EC Instructional Assistant

General Statement of Job

To work closely with one or more students with Individual Education Programs (IEP) under the supervision of a licensed Special Education Teacher and/or Related Service Provider. The Instructional Assistant will provide assigned student(s) with the physical, educational, and/or emotional support they need to gain full access to the school setting—reports to the teacher of the classroom.

Responsibilities

• Carry out all physical care routines for students as indicated on their Health Plans and/or Individual Education Programs (IEPs), including, but not limited to, personal hygiene.
• Work with the student(s) on academic tasks to support the instructional plan of the teacher(s).
• Collect and record student data.
• Provide individual and group instruction based on teacher plans.
• Create and maintain classroom materials.
• Demonstrate a basic level of computer proficiency needed to assist classroom teacher(s) and students.
• Set up and use assistive technology and augmentative communication devices to assist students with school-related activities.
• Provide close supervision in all school settings.
• Assist students with daily living skills (i.e., toileting, feeding, cleanliness, etc.).
• Assist in the organization and implementation of all school-related activities.
• Perform routine duties as required by teacher and/or administrator(s).
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Assists the student(s) to whom assigned in such physical tasks as putting on and taking off outerwear, moving from room to room, using the bathroom, and so on, if applicable.
• Serves as a resource person, when requested, to the student IEP team.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by EC Director, School Administration, or designee.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school with a preference for specialized training and a two- or four-year college degree (or 48 hours of college credit), experience in education, or such alternatives to these as may be found appropriate.

Skills and Abilities

• Establishes a supportive relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging dependence or intense emotional involvement.
• Performs simple errands for the student(s).
• Treats students and colleagues with dignity and respect at all times.
• Ability to follow written and oral directions.
• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Ability to accept differences in people.
• Ability to follow a schedule.
• Must be physically able to sit, stand, walk, and drive a car.
• Must be able to lift mail and boxes up to 10 lbs.
• Must be able to sit at a computer for extended periods of time.
• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people, or things.
• Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to subordinates or assistants.
• Requires the ability to read simple forms.
• Requires the ability to prepare time sheets and supply requisitions using the prescribed format.
• Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form; to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in Standard English.
• Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas, to add, subtract, divide, and multiply.
• Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using a keyboard.
• Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Must be adaptable to performing under minimal levels of stress.

Location: Lucy S. Herring Elementary School
Contact: Holly.Sutter@acsgmail.net