Program Assistant, TEA Program, Mendota Heights MN location

RESPONSIBILITIES:   Duties include:

1. Assisting the teacher in providing instruction and managing student educational programs.
2. Implementing charting and other behavior management techniques to ensure student progress.
3. Supervising and assisting students during lunch, arrival and departure from school and other daily events.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

1. Willingness to work with students receiving special education services.
2. Must be highly qualified--either by providing transcripts showing 60 completed college credits (or 2 years of full-time college), or passing score on the Parapro Assessment.
3. Willingness to complete training in Professional Crisis Management and implement restrictive procedures.
4. Ability to work as a team member with staff, parents, and community.
5. Lift up to 50 pounds weight and up to adult-size body weight with two-to-three-person lift.
6. Ability to support a student's full body weight up to adult size.
7. Ability to tolerate sudden jarring movement.
8. Frequent bending and leaning.

SALARY:  Per current Program Assistant contract 

DAYS & HOURS:  Follows school calendar as assigned, 7 hours per day.

Intermediate School District 917 is an Equal Opportunity Employer