MS Aide / Associate
About the role
Assist teachers in the instruction, supervision and care of students with disabilities in a variety of instructional settings, including special education, general education and work/community settings.
Responsibilities
- Attend work on a prompt and regular basis
- Maintain confidentiality
- Maintain satisfactory and harmonious working relationships with the public, students, and other employees
- Absorb and follow behavior management plans for individual students
- Prepare and organize instructional materials and equipment
- Perform personal care duties for students with disabilities as needed
- Prepare and supervise students in bus loading/unloading. May include riding the bus, supervising students, collecting daily logs and implementing behavior intervention plan
- Absorb and implement school-wide and classroom consistent behavior management strategies and procedures
- Supervise lunchroom, playground, halls, classroom and other assigned areas
- Clarify and reinforce teacher directions
- Participate in I.E.P. meetings as required
- Absorb and assist with instruction in the community setting as required
- Absorb and assist with students' assignments
- Reinforce skills taught by the teacher
- Listen to students read/read to students
- Chart/graph student performance
- Organize daily student work folders
- Prepare attendance cards and reports
- Address and provide physical and health supports (feeding and toileting)
- Under teacher direction, implement specific strategies to maintain/increase appropriate behavior and de-escalate inappropriate behavior
- Supervise students in community/work settings
- Lift, carry and correctly position students with physical disabilities
- Perform other activities as required by building Principal or teachers
Requirements
Previous experience working with children preferred but not required
Post-secondary coursework in educational field preferred but not required
Initiative to be a self-starter
Intuitive to the needs of the student
Ability to work well with classroom teacher, support staff, administrators, AEA and parents of student as part of an educational team
Ability to be flexible in assignment given
Ability to use good judgment when unexpected problems arise
Ability to use office equipment
Qualifications
Ability to use good judgment when unexpected problems arise
Ability to use office equipment
Skills
Ability to use good judgment when unexpected problems arise
Ability to use office equipment
Benefits
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Pay
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Schedule
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