0.5 TE Aide / Associate

Clear Creek Amana Community School District; Tiffin (IA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Tiffin Elementary in Tiffin, IA is seeking an Aide/Associate to support teachers, supervise students, and assist in various instructional settings for students with disabilities. The role emphasizes collaboration with teachers, staff, and parents to promote student learning and a safe classroom environment.

Responsibilities include implementing behavior plans, preparing instructional materials, and assisting with personal care and transportation duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children preferred but not required.
• Post-secondary coursework in educational field preferred but not required.
• Ability to work well with classroom staff and parents as part of a team.
• Initiative to be a self-starter and flexible in assignments.

Responsibilities

• Attend work on a prompt and regular basis.
• Maintain confidentiality and professional relationships.
• Assist classroom teacher with educational activities.
• Follow behavior plans and monitor student progress.
• Prepare instructional materials and assist with transportation and supervision.
• Provide personal care supports as needed and assist in bus loading/unloading.
• Support safety and orderly environments and implement school-wide behavior strategies.
• Participate in IEP meetings as required.

Skills

Experience with children

Initiative

Team collaboration

Flexibility

Good judgment

Education

Post-secondary coursework in education

Tools

Office equipment

Job description

Aide / Associate

Tiffin Elementary (Tiffin, IA)

11:30 am to 3:30 pm (Afternoon Preschool)

Assist teachers in the instruction, supervision and care of students with disabilities in a variety of instructional settings, including special education, general education and work/community settings in order to enhance student learning, promote the overall efficiency of the school, and maximize the educational opportunities available to each child.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous experience working with children preferred but not required
• Post-secondary coursework in educational field preferred but not required
• Initiative to be a self-starter
• Intuitive to the needs of the student
• Ability to work well with classroom teacher, support staff, administrators, AEA and parents of student as part of an educational team
• Ability to be flexible in assignment given
• Ability to use good judgment when unexpected problems arise
• Ability to use office equipment
• May be assigned other related duties in addition to those listed above

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Attend work on a prompt and regular basis
• Maintain confidentiality
• Maintain satisfactory and harmonious working relationships with the public, students, and other employees
• Assist classroom teacher with educational activities
• Take directions from teachers, building administrators
• Follow behavior management plans for individual students
• Maintain students' daily behavior logs
• Assist in the implementation and monitoring of students' Individual Education Plans
• Prepare and organize instructional materials and equipment
• Perform personal care duties for students with disabilities as needed
• Prepare and supervise students in bus loading/unloading. May include riding the bus, supervising students, collecting daily logs and implementing behavior intervention plan.
• Assist in maintaining a safe and orderly instructional environment
• Assist in implementing school-wide and classroom consistent behavior management strategies and procedures
• Supervise lunchroom, playground, halls, classroom and other assigned areas
• Clarify and reinforce teacher directions
• Participate in I.E.P. meetings as required
• Assist with instruction in the community setting as required
• Assist students with assignments
• Reinforce skills taught by the teacher
• Listen to students read/read to students
• Chart/graph student performance
• Organize daily student work folders
• Prepare attendance cards and reports
• Address and provide physical and health supports (feeding and toileting)
• Under teacher direction, implement specific strategies to maintain/increase appropriate behavior and de-escalate inappropriate behavior
• Supervise students in community/work settings
• Lift, carry and correctly position students with physical disabilities
• Perform other activities as required by building Principal or teachers

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. The information contained in this job description is in compliance with the American Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. The Clear Creek Amana School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The district does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation or gender identity. Federal law obligates an employer to provide reasonable accommodation for the known disabilities of applicants, unless doing so would pose an undue hardship on the employer.