STEP Program - Public Health Training Assistant

Major Duties/Essential Functions

• Performs curricular, instructional, clerical, and support tasks to assist teachers and other professional staff in a special education classroom or other setting.
• Affords assistance with conducting classroom activities and with evaluating behavior management activities.
• Contributes to the assessment of individual student needs and progress and development of appropriate individualized programs.
• Works with individual and small groups of students to develop fine and gross motor skills.
• Reviews and reinforces work adjustments and related vocational experiences with students.
• Makes daily and long-term planning of activities with teachers.
• May be assigned to assist with providing instruction in basic skills, and to supervise in off-site vocational training and community travel settings.
• On a limited basis, helps manage the behavior of students, including behavior intervention plans, de-escalation strategies, and crisis intervention.
• Aids in instructing and assisting students with daily living skills including toileting, feeding, dressing, and other personal and facilities hygiene needs as required.
• May perform certain medical procedures or give medication under supervision and with appropriate instructions.
• Assists with maintaining order and assists in managing the behavior of students.
• Aids in the provision of assistance to students, which may involve transferring to and from wheelchairs to floor, table, or therapy devices.
• Supports students with assistive technologies.
• May oversee and lead attendants or volunteers.
• May perform administrative and non-instructional duties, such as keeping daily attendance or recording of work hours of students in a vocational program.
• Assists with maintenance of files containing student work and evaluation and assessment data;
• Observes, gathers, and records assessment data on students;
• Reviews observations/progress of students with instructional staff.
• Performs related duties as required or assigned.

Work Environment/Physical Requirements

• This job operates in a school environment and has a noise level of mostly low to moderate.
• May require physical strength, agility, and dexterity to assist in de-escalating student behavior that is disruptive or harmful to self or others.
• This role routinely uses standard classroom equipment such as computers, phones, projectors, smartboards, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and assistive technology.
• Uses instructional technologies (smartboards, laptops, document cameras, projectors, etc).
• Uses assistive technology with students (computers, augmentative communication devices, adaptive technology peripherals, etc).
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to regularly stand, sit, walk, bend, and/or kneel.
• This job requires lifting up to 35 lbs., and occasional lifting/moving up to 70 lbs. and/or use of a Hoyer lift.