Teacher Assistant, Special Education (1:1)

Job Overview

Roles And Responsibilities

• Assists the teacher by performing instructional duties, preparing classroom materials, supervising student behavior, learning and applying specific behavior management techniques, performing clerical duties, and providing assistance with personal hygiene and physical care as required.
• Assists the teacher by having materials ready; presents activities in developmental areas such as cognitive, speech and language, fine motor, gross motor, social/emotional, and daily living skills; reinforces concepts and practice skills.
• Collects and records student data such as skill practice, seizure occurrences, and toileting.
• Provides discipline in the absence of the teacher and maintains consistency with procedures established by the teacher.
• Implements behavior modification plans.
• P Practices individual speech sounds, vocabulary, and syntax objectives with students as directed by the speech therapist; reads to students and asks questions to stimulate language development; presents language activities involving expressive and receptive areas of development.
• Supervises learning centers during independent student work and assists students in manipulating materials.
• Participates in classroom activities such as discussions and games.
• Operates computer and audiovisual equipment such as DVD, data projector, or smartboards.
• Performs related work as required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience as a teacher aide or working with children.
• Licenses and Certifications: Not applicable (NA).
• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:
  • Ability to work under the supervision of the teacher, including following lesson plans prepared by teachers.
  • Ability to work effectively with individual children and small groups, meeting the instructional objectives as established by the teacher.
  • Physical ability to lift, position, and assist students as required.
  • Acceptance and adaptation to the wide differences in student characteristics and abilities.
  • Ability to operate standard office equipment, learn to operate video equipment, and learn to perform individual medical procedures when necessary.
  • Good human relations and communications skills; patience and flexibility.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly talks, expresses or exchanges ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Frequently sits and/or remains in a stationary position for long periods of time.
• Erects up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Reports to: Principal.
• FLSA Status: Non-Exempt.
• Months/Days/Hours: 10 months/ 187 days/ 7 hours.
• Salary Level: Scale B/ Universal - Non-exempt Level 4.
• Salary Scale: https://www.lcps.org/compensation.
• Salary Range: $22.47- $25.28.
• Remote Work Eligible: No.
• Union Designation: Non-certified.