SPECIAL EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT - ESSER

This position is a limited-time position funded by ESSER2 until school year 2023, with a potential extension until 2024 pending additional ARP funding if available.

Disclaimer: Funds for this position are expected to be available up to the end of the 2023-2024 school year. In addition to other specified conditions of employment, the applicant understands that no guarantee of continued employment, beyond the availability of the funds, is expressed or implied by Deming Public Schools.

JOB GOAL:

Provides instructional and/or general clerical assistance to teachers with special education students in the classroom, a computer lab and on campus grounds.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accompanies students and adapts instructional materials to special student needs. May be assigned a single special needs student to attend to and assist.
• May be required to perform feeding, distributing and administering medications,
• toilet assistance, diapering, wheel chair transfers, and pushing wheelchairs to classrooms.
• Assists the special education teacher in the preparation of materials and activities for classroom instruction.
• Assists small groups and individual students with classroom activities and activities. Assists the teacher in maintaining a clean, attractive and safe learning environment. Types, files and duplicates materials for teacher's use.
• Assists with personal care needs such as diapering, feeding children, supervising students according to their medical management plan.
• Accompanies students to a mainstream setting, translating between English and Spanish. Assists substitute teachers as needed.
• Participates in staff meetings and in service training activities.
• May assist students with feeding, medication and other activities of daily living. Lifts and transfers students from and into wheelchairs.
• Assists teachers with general clerical work such as filing, photocopying, word processing etc.
• Assists students in the classroom with reading, math and other subjects. Supervises children at recess, lunch and getting on and off the bus to ensure child safety and that each child is accounted for.
• Assists students with classroom and homework assignments. Relieves teachers for attending professional development activities.
• Reports information about a child's development and behavior to teachers. Performs related duties as required.
• Actively fosters positive relationships with all staff and community .

Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicant must be highly qualified.

• An Associates degree or higher/48 hours college courses ? Pass the Paraprofessional test ? Complete application on file.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Educational and personal care needs of students with multiple needs. Techniques, policies and practices of child instruction.
• Child discipline.
• Emergency and safety procedures.
• Policies and objectives of assigned programs.
• Modern office practices and procedures.
• School site and assigned, policies, and procedures.
• Basic principles and techniques of education.
• Correct English usage.
• Operation of modern office equipment including PC and related software.
• First aid and CPR.
• Educational needs of students with multiple needs.

ABILITY TO:

• Perform services required for assisting students with special needs.
• Assist with student health care needs and personal hygiene.
• Prepare a variety of records and reports.
• Assist teachers in classroom education activities.
• Supervise students at recess and entering and exiting buses.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with others.
• Operate a variety of modern office equipment.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Perform routine clerical duties.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• Educational course work and prior classroom experience in special need student settings preferred.
• Current certification in CPR and First Aid training. Substitute teachers license preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students, parents, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• 502 Educational Assistant K-12 license.

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.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
• The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIORMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 this job, the employee regularly works in inside environmental conditions.

The employee frequently works with a video display terminal for prolonged periods. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Revised September 2021