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Orange County Public Schools; Orlando (FL); Sur place; USD 26 000 - 38 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Orange County Public Schools is seeking a dedicated instructional assistant to support students with special needs across classrooms. You will provide guidance, help with daily activities, and assist with individualized learning plans.

You will also monitor behavior, support crisis interventions when needed, and help with preparing lesson materials in collaboration with teachers. A strong background in handling diverse student needs is essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; supplemented by minimum two (2) years working with school age children in an educational environment that provides broad familiarity and understanding of the physical and emotional behaviors and challenges of exceptional needs children; with demonstrated stress management skills; ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to special needs; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Additional HRS training preferred.
• All new hires to this position must successfully complete the ESE Training within 45 days of date of hire.

Responsabilités

• Provides instructional, vocational and developmental assistance to mentally, physically, emotionally disabled students, as prescribed by the supervising teacher.
• Assists students as they arrive on buses taking them to and from learning areas, including transferring students from wheelchairs to desks for participation.
• Assists students with gross motor activities such as grasping, standing, walking, and running as appropriate to development.
• Assists students with fine motor activities such as playing with toys, cutting materials, and coloring.
• Assists students with daily living skills including dressing, eating, bathroom needs, grooming and hygiene.
• Monitors and charts student behavior and documents changes and actions.

Description du poste

Salary Schedule

Candidates that have taken the Para Assessment with a passing score, or have an Associate’s degree or 60 completed semester credits, may be eligible for a higher hourly rate in a certified position, evidence must be provided. Please upload a copy of your official transcripts or certificate showing a passing score on the assessment.

Examples Of Essential Functions

• Provides instructional, vocational and developmental assistance to mentally, physically, emotionally disabled, and other special needs students, as prescribed by the supervising teacher.
• Assists students as they arrive on buses taking them to and from learning areas, to include physically transferring students from wheelchairs to school desks or floor mats for participation in school activities.
• Assists students with gross motor activities, such as grasping, holding objects, posture, crawling, walking, and running, as appropriate to individual development.
• Assists students with fine motor activities, such as playing with toys, cutting materials, and coloring, as appropriate to individual development.
• Assists students with daily living skills, such as dressing, eating, lavatory needs, grooming, and personal hygiene as appropriate to individual development.
• Monitors, observes, and charts behavior of students in their exploratory classes and documents behavioral changes, outbursts, and other actions specific to the student.
• Applies effective principles and procedures of crisis intervention to students with aggressive behavior or other social difficulties; provides physical restraint as necessary, such as in violent circumstances.
• Reinforces rules of the school and learning environment; acknowledges and encourages appropriate behavior and distinguishes inappropriate behavior for the students' understanding.
• Assists in the preparation of lesson plans, behavior modification plans, and teacher's pre-planning sessions; provides input and assistance in the development of learning activities; prepares or assists in the preparation of instructional and vocational materials.
• Maintains accurate and complete records of student activities and behavior which may require the use of a computer terminal to enter student information and data; completes applicable forms, schedules, and instructional reports, as directed.
• Assists teachers in the supervision of learning activities, circulating within the classroom and providing assistance and learning support to students.
• May be assigned monitoring duties, i.e., hallways, lunchroom, restrooms, and bus duty; ensures appropriate student conduct during these periods; escorts students to designated activity areas, i.e., music room, computer room, art classes, assemblies, etc.
• May be assigned to various labs providing assistance to teachers and instruction/information to students; may translate lesson plan and other information to students for better understanding and comprehension.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

Marginal Functions

Performs related duties as directed.

Minimum Training And Experience

High school diploma or GED; supplemented by minimum two (2) years working with school age children in an educational environment that provides broad familiarity and understanding of the physical and emotional behaviors and challenges of exceptional needs children; with demonstrated stress management skills; ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to special needs; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Additional HRS training preferred.

All new hires to this position must successfully complete the ESE Training within 45 days of date of hire.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES

Data Utilization

Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria. Includes exercise of discretion in determining actual or probable consequences, and in referencing such evaluation to identify and select alternatives.

Human Interaction

Requires the ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization

Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of special needs equipment and devices, and standard office equipment.

Verbal Aptitude

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude

Depending on school grade classroom of assignment, may require the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; may require ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and/or interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning

Requires ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Involves routine work according to clearly prescribed standard practices, with some latitude for independent judgment.

Situational Reasoning

Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

ADA COMPLIANCE

Physical Ability

Tasks involve the ability to exert very heavy physical effort in very heavy work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of heavy objects and materials (up to 100 pounds) and occasionally heavier items (100 pounds or over).

Sensory Requirements

Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.

Environmental Factors

Tasks are regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as violence when working with developmentally disabled or emotionally disturbed children.

The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.

10/01/2025