Instructional Assistant-Special Education

QUALIFICATIONS: Must be highly qualified by either having 48 college credit hours,  2 years experience in a working with children in an instructional setting or by passing the ParaPro Assessment test.

DUTY DAYS: 180

REPORTS TO: Building Principal

PRIMARY FUNCTION: To implement individual and small group academic and behavioral instruction of students with varying learning needs as well as other duties associated with the position.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participates in classroom activity planning.
• Conducts learning exercises with small groups of children and individual students.
• Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children.
• Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual children.
• Helps maintain individual records for each child.
• Assists teacher in maintaining neat work and study areas.
• Assists with the supervision of children during regular play periods and lunch supervision.
• Performs other duties as assigned.