SPED Unit Teacher Assistant (Grades: EC-5)
About the role
This position assists the teacher in preparing instructional materials and classroom displays, maintaining a neat and orderly classroom, managing student behavior, and providing support to students with physical disabilities.
Responsibilities
- Prepare instructional materials and classroom displays
- Maintain a neat and orderly classroom
- Assist with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment
- Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students
- Assist students with physical disabilities, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning
- Absorb responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs
- Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher
- Supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom (lunchroom, bus, playground)
- Assist with classroom curriculum
- Manage behavior of students which includes 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
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 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
Benefits
N/A
Pay
Minimum Salary: $30,029.00
Median Salary: $37,548.00
Schedule
Full-time
Work Locations
Hogg New Tech Center
Job Title
Teacher Assistant-Physically Handicapped
Job ID / Requisition Number
N/A