SPED Self-Contained Teacher Assistant (Grades: K-6)

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 substitutes, supporting students with physical disabilities and needs, supervising students, and participating in staff development.

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 with classroom curriculum
• Manage behavior of students, including intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior
• Supervise students throughout the school day, including lunchroom, bus, and playground duty
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs
• Help students with physical disabilities and needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning, feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene
• Assist with classroom curriculum
• 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, 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, 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

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, 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.

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$68,000.00

Schedule

Full-time

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Travel throughout the district is integral to this job. A remote working environment / alternate work arrangement is not an option for campus-based employees/campus-based positions because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite and performing all duties at the worksite are essential job duties for all campus-based personnel.