SPED Self-Contained Teacher Assistant (Grades: 7-8)

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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

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Gaston Middle School (303)

9565 MERCER DRIVE

Dallas, 75228

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