Location:  Twining School

Hours:  12:00 - 3:00 pm (15 hrs/wk), M-F, nine (9) months, academic school year of the students enrolled.

Position open until filled.

Education: High School Diploma or High School Equivalency

Qualifications:  Ability to work with a variety of student behaviors and educational needs in a variety of educational settings primarily consisting of specialized special education classrooms.  Ability to work as a team member, demonstrates human relations skills, and demonstrates effective communication skills.

Reports To: Supervising Teacher, Building Administrator

Responsibilities: Assists students with disabilities in a variety of school settings, under the supervision of teachers/related services personnel. Responsibilities may include all or several of the following:

1. Assist in carrying out activities to achieve goals and objectives listed in the students' Individual Educational Plans.
2. Assist students in instructional activities, curriculum modification and adaptations with the planning and supervision of the classroom teacher and/or special education teacher.
3. Assist students who have limited mobility.
4. Assist in monitoring adaptive equipment, including but not limited to, hearing aids/auditory trainers, standers, splints, braces, assistive technology devices, wheelchairs, and feeding devices.
5. Assist students in the development of self-help skills including, but not limited to, feeding, toileting, and dressing to allow the student to benefit from the school environment.
6. Assist in the provision of accommodations including, but not limited to, diapering, positioning, preacademic skills.
7. Supervise students individually and in small and large groups with the planning and direction of the Early Childhood Special Education teacher.
8. Assist students in developing self-management skills.
9. Assist teachers in classroom management.
10. Assist students in loading and unloading safely from buses and vans.
11. Assist students in other ways as assigned by teachers, principals, or coordinator.
12. Participate in training to acquire specific skills needed to perform responsibilities.
13. Maintain a high level of ethical behavior.

Performing the job duties of this position requires the following physical demands: lift fifty (50) lbs. occasionally, additional occasional lifting less that 50 lbs., reaching, standing, walking, carrying, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, sitting, and/or crawling.

The employee may encounter situations where students are physically aggressive and/or verbally abusive. This may require physical interaction (using strategies acquired through de-escalation and restraint training) between the employee and student. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee may be exposed to infection at a greater risk than the average person. May be directly responsible for the safety, well-being and/or output of students.

Benefits:  

Employees who work 30 hours or more per week are eligible for health Insurance and other voluntary benefits.  Current Benefit information can be found at https://www.gfschools.org/Page/596

Leave benefits for Classified Employees can be viewed in the Classified Personnel Policy Manual at https://www.gfschools.org/Page/602

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