Educational Assistant – Special Education- Structured Skills Center

About the role

The Educational Assistant - Structured Skills Center (Special Education) (EA-SSC) provides educational supports through instruction and supervision of students with significant behavioral disabilities along with debilitating mental health issues under the direct supervision of special education teacher, specialist and/or classroom teacher. These students may have one or more academic, emotional, cognitive, physical and/or sensory challenges in addition to a mental health diagnosis.

Responsibilities

• Provides instructional practice and review to individual, small groups, and/or whole groups of students
• Participates in regularly scheduled clinical, triage and data team meetings with special education teacher and support staff
• Adapts classroom work/homework under the direction of the teacher to support and/or reinforce individual and classroom learning objectives
• Implements behavioral strategies, as directed by the classroom teacher, to individual, small groups and/or whole groups of students
• Administers first aid and medical assistance (e.g. tube feeding to students, catheterization, toileting)
• Maintains specialized and classroom equipment and student's files/records as pertain to special education files/records to ensure a safe and appropriate learning environment
• Maintains specialized and classroom equipment and student's files/records as pertain to special education files/records to ensure a safe and appropriate learning environment
• Monitors individual students, classroom and/or playground activities for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment
• Develops materials for student IEP implementation
• Evaluates situations to take appropriate action and/or direct the situation to the appropriate personnel for resolution
• Assists other personnel as may be required for the purpose of supporting them in the completion of their work activities to meet the needs of assigned students and the Structured Skills Center
• Assists with the transportation needs of students, including walking them to and from the bus, supervision of students on the way to and from the bus, supervision of loading and unloading of busses, arranging for the transportation needs of students, and may include riding the bus with the student to and from school beginning and ending in a designated location
• Transports students to and from their home schools and/or on outside activities using district provided vehicles

Requirements

• Experience Required: Prior job-related experience, paid or volunteer, with school age children
• Education Required: Completed associates or higher degree, completed at least two years of study at an institution of higher education (72 college quarter hours or more) or met a rigorous standard of quality and can demonstrate, through a formal state or local academic assessment, knowledge of and ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics through the high school level
• Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required: Criminal Justice Fingerprint Clearance; First Aid/CPR card; Bloodborne Pathogen training; Type 20 driver's certification to drive specialized district bus

Qualifications

• Knowledge of principles of child development and instructional practices
• Performing basic clerical functions and basic arithmetic calculations
• Operating standard office equipment as well as computer programs and applications (e.g. email, system applications, word processing)
• Communicating effectively in English, both verbally and in writing (e.g. correct spelling, grammar and punctuation)
• Understanding and carrying out oral verbal and written instructions
• Understanding and addressing students with special needs
• Rapidly learn methods and materials used in a variety of instructional situations
• Functioning as a self-starter, who works well independently or in a team
• Planning, prioritizing and completing assignments with minimum supervision
• Handling multiple projects, and tasks to meet scheduled deadlines
• Interacting with persons of different age groups and cultural backgrounds

Skills

• Understanding and addressing students with special needs
• Rapidly learn methods and materials used in a variety of instructional situations
• Functioning as a self-starter, who works well independently or in a team
• Planning, prioritizing and completing assignments with minimum supervision
• Handling multiple projects, and tasks to meet scheduled deadlines
• Interacting with persons of different age groups and cultural backgrounds

Benefits

Preference will be given to those applicants with work or lived experience with culturally, linguistically and racially diverse communities.

Pay

Salary Range 13 $25.09 to $34.38/hour

Schedule

7 hours/day, 185 days/year