Instructional Aide Special Education

Job Description

Job Description

This job posting is for an Instructional Aide Position, to staff either IA or IA/SH positions.
These positions are for Primary (PreK - 5th grade) and Secondary (6th - 12th grade) openings.

To qualify for an Instructional Aide position, you must meet the State of California NCLB (No Child Left Behind) compliance requirement.

When applying for this position, you must include proof of ONE (1) of the following with your application:

1. Passed CBEST
2. AA (Associates) or higher College Degree
3. 48 College Semester Units or higher (1.5 Quarter Units = 1 Semester Unit)
4. Proof of a passed NCLB Test with an employing School District*

* If you do not already meet NCLB qualifications under #1, #2, #3 or #4 above, our District is offering NCLB testing by appointment only. To discuss test dates, contact Human Resources at . NCLB testing is subject to staff and conference room availability.

Attachments must be scanned and forwarded with your on-line application. We do not accept emailed, faxed or postal mailed documents.

JOB TITLE:
Instructional Aide/SH

Job Purpose Statement/s:
The job of "Instructional Aide/ SH” is done for the purpose/s of assisting (under direct supervision) in the supervision and instruction of special education students; relieving teacher of routine clerical tasks; and assisting students by providing for special health care needs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Adapts classroom work/homework under the direction of the teacher for the purpose of providing a method to support and/or reinforce classroom objectives.
• Administers first aid and medical assistance (e.g. tube feeding to students) for the purpose of providing appropriate care for ill, medically fragile and/or injured children.
• Assists teachers and parents for the purpose of implementing lesson plans and/or developing students' daily living and behavioral skills.
• Maintains classroom equipment, students' special education files/records for the purpose of ensuring a safe and appropriate learning environment and required documentation of student progress.
• Monitors individual students, classroom, playground, and/or community activities for the purpose of maintaining a safe and positive learning environment.
• Performs recordkeeping and basic clerical functions, scheduling, copying, etc. for the purpose of supporting the teacher in maintaining student files and providing classroom materials.

Other

Job Functions:

• Administers tests for the purpose of assisting the classroom teacher in evaluating the students’ progress.
• Participates in various activities (e.g. meetings, training, etc.) for the purpose of receiving and/or conveying information.
• Confers with teachers, parents and/or appropriate community agency personnel for the purpose of assisting in evaluation of students' progress and/or implementing students' objectives.

Essential

Job Requirements
- Qualifications:

• Experience
  
  Required:
  
  Prior job related experience, paid or volunteer, with school age children.
• Skills, Knowledge and/or Abilities
  
  Required:

Skill to perform basic clerical functions, perform basic arithmetic calculations, operate standard office equipment, use English in verbal and written form, use correct grammar, punctuation and spelling. Provide for special health care needs of students.

Knowledge of principles of child development, instructional processes.

Abilities to understand and address students with special needs, understand and carry out oral and written instructions, maintain confidentiality of student records, meet schedules and deadlines, read/interpret/apply rules, regulations, policies, rapidly learn methods and materials used in a variety of instructional situations. Significant physical abilities include stooping/crouching, reaching/handling, talking/hearing conversations, near/far visual acuity/depth perception/accommodation/field of vision.

JOB TITLE:
Instructional Aide

Purpose Statement/s:
The job of “Instructional Aide” is done for the purpose/s of assisting (under direct supervision) in the supervision and instruction of students, and relieving teachers of routine clerical tasks.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists teachers for the purpose of implementing…