Special Education Assistant

Special Education Assistant

Essential Duties And Responsibilities. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assist the classroom teacher and students with specified duties.

• Supervises, observes and assists the assigned student at all times, including escorting the student during all transitions and lunch or as prescribed in the student's IEP.

• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about the student as is expected of fully licensed teachers.

• Participates in inservice training as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervises students.

Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Sixty semester hours of postsecondary work or; an associate's degree; or successful completion of ParaProfessional Test.

Language Skills: Ability to read, educational procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write routine reports and simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students or other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and the Board of Education policies.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee must be able to push items of 50 lbs. Such as pushing children on a bike or moving/rearranging furniture. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision.

Pay Grade/Days: Classified Salary Schedule/ 185 days/ 7.0 hours per day