Inclusion Aide - Part Time

Function

The Inclusion Aide works as a paraprofessional with one or more multiple handicapped students, assisting the classroom teacher in leading each student toward fulfillment of his/her potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth and maturation.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a care giving capacity.
• Familiarity with the needs of medically fragile persons.
• Course work and/or knowledge of basic education theory and methodology.
• Facility with deaf/blind interpretive techniques.
• Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.

General Responsibilities

• Adapt/interpret regular classroom instruction and activities as prescribed in each student's Individualized Education Plan.
• Work as a "team player" with parents, teachers, therapists, and others in delivering an educational program appropriate to each child.
• Attend to students' personal care needs, i.e., diapering, feeding, transporting, etc. as necessary.
• Assist with reports, records, identification and acquisition of instructional materials.
• Participate in staff meetings; establish cooperative relationships.
• Evaluate student progress; recommend areas of program improvement.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Related Physical Demands

• Stooping, bending, lifting, etc., as necessary to maneuver, direct and/or gain the attention of a disabled child, or utilize any supportive equipment required in his or her care.
• Standing or sitting for extended periods of time as appropriate to an individualized program of instruction.

Pay

Starting at $17.04 per hour

Schedule

20-25 Hours a Week, Mon-Thurs (some Fridays)