Instructional Assistant

ITINERANT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT"Focused on Quality: Committed to Excellence."Supervised by/Reports to: PrincipalFLSA Status: Non-ExemptJob Goals:As an Instructional Assistant, you will facilitate the primary instructor in meeting his or her daily objectives. To assist school personnel in implementing an effective educational program for students with disabilities to address their personal, social, behavioral, functional, and academic goals.Qualifications:Associate Degree or two years of higher education or successful passage of the work keys test, required.Prior working with students with disabilities preferred.Able to manage dependent students, if needed.Knowledge understanding of academic and behavioral strategies and techniques to students in learning.Word processing/ computer experience.Good with strong interpersonal skillsPerformance Responsibilities and Essential Functions:Under the direction of a certified teacher, performs tasks related to instruction.Works with the identified student(s) to maintain behavioral control and implement plans, if needed.Works with small groups of to reinforce learning initially introduced by the teacher.Guides study and corrective instruction directed by the teacher.Assists teacher in implementing activities prescribed by the speech/occupational/physical therapist.Assists students who need special attention and/or assistance.Assists teacher in preparing instructional materials for classroom use.Assists routine classroom clerical duties such as grading papers.Assists teacher in feeding, positioning, lifting, or moving students, if needed.Assists students with wash-up and toilet routines, including cleaning and changing, if needed.Assists students and/or teachers with the use of assistive /adaptive devices, if needed.Assists in supervision of students who participate in special or general education class.Helps with extra duties related to the supervision of students - lunch periods, playground, study hall, cafeteria, bus duties, assemblies, field trips, etc.Accompanies children to and from special education setting and to regular classroom setting as needed.Performs other job-related duties as assigned by Supervisor(s).Physical Demands:While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands to finger, to handle, or feel objects, equipment, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, bend, stoop, squat, and crouch and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull carry and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include near vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.Salary: Salary to be established by The Limestone County School's District Salary Schedule.Terms of Employment: 182 daysBoard Approved: October 22, 2019LIMESTONE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Alabama Department of Education