Teacher Assistant, Special Education (ECSE - Early Childhood Special Education) (2 yr. old classroom)

Job Overview

Roles And Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience as a teacher aide or experience 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.
  • Operation of standard office equipment, learning to operate video equipment, and learning 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 or Assistant Principal.
• FLSA Status: Non-exempt.
• Months/Days/Hours: 10 months/ 187 days/ 7 hours per day.
• Salary Level: Universal/Scale B.1 - Level 4.
• Salary Scale: https://www.lcps.org/compensation.
• Salary Range: $22.47- $25.28.
• Remote Work Eligible: No.
• Union Designation: Non-Certified.