Position: Educational Assistant/Attendant

 

Reports to: Building Administrator, Supervisor for the Education of Exceptional Children

 

Employment Status: Regular/Full Time

 

Description: Help students to achieve their greatest potential, learn to become independent, make

successful transitions and to interact with their peers

 

NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance

 

Essential Functions:

• Ensure safety of students
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information (i.e. IEP, ETR, custody papers, medical records, communication with parents and other teachers)
• Assist the teacher in implementing any training programs involved in the physical care and treatment of students, inclusive of, but not limited to feeding, lifting, positioning, toileting and transferring
• Assist the teacher as directed in implementing all classroom and related services objectives delineated in the IEP (i.e. targeted physical care procedures and academic objectives)
• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
• Assist students in the cafeteria, playground/recess, hall and/or classroom
• Keep students focused and on-task, every period, as much as possible
• Ability to carry out policies and procedures of the Board of Education and the Principal
• Carry out other normal routine and extra activities necessary for the educational development of handicapped students
• Supervise and assist students at various school activities and functions
• Monitor and manage student behavior as directed by the teacher
• Assist students in the development of life skills and appropriate social behaviors
• Conduct individual or small group reinforcing exercises as directed by the teacher
• Supervise students as directed by the teacher
• Work with handicapped students under supervision of the teachers

 

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Record keeping as necessary
• Attend meetings and in-services as required
• Keep student current on homework assignments
• Must be able to deal appropriately with students who exhibit emotional or behavioral problems, aggressive behavior, or physical problems
• Ability to manage student behavior effectively
• Sensitivity to handicapped students
• Assist teacher with clerical duties (i.e., prepare papers, typing, etc.)
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor for the Education of Exceptional Children

 

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Classroom experience with handicapped students
• Appropriate state of Ohio certification/license (i.e. Ohio Educational Aide certificate) with ESEA qualification
• BCII report
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• First aid/CPR training
• Knowledge of child development
• Training in child abuse and communicable diseases as necessary
• Training in instructional methodologies desirable

 

Equipment Operated:

• All common household appliances (i.e. refrigerator, stove, oven, dishwasher, mixer, radio, washing machine and dryer)

 

Additional Working Conditions:

• Frequent interaction among unruly children
• Frequent exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
• Occasional requirement to travel (i.e. to grocery store, field trips)
• Occasional requirement to “2-person lift” and carry children up to approximately 175 pounds
• Occasional requirement to climb, kneel, sit, and balance
• Occasional requirement to lift and carry (i.e. children) up to approximately 75 pounds

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent’s supervisor, appointing authority.