Instructional Aide 29 hours per week 181 days per year

Instructional Assistant - Speech Language Pathologist

This instructional assistant assists in the process of virtual speech/language instruction. This individual supervises students during their speech/language instructional periods. Duties and responsibilities include working effectively with individual students or small groups to reinforce or master learning or specific skills, operating and caring for equipment or instructional materials used in the classroom for instructional purposes, supervising and assisting students during daily routines and emergency drills, providing information and assistance to the virtual speech language pathologist, participating in staff meetings, committee meetings, or staff development sessions as requested, keeping students on task and focused, communicating with the classroom teacher regarding individual child development and behavior, assisting in the preparation of appropriate instructional materials, assisting with the collection and maintenance of records, providing diagnostic, prescriptive, and monitoring services, demonstrating the ability to plan and prioritize daily activities and working well with minimum supervision, exhibiting competence in the subject area(s) in which s/he is assigned, promoting student responsibility and positive leadership, handling unforeseen situations in accordance with policy, maintaining acceptable standards of behavior among students and enforcing school rules and regulations, accepting supervision and desiring to improve job skills, maintaining emotional control under stress, using discretion with confidential information, observing assigned work hours and maintaining regular attendance within the number of contracted days, and performing other duties within the program scope as assigned.

Reports to: Principal and to the special education coordinator

Qualifications: Deemed "Highly Qualified" by meeting one of the following requirements: Possesses an associate's degree from an accredited college; or has earned 60 semester hours (or the equivalent) from an accredited college; or has passed a state approved test. Knowledge and understanding of children including those with individual differences, demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with adults and children, acceptable skill level in reading, writing, and mathematics, good physical and emotional health, and ability to pass criminal background check. Contract: None; non-certified; part-time; hourly 181 days.