Special Education Instructional Assistant - Student Growth

Read Mountain Middle School; Cloverdale (VA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Botetourt County Public Schools at Read Mountain Middle School in Cloverdale, VA are seeking an Instructional Assistant for Special Education to support classroom teachers and students.

The role involves assisting with individual and small-group instruction, supervising students, preparing materials, and helping with daily routines, safety, and behavior management in a school setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Some experience working with children.
• Comparable training/experience may be substituted.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing individual and small group instruction, as taught by the classroom teacher.
• Assist with instructional activities; reading to groups of students, provide library assistant, etc.
• Help students with special assignments or academic problems.
• Assist with daily routine tasks, such as cafeteria duty, bus duty, money collection, hall duty, etc.
• Help maintain order in the classroom, monitor students to help keep them on task.
• Prepare instructional materials as requested.
• Encourage safety, work and study habits.
• Assist in fire drills and other building security procedures as requested.
• Escort students on field trips and at school, escort and assistance in physical and playground activities, accompany children to restrooms and assist with toilet if necessary.
• Maintain bulletin boards, student records for daily attendance, lunch tickets, health charts and classroom supplies.
• May work with students that require an individual and close attention.
• Assist in establishing and maintaining standards of student behavior.
• Alert the teacher to special needs of individual students.
• Assist in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct.
• Perform related work as required
• Cafe Aide: Assist and monitor student behavior during lunch period.
• Assist students in opening and closing prepared food packages.
• Assist in preparation of lunch periods, wipe tables between periods.
• Perform related work as required
• Librarian Assistant: Assist students with location and use of the media center materials.
• Circulate media center equipment and materials; operate media center equipment.
• Assist to shelve returned books, replace incorrectly shelved books, label and mend books.
• Assist in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct.
• Perform related work as required
• School Assistant: Perform a variety of office assistant tasks such as photocopying, filing, answering the telephone, take messages and distribute mail, etc. as required.
• Maintain confidential files.
• Order supplies and coordinate printing needs.
• Maintain records of student absences and unexcused absences.
• Call parents if a student is absent.
• Prepare files and records for entering and withdrawing students.Assist in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct.
• Perform related work as required

Education

High school graduate/GED

Job description

Botetourt County Public Schools at Read Mountain Middle School in Cloverdale, VA are seeking an Instructional Assistant for Special Education to support classroom teachers and students.

The role involves assisting with individual and small-group instruction, supervising students, preparing materials, and helping with daily routines, safety, and behavior management in a school setting.