27-139 ITINERANT AIDE/TRANSPORTATION AIDE - SPECIAL EDUCATION

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JOB DESCRIPTION
 
POSITION:                                             ITINERANT CLASSROOM AIDE
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR:                  Principal (Assistant Director of Support Services in the case of a Transportation Aide)
FLSA/CONTRACT STATUS:                 Non-exempt
EMPLOYMENT TERM:                          Minimum 200 days annually, pursuant to WV Code §18-5-45; extended employment terms may be established by the Mineral County Board of Education.
SALARY:                                                Pursuant to WV Code §18A-4-8a, in accordance with Mineral County Salary Scale, Pay Grades A, B, C, D, or F, commensurate with experience and education level.
EVALUATION:                                       Performance in this position will be evaluated by the building principal/immediate supervisor and in accordance with WV State Code §18A-2-12, WV State Board Policy 5314 and Mineral County Board of Education                                                                           Evaluation Policy. 
 
JOB SUMMARY:                                   The aide/paraprofessional assists the teacher(s) in a variety of ways to implement the instructional program including working directly with children in small groups or on a one-to-one basis; to establish effective rapport with students assigned to the classroom; to motivate students to develop attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good educational foundation, in accordance with each pupil's ability. The aide/paraprofessional assigned to a school bus assists with the supervision of student passengers on the bus, including securing student passengers in various types of restraint.
 
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists teacher as needed with planning, preparation, and distribution of classroom materials;
• Conducts learning games with students according to established procedures;
• Maintains regular attendance and complies with State Law and County policies and regulations;
• Maintains an environment that is safe for students and conducive to learning;
• Anticipates and effectively addresses unforeseen crises associated with working with large groups of children;
• Assists with supervision and instruction of children; copying, cutting, coloring, etc., to construct materials and bulletin boards.
• Provides individualized and small-group instruction to reinforce skills that have been taught by the teacher;
• Assists in implementing lessons based on district and school objectives and needs and abilities of students;
• Assists with supervision of student passengers on buses and maintains a safe traveling environment, if assigned to transportation duties;
• Attends in-services and workshops as directed;
• Maintains confidentiality, unquestionable integrity;
• Assists the teacher in supervision of children in the classroom and to various locations in the school including, but not limited to, instructional areas, the cafeteria, and the bus;
• Participates in bus duty, hall monitoring, lunchroom duty, playground duty;
• Maintains positive work habits;
• Performs duties efficiently and productively;
• Maintains and/or upgrades skills;
• Promotes and maintains positive pupil-staff-community relations;
• Adheres to Employee Code of Conduct as outlined in Mineral County School's Policy 4210; and
• Performs duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor(s).

 
QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School