Classified Substitutes

Applications will be accepted beginning
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 12:00 AM
(Pacific Standard Time)

Job Description

North Central Education Service District is accepting applications to work as a classified substitute, supporting special education or pre-school OPK (Early Learning Programs)

Title: Instructional Assistant

Department: Special Education

Classification: Classified

Supervised by: Superintendent or Designee

Work Year: Assigned by Superintendent

Job Purpose Statement:

The purpose of the Instructional Assistant is to assist a classroom or special education teacher by performing a wide variety of instructional and clerical duties along with student supervision.

Job Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent;
• 72 quarter hours of accredited college or equivalent education or successfully passed Work Keys Test in the areas of Math, Reading, and Business Writing IF working in a Title I Capacity.

Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing

Required:

• Valid Driver’s License and evidence of insurability
• Successfully pass district background screening

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge of basic teaching methods and procedures.
• Knowledge of instructional materials and their uses.
• Knowledge of effective student management techniques.
• Knowledge of current office practices and procedures.
• Ability to enjoy interaction with and effectively supervise students.
• Ability to instruct a wide variety of students in a number of different situations.
• Ability to understand the phases and temperaments of children and young adolescents at different growth and maturity levels.
• Ability to pass and "physically demonstrate" the physical restraint of students under the Oregon State Restraint and CPI Guidelines.
• Ability to exercise good judgment in stressful situations.
• Ability to operate basic office and audio-visual equipment.
• Ability to accurately perform alphabetizing, record-keeping and filing procedures.
• Ability to accurately transfer, record and convey information and materials, as required by the position.
• Ability to abide by the confidentiality rights of students and parents.
• Ability to work independently with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to apply school district rules, regulations, policies and practices in a fair, consistent manner.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists with implementing the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for each assigned student.
• Assists special education staff with preparation, implementation and evaluation of individual and group instructional and/or behavioral programs.
• Assists in communicating with teachers and parents on a students' progress.
• Assists with record-keeping to monitor students' daily and monthly data on learning progress.
• Assists students in understanding instructional and/or behavioral concepts by reemphasizing the basic elements of teacher directed activities.
• Provides students with additional practice on identified skill area.
• Assists with the preparation of instructional and/or behavioral for classroom activities.
• Guides independent study, and remedial work set up by the teacher.
• Supervises and performs academic and classroom testing in accordance with established procedures.
• Sets up and operates audio-visual and other instructional equipment.
• Records grades, checks student work, corrects papers that do not require subjective evaluation and supervises testing and make-up work.
• Secures and stores instructional materials as needed by the teacher or students.
  
  Supervises students during instructional and non-instructional activities, including hallways, lunchroom, playground, gymnasium, and library and bus lines.
• Kps records and charts of student progress.
• Assists in filing, sorting, alphabetizing, data collecting and organizing materials.
• Collects and accounts for monies received.
• Enforces classroom and school rules in a consistent manner and follows guidelines for implementation of disciplinary actions.
• Detains students for alleged misconduct and delivers students to appropriate authority.
• Monitors all non-school personnel and directs them to the officer or off school premises.
• Maintains a positive and effective relationship with students, staff, parents and patrons.

Primary

Location:

North Central Education Service District