Job Description

Position Description

Position Title: Special Education Teacher Assistant -Self Contained

Location: LafayetteElementary School

Reports To: Building Principal

Description of Position: Perform duties that are instructional in nature or deliver direct services to students or parents. The building principal may assign other duties as appropriate to the job assignment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate instructional efforts.
• Prepare lesson materials bulletin board displays exhibits equipment and demonstrations.
• Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers using lectures discussions or supervised role-playing methods.
• Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups in order to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
• Supervise students in classrooms halls cafeterias schoolyards and gymnasiums or on field trips.
• Conduct demonstrations to teach such skills as sports dancing and handicrafts.
• Distribute teaching materials such as textbooks workbooks papers and pencils to students.
• Distribute tests and homework assignments and collect them when they are completed.
• Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.
• Grade homework and tests and compute and record results using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials in order to prevent injuries and damage.
• Observe students performance and record relevant data to assess progress.
• Organize and label materials and display students work in a manner appropriate for their eye levels and perceptual skills.
• Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical mental and social development.
• Participate in teacher-parent conferences regarding students progress or problems.
• Plan prepare and develop various teaching aids such as bibliographies charts and graphs.
• Provide extra assistance to students with special needs such as non-English-speaking students or those with physical and mental disabilities.
• Take class attendance and maintain attendance records.
• Assist in bus loading and unloading.
• Assist librarians in school libraries.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
• Carry out therapeutic regimens such as behavior modification and personal development programs under the supervision of special education instructors psychologists or speech-language pathologists.
• Collect money from students for school-related projects.
• Laminate teaching materials to increase their durability under repeated use.
• Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories and assist students with hardware and software use.
• Operate and maintain audiovisual equipment.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices supportive technology and assistance accessing facilities such as restrooms.
• Stock teaching materials and supplies.
• Type file and duplicate materials.
• Use computers audiovisual aids and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

**All employees hired by the school district must pass a criminal background and child abuse registry check.

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