-centered environments.
• Supervise guided or independent practice in classroom or community.
• Circulate, answering questions or providing assistance as requested.
• Prompt students in utilizing previously learned strategies to solve problems and gather information.
• Facilitate students' active participation in cooperative learning groups.
• Read to students, listen to students read, help students select free choice reading books or appropriate reference resources.
• Design educational material, instructional aides, and activities to support learning under the direction of classroom teacher.
• Under the direction of the teacher, review lessons, reinforce instructional concepts, and provide drill and practice opportunities with individuals or small groups of students.
• Learn, utilize, and reinforce vocabulary appropriate to instructional activities, student performance, assessment, and program planning.
• Take notes or scribe for students as directed.
• Assist students with life-skills based curriculum in school or community.
• Help students implement and self-manage organization skills.
• File, summarize, or otherwise organize student work.
• Assist students with self-help skills as needed.
• Help facilitate inclusion of students with disabilities into general education settings.
• Attend comprehensive planning team meetings when invited or directed to share information related to student progress, instructional, social or daily living needs.
• Conduct self-evaluations of instructional sessions that help to establish goals for improvement (questions related to establishing rapport, following lesson plans, utilization of language/explanation students understood, enthusiasm, utilization of reinforcement techniques, level of encouragement, accurate maintenance of progress and records).
• Assist students in using portable keyboards, computers or other devices under the direction of the teacher, speech pathologist, OT/PT, etc.
• Monitor the use of supportive equipment (e.g., pencil grips, positioning equipment).
• Supervise or assist students using Internet tools.