21118BR

2024-2025

Description

Provides assistance to special education teachers; performs tasks related to the physical and instructional needs of students with disabilities in a special educational setting; assists with implementation of classroom programs and activities.

Qualifications

Required

• Any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school or possession of a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) certificate.
• One (1) year of paid or volunteer experience working with children or documentation of participation in any teacher education introductory course, including high school courses.
• Knowledge of child growth and development, group interaction, health, safety, and first-aid methods.
• Sensitivity to the ways in which physical and intellectual disabilities affect the behavior of children.
• Ability to establish warm and supportive relationships with children on both a group and individual basis.
• Ability to assist with providing a wide variety of stimulating experiences for children to meet their individual, intellectual, and emotional needs.
• Ability to assist a teacher with the use and adaptation of a range of instructional techniques and to participate in the monitoring and control of a wide range of behaviors.

• Trained in the use of a particular type of equipment or specialized skill, such as the ability to communicate with children with special needs (such as deaf/blind and nonverbal).

Salary

$28,008 - $49,912

Contract Length

191-Day Contract

Job Type

Classroom Instructional Support