Special Education Instructional Assistant- Long-Term Substitute

Special Education Instructional AssistantQualifications: 1. High School Diploma; college-level coursework in education or related field preferred. 2. Other educational requirements as may be required by law. 3. Successful experience working with children. 4. Ability to assist with instructional activities and to communicate effectively with students, parents and school staff. 5. Knowledge of diverse needs of children with disabilities and appropriate special education classroom practices. 6. Required criminal history check and proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status.Reports To: Certified teacher*, Principal, or Supervisor of Special ServicesJob Goals: To assist the teacher by working with individual and small groups of students with disabilities to provide them with physical help and emotional support as needed to gain optimum benefit from the district's special education program.Performance Responsibilities:1. Assists in taking care of the physical and emotional needs of the student with disabilities, including but limited to putting on and taking off students' outerwear, moving the student from room to room, supervising the student during lunch and play activities and while using the lavatory, and supporting disciplinary action against the student.2. Assists with individualized instruction and works with small groups of students under the teacher's supervision of to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher.3. Assists, where appropriate, in loading and unloading the special education pupil from transportation buses or vans.4. Completes clerical duties as assigned by the teacher, including compiling student program books as appropriate.5. Assists pupils with various projects, crafts, and curriculum tasks.6. Helps with the supervision of students on field trips planned by the teacher.7. Assists in playground supervision.8. Engages students in conversation to encourage language and social skills development.9. Aids students with physical handicaps, particularly those who rely upon appliances and prosthetics.10. Participates in district sponsored professional development programs designed to increase students' skills and knowledge.11. Assists with large group activities by facilitating classroom routines, individual student behaviors and modeling activities along with the classroom teacher.12. Performs other appropriate duties as assigned by the teacher, building principal or supervisor of special services.Terms Of Employment: Work year and salary to be determined in accordance with the appropriate negotiated agreement.Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with state law and provisions of the board's policy on evaluation of non-certified staff.Approved: October 21, 20082024/2025 Substitute Pay RateNew Jersey County Substitute $120.00 per day for each day of work during the Teacher 2024-2025 school year.New Jersey Certificate of Eligibility $120.00 per day for each day of work during the 2024-2025 school year. This will apply for New Jersey Certificate of Eligibility with assignments which do not exceed 20 consecutive Advanced Standing days in the same class and for any assignments in OR which a certificate holder is working outside of New Jersey Provisional Certificate his/her endorsement.New Jersey Standard Certificate New Jersey Certificate of Eligibility $300.00 per day for assignments exceeding 20 consecutive days in the same class. This shall apply only New Jersey Certificate of Eligibility with to holders of New Jersey Teaching Certificate working Advanced Standing under his/her endorsement. OR Provisional Certificate New Jersey Standard Certificate New Jersey School Nurse Certificate $325.00 per day for each day of work during the OR 2024-2025 school year.County Substitute Nurse CertificatePosition Hourly RateHead Custodians $25.00 Confidential Secretaries $15.49 School Monitor $17.00 Secretaries $15.49 Lunchroom Aides $15.49 Bookkeeper $15.49 Courier $15.49 Instructional $17.00 Bus Attendants $15.49 Assistants Mechanic $25.00 Bus Drivers $27.00Any questions, please contact Human Resources Department at View phone number on click.appcast.io x 2012Rates Effective 1/2025