Educational Aide/Inclusion

Instructional Aide

Primary Purpose: Assist certified staff members in creating a positive learning environment to facilitate the personal, social, and intellectual development of students. Assist in implementation of classroom programs, including self-help, behavior management, and instruction programs. Work under general supervision of principal and immediate direction of certified teacher.

Qualifications: Education/Certification: High School Diploma or GED Special Knowledge/Skills: Organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills Confidentiality

Typical Duties & Responsibilities:

Instructional Support: Assist teacher in preparing instructional materials and classroom displays. Assist with administration and scoring of objective testing instruments or work assignments. Help maintain neat and orderly classroom. Help with inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment. Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports. Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.

Student Management: Work closely with students and reinforce skills introduced by the teacher. Tutor individual students (e.g., help them prepare assignments or explain material they do not understand); assist with independent study. Help manage behavior of students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior, as needed. Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs. Work with individual students or small groups on instructional activities assigned by teacher. Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom. This could include lunchroom, bus, and playground duty. Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students.

Other: Perform clerical duties (recording attendance/grades and duplicating/laminating material). Participate in staff development training programs to improve job performance. Participate in faculty meeting and special events as assigned. Other duties as assigned.

Generous Benefits: TRS Active-Care -- The District pays $445 a month toward the employee health insurance premiums; vision and dental offered; cafeteria plan available.

Lago Vista Independent School District is a 4A public school district based in Lago Vista, Texas, approximately 20 miles northwest of Austin. Situated on the north shore of Lake Travis in the beautiful Texas hill country, Lago Vista has a population of approximately 10,000 residents. This unique community offers the warmth of a small town, but is within a 20 minute drive to the conveniences of the city - apartment living, shopping, entertainment, and restaurants. Employees who choose to live in Austin can enjoy a drive to and from work against traffic. Come be part of a collaborative work team where you feel part of a family, know all the students by name, and have the potential to truly make a positive impact.

Equal Opportunity Employer The Lago Vista Independent School District, as an equal opportunity educational provider and employer, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, or gender expression or any other basis protected by law in educational programs or activities that it operates or in employment decisions. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, as well as board policy not to discriminate in such a manner. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)