Instructional Assistant - Lake Denoon Middle School

Job Summary

Start Date: 8/25/26
Employment Term and Type: Regular, Part Time
Hours per Week: 27.5
Work Hours: 8am-2pm (30min unpaid lunch)

Physical Requirements

• Ability to walk a minimum of 2 miles per day.
• Ability to bend, stand, and stoop multiple times per day.
• Ability to place students weighing up to 80 pounds in Crisis Prevention Intervention approved protective holds as defined by Act 118.
• Ability to maneuver students weighing up to 180 pounds in wheeled mobility equipment (wheelchair, stroller, etc).
• Ability to position or support an assisted transfer of a student weighing up to 180 pounds.

Job Duties

Will assist in instructional activities and supervision of students in a structured (regular education classes) and unstructured (lunchroom, playground, field trips, bus) environment. Will assist in behavior management strategies and consequences, and may assist with self-help skills (diapering, toilet needs, personal hygiene, feeding, GI tube feeding, dressing, etc.), or health care procedures (charting and dispensation of medications, tube feeding, suctioning, etc.). May work with wheelchair or ambulatory students in small groups or on an individual basis, and may be required to lift or restrain students weighing up to 80 pounds. May transport student(s) in school vans into the community for school-related activities. Other duties as assigned by the administrator or the classroom teacher.

Qualifications

• High School or Equivalent

Skills

• Ability to assist with self-help skills
• Ability to assist with health care procedures
• Ability to assist with behavior management
• Ability to assist with physical transportation

Benefits

• N/A

Pay

$18.00

Schedule

N/A