Flexible Special Education Instructional Support

Seymour Community Schools; United States; On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Seymour Community Schools in Seymour, United States, is seeking a full-time Instructional Assistant to support a special education program at Seymour Middle School. The role involves assisting with individual students or small groups under the supervision of a teacher and building principal.

The position requires two years of college and/or a two-year degree, plus experience with children and youth. Bilingual candidates are preferred; duties include classroom support, supervision, and various

Qualifications

• Experience with children and youth preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interest, and abilities.
• Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communications with students.
• Assist with supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trip. Assist additional help if needed by a student.
• Assist with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud and story-telling.
• Assist students in library or media center if appropriate for student's needs.
• Check notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and make-up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Help students with clothing if needed.
• Assist with lunch, snack, and clean-up routines.
• Assist with wash-up and toilet routines.
• Alert the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Serve as the chief source of information and help any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular classroom teacher.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Participate in training programs as assigned.
• Other duties may be assigned by the supervising teacher or principal.

Skills

Experience with children and youth

Bilingual candidates preferred

Education

Completed two years of college

Hold a two year degree

Job description

Seymour Community Schools in Seymour, United States, is seeking a full-time Instructional Assistant to support a special education program at Seymour Middle School. The role involves assisting with individual students or small groups under the supervision of a teacher and building principal.

The position requires two years of college and/or a two-year degree, plus experience with children and youth. Bilingual candidates are preferred; duties include classroom support, supervision, and various