Part-Time (25 hour) Teacher Assistant (SPED)

NOTE:  This job description is divided

into four categories as listed below:

TEACHER ASSISTANT � INSTRUCTIONAL (pages 2-4)

TEACHER ASSISTANT � PRESCHOOL (pages 5-7)

TEACHER ASSISTANT -

SPECIAL EDUCATION EXTENDED RESOURCE (pages 8-10)

TEACHER ASSISTANT -

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL) (pages 11-13)

TITLE                                TEACHER ASSISTANT - INSTRUCTIONAL

QUALIFICATIONS

1. Minimum high school diploma or G.E.D.

2. 48 semester hours of college credit or score of 456 on ParaPro Assessment 

3. Meets health and physical requirements

4. Nonviolent Crisis Intervention/Restraint Training

JOB GOAL

To aid teachers, secretaries, and clerical personnel when needed

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students

2. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes

3. Distributes and collects workbooks, paper, and other materials for instruction

4. Assists with supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips

5. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and makeup work as assigned by the teacher

6. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills

7. Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures associated with the responsibilities of the job

8. Checks and records attendance

9. Arranges bulleting boards

10. Types and duplicates tests, worksheets, and supplementary materials

11. Assists in supervising children in lunchroom, playground, and loading buses

12. Assists the teacher in assimilating materials for class displays

13. Performs other duties as assigned

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.  Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

1. Pushing

2. Pulling

3. Climbing

4. Stooping

5. Kneeling

6. Crawling

7. Reaching

8. Talking

9. Hearing

10. Seeing

VOCATIONAL PREPARATION

The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:

1. Vocational education

2. Apprentice training

3. On-the-job training

4. Essential experience

TEMPERAMENT (Personal traits)

1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure

2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity

3. Adaptability to generalizing, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria

4. Adaptability to dealing with students

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or adequately perform a task or job duty.

1. Intelligence:  Ability to understand instructions and underlying principles; ability to reason and make judgments

2. Verbal:  Ability to und