Instructional Assistant - Short Term Recovery Class (STR)

FLSA Classification: Non-exempt, hourly employee. 181 work days (days when students are scheduled to attend school), 7 hours per day (excluding a 30-minute unpaid duty-free meal break). Work year runs from the first day students report in August through the last day students report in May or June.

Pay

• Starting hourly rate: $16.05
• Paid on the "Instructional Assistant" salary schedule

Benefits

• Eligible for "Support Staff" benefits schedule
• Medical benefits available the first day of the month following 60 days of employment, provided enrollment forms are received within 31 days of the effective date

About the Role

The Short Term Removal (STR) Supervisor provides support in an educational environment by supervising students. This role requires a proactive disposition, including walking hallways, checking restrooms during passing periods and class periods, and monitoring all other areas of the building as requested or assigned.

Responsibilities

• Provides high-level customer service with a focus on safety when interacting with staff, students, families, and community members on school campuses
• Ensures students assigned to STR complete assignments provided by teachers
• Monitors students in the STR classroom, throughout the building, and around campus to ensure compliance with school rules and safe, appropriate behavior
• Supervises and corrects student behavior in hallways during passing periods and class periods
• Inspects bathrooms immediately following passing periods to ensure students are not lingering
• Assists teachers and administrators in handling student behavior problems
• Performs related duties as directed by the Principal, Assistant Principal, or designee

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED (required)
• Associate degree or higher, or at least sixty (60) semester hours from an accredited institution of higher education (preferred; official transcripts required for validation)
• Previous work experience with school-age children (preferred)
• Must meet requirements of a paraprofessional as outlined in ESSA: associate degree, two years of college, or passing the ParaPro Assessment (offered at no cost by Highlander Park for prospective employees)
• Must pass an Expanded Criminal History Check and Expanded Child Protection Index Check
• Ability to perform essential functions, meet performance aptitudes, and fulfill physical/sensory/environmental requirements of the job (with or without reasonable accommodations)

Skills

• Data Utilization: Ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure, and/or sort data/information; judge observable characteristics against prescribed standards
• Human Interaction: Ability to provide guidance, assistance, and interpretation to others in specific situations
• Equipment Utilization: Ability to operate and control standard office equipment
• Verbal Aptitude: Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference data and information
• Mathematical Aptitude: Basic understanding of time and physical space to plan efficient routes throughout the facility
• Functional Reasoning: Ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions with some latitude for independent judgment
• Situational Reasoning: Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in frequently changing, pre-defined situations

Physical & Environmental Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Ability to exert moderate physical effort in light work, including several hours of walking, interacting with students in crowded hallways, climbing stairs, and occasional lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling of objects/materials up to 20 pounds
• Sensory Requirements: Visual perception and discrimination; oral communication ability; ability to perceive and discriminate sounds
• Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse conditions such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, extreme temperatures, noise, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances