EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S TEACHER ASSISTANT/ BUS DRIVER

Exceptional Children Teacher Assistant - Bus Driver

Location: Roanoke Rapids Graded School District

Position Type: Classified

Reports To: Principal

Qualifications: Must meet federal NCLB requirements; Associates Degree or 48 semester hours of higher education is required. Applicants must have good oral and written communication skills as well as basic computer program skills. Candidates must be able to exert negligible amount of force to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Individuals must have, or obtain shortly after become employed, their CDL and they must maintain their CDL throughout their employment in order to remain employed. Previous experience working with children in a learning environment preferred.

Nature Of Work

Under general supervision of the EC Teacher and Building Administrators, assists in providing special education services to students with a disability in accordance with state and federal regulations. Assistant will help in implementing the Individual Education Program (IEP) in general/separate classroom settings that are compatible with the student's age and developmental needs. They will assist EC students develop appropriate academic, behavioral, and social skills and to meet their IEP goals.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Follow all rules, policies and procedures, along with state and federal regulations pertaining to school issues.
• Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Strive to maintain and improve professional competence. Participate in development and support of the broad school vision.
• Monitor student behavior and help maintain discipline in the classroom; record time out and in-class suspensions; assist with crisis prevention; assist with de-escalation techniques with students as needed.
• Constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students; monitor student attitudes and encourage self-esteem.
• Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips; monitor students during lunch, recess, specials, hygiene routines and snack time. Alert the teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Perform various clerical duties as needed, maintain records of student progress; develop and file incident reports; grade student papers; check daily attendance; make copies; develop classroom displays and instructional material; maintain and operate audiovisual equipment; maintain class files.
• Assist with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
• Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of teachers.
• Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in absence of the regular teacher.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as requested by the teacher and/or principal.

Performs other related duties as assigned

Disclaimer: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.