Instructional Aide - Early Learning

About the role

The Early Learning Center is seeking dynamic applicants with a passion for supporting diverse learners. Applications received for this posting will be reviewed for both the Instructional Aide and Instructional Aide Trainee classifications.

Responsibilities

• Assists teacher of students (i.e. pre-school, elementary, middle school, high school, or post-secondary) who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind &/or students with multiple disabilities in academic instruction (e.g. math, science, reading, history, expanded core curriculum), vocational &/or daily living skills &/or in the classroom by assisting teacher by tutoring &/or conducting group or individual lessons for students in conjunction with teacher;
• Ensures safety & well-being of students;
• Counseling students to provide for educational, emotional, physical or personal needs;
• Monitoring students to maintain discipline & ensure students will carry out their assignments as made by teacher & monitor student's behavior for compliance with established rules (i.e. school code of conduct, individual education plan);
• Supports students in proper utilization of various adaptive technology;
• Provides language enrichment / mediating for language deprivation support as needed (e.g., gesturing, manipulating, presenting English version);
• Accompanies & assist students during meals;
• Facilitate transportation needs (i.e. before and after-school coordination, field trips, escorting to/from bus and/or personal transportation);
• May operate motor vehicle in escort and/or transporting students (e.g. field trips, educational or occupations activities and/or residence);
• Carries out teacher provided lesson plans in teacher absence when necessary to continue regularly scheduled instruction.

Requirements

• Assists in preparation of &/or creation of lesson plans (e.g., determine areas of need with teacher assembles instructional materials, sets up classroom for lessons, takes attendance, performs grading, setting up accessible equipment);
• Supports technology integration into classroom;
• Prepares & creates instructional media for classroom use & operates all equipment and (e.g., smart devices, intelligent devices (e.g. braille note), TV, audio/visual equipment), software (e.g. Duxbury, Tactile view), edits audio/video materials & assists in development of visual lessons & assists in maintenance & repair of equipment.

Qualifications

• Under the guidance of the classroom teacher, assist in preparation for IEP meeting in assisting in compilation of data & feedback (e.g. completes detailed documentation, logs and assessments related to academic, behavioral development & progress);
• Participates in conferences & student evaluation sessions (e.g., provides information regarding student progress & observation);
• Participates in inter-disciplinary meetings.

Skills

• Education;
• Education Support;
• Establishing Relationships;
• Developing Others;
• Organization;
• Ohio Deaf & Blind Education Services Agency Contact Name and Information: Kimberly Basil, human.resources@osdb.oh.gov;
• Unposting Date: Sep 7, 2026, 11:59:00 PM;
• Primary Location: United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus;
• Compensation: Aide $21.83;
• Schedule: Full-time;
• Classified Indicator: Classified;
• Union: OCSEA;
• Technical Skills: Educational support;
• Professional Skills: Developing Others, Establishing Relationships;
• Agency Overview: Here at the Alice Cogswell Center (ACC) and Early Learning Center (ELC), we follow a child centered approach. At the ELC, we serve children ages 3-5 with hearing loss, and students with visual impairments. Each child has a unique personality and their own strengths. We respect and encourage each child on their path to learn and grow socially, emotionally, physically and educationally. We believe children grow and develop best when given hands on activities where they can explore and try new things with support and encouragement along the way. We provide the opportunity for children to try a variety of learning experiences throughout the day: fine and gross motor, art, language and literacy, math, and other large and small group activities where we practice valuable communication skills.