Instructional Assistant (2 positions) - Tanner Elementary

Montgomery-Public-Schools; Tanner (AL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Limestone County Board of Education seeks an ITINERANT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT to support a certified teacher in delivering educational services to students with disabilities. You will assist with instruction, behavior plans, and routine classroom tasks under supervision.

Responsibilities include small-group instruction, materials preparation, and collaboration with therapists. The role requires dependability, basic computer skills, and strong interpersonal abilities within the school setting.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree or two years of higher education or successful passage of the Work Keys test, required.
• Prior experience working with students with disabilities preferred.
• Able to manage dependent students, if needed.
• Knowledge and understanding of academic and behavioral strategies for students.
• Word processing/ computer experience.
• Good with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of a certified teacher, performs tasks related to instruction.
• Works with identified student(s) to maintain behavioral control and implement plans, if needed.
• Works with small groups to reinforce learning initially introduced by the teacher.
• Guides study and corrective instruction directed by the teacher.
• Assists teacher in implementing activities prescribed by therapists.
• Assists students who need special attention and/or assistance.
• Assists teacher in preparing instructional materials for classroom use.
• Assists routine classroom clerical duties such as grading papers.
• Assists teacher in feeding, positioning, lifting, or moving students, if needed.
• Assists students with wash-up and toilet routines, including cleaning and changing, if needed.
• Assists students and/or teachers with the use of assistive devices.
• Assists in supervision of students in various settings.
• Helps with extra duties related to supervision during meals, play, study, etc.
• Accompanies children to and from settings as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisors.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Word processing

Experience with disabilities

Manage dependent students

Education

Associate degree or two years of higher education

Job description

“Focused on Quality: Committed to Excellence.”

Job Title: ITINERANT INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT

Supervised by/Reports to: Principal

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Job Goals:

1. As an Instructional Assistant, you will facilitate the primary instructor in meeting his or her daily objectives. To assist school personnel in implementing an effective educational program for students with disabilities to address their personal, social, behavioral, functional, and academic goals.

Qualifications:

1. Associate Degree or two years of higher education or successful passage of the work keys test, required.
2. Prior working with students with disabilities preferred.
3. Able to manage dependent students, if needed.
4. Knowledge understanding of academic and behavioral strategies and techniques to students in learning.

1. Word processing/ computer experience.
2. Good with strong interpersonal skills

Performance Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

1. Under the direction of a certified teacher, performs tasks related to instruction.
2. Works with the identified student(s) to maintain behavioral control and implement plans, if needed.
3. Works with small groups of to reinforce learning initially introduced by the teacher.
4. Guides study and corrective instruction directed by the teacher.
5. Assists teacher in implementing activities prescribed by the speech/occupational/physical therapist.
6. Assists students who need special attention and/or assistance.
7. Assists teacher in preparing instructional materials for classroom use.
8. Assists routine classroom clerical duties such as grading papers.
9. Assists teacher in feeding, positioning, lifting, or moving students, if needed.
10. Assists students with wash-up and toilet routines, including cleaning and changing, if needed.
11. Assists students and/or teachers with the use of assistive /adaptive devices, if needed.
12. Assists in supervision of students who participate in special or general education class.
13. Helps with extra duties related to the supervision of students - lunch periods, playground, study hall, cafeteria, bus duties, assemblies, field trips, etc.
14. Accompanies children to and from special education setting and to regular classroom setting as needed.
15. Performs other job-related duties as assigned by Supervisor(s).

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands to finger, to handle, or feel objects, equipment, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, bend, stoop, squat, and crouch and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull carry and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include near vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Salary:

Salary to be established by The Limestone County School’s District Salary Schedule.

Terms of Employment:

182 days

AEA Approved: September 10, 2019

Board Approved: October 22, 2019

The statements included in this description are not intended to be representative of the duties and responsibilities of this job. They are not to be interpreted as being all-inclusive. The employee may be assigned other duties that are not specifically included in this job description.

LIMESTONE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER