What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Instructional Assistant - EHS position at Elizabethtown High School?
Must hold an associate's degree OR 48 college credit hours OR a passing score on the paraeducator test.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES: To assist the teacher in achieving teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.
To provide a well-organized, smoothly functioning class environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource material.
DUTIES:
- Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
- Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
- Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
- Alerts the teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
- Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, etc.
- Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully certified teachers.
- Participates in in-service training programs as assigned.
- Reads to small groups of students and listens to individual students read.
- Follows directions of the teacher, organizes work, and documents student progress.
