SPED ARI

Duties And Responsibilities

• Participates in daily and long-range lesson and classroom activity planning
• Conducts learning exercises with small groups of children
• Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children
• Alters the teacher to special needs of individual children
• Provides escort and assistance to children as necessary
• Helps maintain individuals records for each child
• Fosters good eating habits and table manners in children
• Aids in maintaining neat work and study areas
• Aids in the supervision of children during regular play periods
• Collects and displays suitable material for educational displays
• Participates in staff development to be equipped to assist teachers in carrying out district initiatives
• Aid students with personal needs due to accidents
• Clean before and after the students enter the room
• Accompany students to regular education classes and assist them with assignments
• Maintain health status on all children
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities
• Lead and attend staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serve on staff committees
• Maintain and accept responsibility for any district owned fixed asset item assigned to employee and ensure appropriate use by following district policies for acceptable use
• Undergo periodic evaluations according to state and board policy procedures
• Maintain confidentiality
• Regular, dependable, in person, and punctual attendance is an essential function of this position
• Read, understand, and abide by Employee Conduct Policy, GAB, all other District, State and Federal policies, and procedures and protocols as established by RCSD and the Mississippi Educator Code of Conduct

Qualifications

• Education Level: Associate Degree or higher from an accredited college or Minimum of forty eight hours of college credit from an accredited college or High School Diploma with a passing Work-Keys test as determined by the Mississippi Department of Education
• Other Requirements: CDL, any additional qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms using equipment such as a keyboard and video display terminal. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, reach, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and move up to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.