What are the responsibilities and job description for the Preschool Instructional Assistant - Kingsbury position at LaPorte Community School Corporation?
Application Statement:
By submitting this application I authorize LaPorte Community School Corporation to check my employment history including, without limitation, evaluations, criminal arrest and conviction record, reference checks, and any investigatory information possessed by any private or public employer or any state, local, or federal agency. I further authorize those persons, agencies, or entities that the La Porte Community School Corporation contacts in connection with my employment application to fully provide the La Porte Community School Corporation any information on the matters set forth above. I expressly waive, in connection with any request for or provision of information, any claims, including without limitation, defamation, emotional distress, invasion of privacy, or interference with contractual relations that I might otherwise have against the La Porte Community School Corporation, its agents and officials, or against any provider of such information. It is also understood and agreed that any misrepresentation, by me, in this application will be sufficient cause for cancellation of this application or separation from the employer's service if I have been employed.
Instructional Assistant
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Classroom Teacher
SUMMARY: To assist students with academics and social activities, manage behavior, and assist the classroom teacher as directed. These duties include, but are not limited to, those listed below.
Requirements: All paraprofessionals employed by the LaPorte Community School Corporation must be highly-qualified. A paraprofessional can be determined to be highly-qualified if he/she has:
- Two years of college experience/completed 48 credit hours of college level classes
- A two-year college degree
- Passed the Para-Pro Assessment (within 1 year of employment)
- One year or 1,000 hours of previous employment experience in a school or working with children
- Child Development Associate (CDA) Credentials
- Completed these five (5) professional development/training modules in Vector:
1. FERPA – Confidentiality of Records
2. Paraeducators: Assisting & Supporting Instruction
3. Paraeducators: Roles & Responsibilities (Essentials)
4. School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
5. Conflict Management: Staff to Staff
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Assist students with instructional activities and assignments as directed by the teacher. 2. Assist the teacher in the development of positive student behaviors.
3. Maintain student confidentiality by complying with all aspects of the Rights to Students Confidentiality Act, both in and out of the school environment.
4. Assist with classroom clerical and other non-student specific activities as directed by the teacher.
5. Participate in mandatory in-service training meetings designed to improve the skills of the instructional assistant for the benefit of the students.
6. Comply with all the standard rules and regulations for the assigned building established by the building principal.
7. Defer all specific questions about a student to the teacher for a response.
Qualification. Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience that is Required:
High School Diploma or GED
Two years of college is preferred
Language Skills:
Ability to read and interpret textbooks and / or teacher guides, student IEPs, Behavior Plans, procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of children, parents or employees of the school organization.
Mathematical Skills:
Ability to work with mathematical concepts appropriate to the students' grade level. Ability to apply 1.
concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit in a chair and on the floor; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and taste or smell.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee may need to physically restrain a student for safety reasons. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
The employee should be able to use the following machines, tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work: pen, pencil, pointer, slate, stylus, projector, public address system, tape recorder, blackboard, chalk, charts, diagrams, examinations, manuals, maps publications, reference books, textbooks, augmentative devices, computers, various computer programs, copy machine.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
