Position Title:
Educational Assistant - Special Education
Supervisor:
Case Manager and/or Assigned Special
Education/General
Education Teachers
Requirements:
State and NCLB Paraprofessional Approval
Evaluator:
Principal - Elementary
Special Education Department Chairperson - High School
Primary Function:
To assist
students by performing duties initiated and supervised by
the
classroom teacher and case manager.
When possible, work with other students in need of
assistance after needs of assigned students have been
met.
Major Responsibilities:
1.
Instructional:
• Work with classroom
teachers and special education staff to implement
goals, modifications, and adaptations for each included
student
• Reinforce skills
previously taught by teachers
• Model and assist in
shaping appropriate behaviors and positively
reinforce desired student behaviors
• Help to establish
classroom routines for inclusion students under the guidance
of
teaching staff and assist in carrying them out
• Demonstrate a proficiency
with technological skills as needed to assist
inclusion students
Perform all clerical duties as assigned
·
Assist in the
implementation of a functional skills based curriculum
·
Assist with movement
of students and with supervision of activities
·
Accompany
instructional and inclusion students to special classes (art,
music,
physical education) and assist with
modifications as necessary
·
Shadow student on the
job
·
Provide job coaching
under the direction of the vocational
coordinator
• Assist students with
activities of everyday life that they are unable to
perform
themselves, such as:
Toilet students throughout the day and assist with feminine
hygiene
Diaper students
Feed students that need assistance and/or supervise
Physically assist with student movement, positioning and
transfers, with prior
training by OT/PT (ie lifting, use of stair chairs)
Physically assist with dressing and undressing students for PE
classes
Assist in the swimming pool for students who need help
When assigned, physically redirect student per student's
program
·
Assist students on field trips
·
Supervise students on playground as needed
2.
Interpersonal Skills:
• Maintain an effective
working relationship with classroom teachers and
all special education personnel
• Assist special education
team in problem identification and problem solving
• Provide information to
the case manager for communication with parents
•
Provide information and data to
teachers regarding student performance on
predetermined tasks as it relates to the individual education
program (IEP)
• Participate in meetings,
as requested, to provide input on modifications,
strategies,
problems and progress of students
• Demonstrate flexibility
in working with students and classroom teachers
3.
Organizational:
·
Assemble and prepare needed materials
·
Clean and sanitize materials to meet health
standards
·
Assist in the preparation of classroom materials
·
Operate
equipment
4.
Supervision:
·
Observe and supervise
students in the school and on job sites
·
Assist children on and
off bus
5.
Other:
·
Seek assistance from
case manager/general education teacher when clarification
of a task is needed
·
Participate in
appropriate workshops and in-service training as required,
i.e.
student movement, physical redirection,
behavior intervention plan
·
Complete other
tasks related to the job as assigned by the supervisor
2/02:el
CL-II (Classification change
9/02)