SPED Unit Teacher Assistant (Grade: K-5)

* Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays * Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom and prepare classroom according to student needs * Help with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment * Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports * Provide orientation and assistance to substitutes teachers * Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning * Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs and personal hygiene * Assist with classroom curriculum * Help manage behavior of students which includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed * Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs * Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher * Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom which includes lunchroom, bus and playground duty * Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students * Maintain confidentiality * Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings and special events as assigned * Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned * Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Travel throughout the district is integral to this job.

A remote working environment /alternate work arrangement is not an option for campus-based employees/campus-based positions because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite and performing all duties at the worksite are essential job duties for all campus-based personnel.

* Accredited Senior High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A.

equivalency), plus one of the following: Associate degree, 48 college credit hours, pass an academic assessment * Paraprofessional certificate required from State Board of Certification * Successful completion of a specific training program for teacher assistants or six months of knowledge and skills acquired through work experience preferred * Demonstrated general knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics * Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups * Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills required to meet the goals of the position * Demonstrated initiative and a willingness to follow verbal and written instructions * Demonstrated effective communication skills both in oral and written form * Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities * Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred * Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world * Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession