Educational Assistant - Special Education

TITLE:                    Educational Assistant

REPORTS TO:         Principal

SUPERVISES:          N/A       

TERM:                     10 months

JOB GOAL:              Work to assist in the educational process

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING:

• Associates degree or higher or pass the ParaPro Assessment

EVALUATION:       Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with

provisions of the Board’s policy on evaluation of personnel.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Attend required training programs.
• Support the teachers by carrying out various activities that lead to the emotional, intellectual, and social development of children; the assistants need to help teachers in successfully conducting these activities.
• Monitor students while the teacher is teaching. 
• Reinforce the lesson taught by the teacher.
• Conduct small group tutoring as instructed by the teacher.
• Report to the teacher observations of problems with children.
• The teacher assistant should also help in maintaining a neat and clean classroom.
• The teacher assistant should perform duties assigned by the principal and teacher.