Special Education - Instructional Assistant

Major Duties/Essential Functions

• Performs curricular, instructional, clerical, and support tasks to assist teachers and other professional staff in a classroom or other instructional setting.
• Works with the teacher to provide instructional or developmental activities for a general or special education population.
• Performs remedial instruction or tasks to reinforce learning initiated by a teacher or professional staff.
• Works with students requiring individual or close attention.
• Observes and assists individual students experiencing difficulties.
• Assists the teacher with the development of individualized programs.
• Prepares a variety of instructional materials and reports, as requested.
• Works with individuals or small groups of students.
• Reads to students, listens to their recitations, and collaborates on reading strategies.
• Facilitates activities with groups of students engaged in drawing, writing, independent study, or other work.
• Assists with teaching classes of basic skills and may monitor a computer, writing, or other technology laboratories under general supervision.
• May assist with instructing students with special needs under the supervision of the teacher, including monitoring students on independent work.
• Supervises and monitors students in off-site vocational training and community travel settings, as assigned.
• Helps maintain order and assists with managing the behavior of students, including behavior intervention plans and crisis management.
• Proctors tests and examinations, corrects and scores objective tests.
• Maintains inventory and distributes textbooks and other instructional materials.
• Assists with maintenance of files containing student work and evaluation and assessment data; observes, gathers, and records assessment data on students; reviews observations/progress of students with instructional staff.
• Continues instructional activities during the teacher's absence from the classroom.
• Assists with routine care, including personal hygiene, feeding and other tasks, as required or requested.
• On occasion, serves as a substitute teacher.
• Performs related duties as required or assigned.