SPED Self Contained ARI (26-27 SY)

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 the teacher in supervising 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
• Assists students with personal needs due to accidents
• Cleans before and after the students enter the room
• Accompanies students to regular education classes and assists them with assignments
• Maintains health status on all children
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities
• Leads and attends staff meetings/trainings as applicable; serves on staff committees

Qualifications

• Education Level: Early Childhood Associate's degree OR Associate's Degree or 60 College Credit Hours AND 12 early childhood college credit hours or completion of an early childhood training program OR High School Diploma/GED AND Verification of WorkKeys Test AND 12 early childhood college credit hours OR completion of an early childhood training program
• Certification: Other Requirements: CDL, any additional qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable
• Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is not a standard office setting; but rather encompasses the entire active school campus both inside and outside the facilities.

Work Environment

• The work environment is not a standard office setting; but rather encompasses the entire active school campus both inside and outside the facilities.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate and occasionally high.