Instructional Assistant .3667

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Supervises students on the playground, cafeteria, classrooms and other areas before, during and after school.
• Maintains safe environments before, during and after school in structured and non-structured settings understanding individual student intervention strategies including IEPs.
• Oversees the cafeteria during breakfast and lunch, following state sanitation regulations and monitoring student food allergies and food safety.
• Communicates with parents and students during drop off and pick up to ensure a safe and orderly environment during transitions.
• Aids students in identifying actions and consequences and ways to resolve conflicts and solve problems, intervening when students' actions are potentially harmful or dangerous.
• Makes a personal connection with students demonstrating that they are caring adults who will listen and facilitate other internal and external interventions as needed.
• Provides consistency for students as a trusted adult doing daily check-in and check-out taking the time to listen and make positive connections with students.
• Model Positive Behavior Instructional Support (PBIS) with students and participates in PBIS planning teams as requested.
• Analyze, develop, and share school wide efforts on PBIS initiatives using school wide data to drive decision making and modify interventions.
• Collaborate with other school personnel regarding student achievement, classroom instruction and behavioral expectations.
• Provides supplemental academic interventions as directed by the teachers for students in large group, small group instruction, and one-on-one settings.
• Focused on assigned grade levels and are required to learn and be confident in the curriculum of that grade level to support student's academic needs.
• Provides classroom coverage during periods when teachers are not present.
• Provides instructional support to students during academic blocks.
• Schedules and proctors state and local district assessments.
• Provides basic first aid to students; distributes medications as needed; contacts parents of sick or injured students; maintains injury logs and participates in appropriate training sessions, such as blood borne pathogens, medical skill training, CPR, first aid, etc.
• Performs various duties to assist teachers including copying, filing, data entry, correcting papers, laminating, binding, preparing materials, and other projects as needed.
• Scans student meal accounts during breakfast and lunch.
• Maintains confidentiality of student records.
• Prepares materials and participates in activities to support the beginning of the school year.
• Provides back up to other support positions within the school setting.
• Determines indoor and outdoor recess following district policies and procedures.
• Monitor outside equipment and environment and notify facilities and grounds when repairs are needed.
• Scans environment with an eye for potential hazards.

Minimum Training and Experience Required

• To perform essential job functions must meet the following NCLB standards for this position: completed two years of study at an institution of higher education, obtained an associate's degree (or higher), or be able to demonstrate through a formal assessment, the ability to assist in instructing reading, writing and mathematics.
• Must be willing to attend the following district workshops: Above the Line, Play works playground Workshop, Reading, writing and math instructional strategies, PBIS training, First Aid, CPR/AED training, code training, and Non-Violent Crisis Intervention.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.