Educational Support Personnel

About the role

To assist teachers with instruction to students in behavior, life skills, social skills, emotional regulation, and academics.

Responsibilities

• Consistently reinforce varied instructional techniques within a classroom setting
• Assist teacher with follow-up small group instruction and general monitoring/classroom management
• Assist teacher in instructional preparation and as a team member servicing students, which may include:
  • Assisting with lifting/transferring students in/out of wheelchairs
  • Supporting activities of daily living, hygiene, toileting, and feeding
  • Providing community/vocational-based supervision
• Assist in classroom and building supervision of designated students
• Apply behavior management techniques and positive behavior supports
• Extend intervention techniques to other settings within the school/community
• Perform daily data collection and recording (or willingness to learn)
• Perform other duties and classroom/program assignments as reasonably required

Requirements

• Interpersonal skills suited to working with students with moderate to severe disabilities
• Working knowledge of computer technology
• Familiarity with behavior management techniques and positive behavior supports
• Capability to extend intervention techniques to other settings within the school/community