SPED Intensive Support Teacher Assistant (Grades: 6-8)

About the role

This position assists the teacher in preparing instructional materials and classroom displays, maintaining a neat and orderly classroom, helping with inventory and equipment maintenance, keeping administrative records, assisting substitute teachers, supporting students with physical disabilities, providing personal care, managing behavior, and performing various other duties.

Responsibilities

• Prepare instructional materials and classroom displays
• Maintain a neat and orderly classroom
• Inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students
• Assist substitute teachers
• Support students with physical disabilities
• Provide personal care to students with physical needs
• Supervise students throughout the school day
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs
• Help with classroom curriculum
• Manage behavior of students, including intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed
• Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned

Requirements

Accredited Senior High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A. equivalency), plus one of the following: Associate degree, 48 college credit hours, pass an academic assessment. Paraprofessional certificate required from State Board of Certification. Successful completion of a specific training program for teacher assistants or six months of knowledge and skills acquired through work experience preferred. Demonstrated general knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics. Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups. Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills required to meet the goals of the position. Demonstrated initiative and a willingness to follow verbal and written instructions. Demonstrated effective communication skills both in oral and written form. Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities. Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession.

Qualifications

Accredited Senior High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A. equivalency), plus one of the following: Associate degree, 48 college credit hours, pass an academic assessment. Paraprofessional certificate required from State Board of Certification. Successful completion of a specific training program for teacher assistants or six months of knowledge and skills acquired through work experience preferred. Demonstrated general knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics. Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups. Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills required to meet the goals of the position. Demonstrated initiative and a willingness to follow verbal and written instructions. Demonstrated effective communication skills both in oral and written form. Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities. Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession.

Skills

General knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics. Ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups. Organizational and interpersonal skills. Initiative and willingness to follow verbal and written instructions. Effective communication skills both in oral and written form. Ability to work with children with disabilities. Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred. Flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

Minimum Salary: $31,282.00
Median Salary: $39,113.00

Schedule

Full-time