Teacher Assistant – Special Education NEW

 
Department/Site:                     Elementary and Secondary Schools

Qualifications:                        Associate Degree or higher, two years of college credits or Work Keys Test; prefer one year of experience working in a SPED classroom
                                                 Must enjoy working with children from a wide range of cultural backgrounds/disabilities, must show initiative and follow teacher’s instructions, good writing communication skills; ability to push students in wheelchair and lifting required;                                                           Spanish a plus but not required.  Official copy of transcript or Work Keys test required.

REPORTS TO:                        Building Principal & Community-Based SPED Teacher

SUPERVISES:                        None
 
 JOB GOAL:                           To assist classroom teacher in performing duties that is instructional or clerical in nature and/or deliver services to students or parents.
 
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES (not necessarily limited to the following):

• Provide assistance to students with special needs or those with physical and mental disabilities
• Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
• Carry out therapeutic regimens such as behavior modification and personal development programs, personal hygiene care, feeding, issuance of medications, under the supervision of special education instructors, psychologists, or speech-language pathologists.
• Observe student’s performance, and record relevant data to assess program
• Participate in faculty meetings, parent conferences, curriculum planning and preparation, student activities, assemblies and discipline management.
• Plan, prepare, and develop various teaching aids such as charts, audio-visual aids, etc.
• Distribute teaching materials to students (textbooks, workbooks, paper, pencils, etc.)
• Distribute tests and homework assignments, and collect them when they are completed
• Assist in bus loading and unloading
• Enforce administration policies and rules governing students

 WORKING CONDITIONS:
 Must work indoors /outdoors supervising students, must stand, walk, bend constantly; frequent kneeling; some student disabilities may require lifting and pulling; work can be physically and emotionally challenging.
 
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:     187 days
                                                   Salary for this position shall be commensurate with the years of experience as determined under the policies and procedures of the Moss Point School District in accordance accordance with the District’s pay scale.
 
EVALUATION:                           Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board of Trustees’ policy on evaluation of District personnel.