Job Goal: To provide assistance in the implementation of the classroom program. Serving students in grades Pre-K through 12th grade.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED, preferred
- At least eighteen years of age
- Valid Alabama driver's license
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Reports To: Principal or Appropriate Supervisor
Background Check Required: (Ala. Code 16-22A-5 ) Upon offer of employment, employees will be required to submit legible fingerprints for a background review by the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to work with children with disabilities.
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Physically capable of meeting all performance responsibilities required with students, including stooping, bending, and lifting.
- Knowledge of problems related to needs of special needs students.
- Knowledge of safety practices and procedures for working with special needs students.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and community members.
- Knowledge and understanding of the school system rules, administrative procedures, local board policy, and state and federal rules and regulations.
- Possesses the physical and emotional stability to fulfill the contract period.
Essential Functions:
- Performs academic, therapeutic, and recreational tasks under the supervision of a certified special education teacher(s).
- Works with small groups of students to reinforce and to re-teach, when necessary, material initially introduced by the teacher(s).
- Works with individual students who need special attention.
- Assists in the guidance of independent study, enrichment work, remedial help, and follow-up work as specified by the teacher(s).
- Assists with routine classroom clerical and housekeeping duties.
- Assists with preparing of instructional aids, bulletin boards and other learning displays.
- Assists with non-instructional classroom duties such as snack, break, personal hygiene/ clothing needs, etc. as directed.
- Assists with the supervision of students during lunch periods, assemblies, physical education activities, off-campus excursions and testing.
- Maintains confidentiality of information as required by school policy.
- Maintains and exhibits a high level of ethical and professional standards as expected of all personnel.
- Participates in staff development activities and para-professional training as mandated by the State Department of Education.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the administration.
- This position will be subject to the Students First Act of 2011. Madison City Schools reserves the right to fill this position by transfer of a qualified applicant who is already employed by Madison City Schools.
- Under the Students First Act of 2011, no credit toward tenure or non-probationary status is earned in the initial school year of employment if the date of hire occurs after September 30.
Expected Employment: 187 days/8 hrs. (full year)
Evaluation: According to established Board policies and administrative procedures and guidelines.
Salary Range: $22,631-24,718 (Salary based on employment for complete year)
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