Preschool Special Education Associate

Job Title

Hours:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30am - 12:00pm

Position Criteria:

• High School Diploma
• Experience as an associate preferred

Performance Responsibilities:

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Commits to ongoing professional growth to support the unique needs of individual students.
• Assists with accurate data collection.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Assists with wash-up and toilet routines.
• Assists with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines.
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Assists with such large group and small group activities.
• Assists with the supervision of the students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Guides independent work, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Maximizes use of time throughout the day.
• Implements behavior support plan.
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Supports PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) for all students in all settings.
• Demonstrates collaborative skills in a team environment.
• Demonstrates effective communication skills.
• Supports generalization of skills in an integrated setting.
• Assists the teacher in devising strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.

Physical Demands:
The Special Education Associate job demands require: occasional maximum lift of 25 lbs from floor to waist; occasional maximum carry of 25 lbs for 30 ft; occasional maximum horizontal push/pull force of 40 lbs; occasional grip force of 30 lbs; frequent bend; frequent crouch; frequent neck rotation; frequent trunk rotation; frequent standing; frequent walking; occasional forward reach; occasional overhead reach;

occasional lateral/sideways reach; occasional hand coordination; occasional fine motor coordination; occasional sitting; occasional crouch/kneel.

Benefits included:

• IPERS retirement account
• Health and Dental Insurance paid for the employee (spouse/family coverage available at an additional cost)
• Generous leave package including personal leave, sick leave, family sick leave, and bereavement leave