Instructional Assistant - Title I (Grant)
Position Goal: To provide the highest quality care and supervision to students in the Broward County School System by providing classroom supports that enhance the instructional process. Also, plays a vital role in the instructional process of an individualized program of education.
Essential Performance Responsibilities:
- Provide classroom supports that enhance the instructional process.
- Play a vital role in the instructional process of an individualized program of education.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience:
- A standard high school diploma or satisfactory completion of an approved General Education Development (GED) testing program.
- The ability to interact and communicate effectively with children.
- Computer skills required as needed for the position.
Preferred Qualifications & Experience:
- Successful completion of the Principal of Teaching formerly known as Teacher Assisting Curriculum at the designated technical college in the Broward County School District.
- Achieving a passing score on the ParaPro Test, or other officially sanctioned standard tests, to demonstrate the ability to assist in instructing reading/language arts, writing, and mathematics; or reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as appropriate.
- An earned associate degree from an accredited institution, or at least 60 semester hours of earned college credit from an accredited institution.
- Bilingual skills.
Significant Contacts:
- On a daily basis, works with assigned classroom teacher(s) and classroom students(s) to support high-quality and effective instructional and behavioral program delivery to students.
- Also, provides assistance, care, and supervision to students.
- Frequently interacts with other personnel within the assigned school in performing daily work routine.
Physical Requirements:
- Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up 10 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects.
Terms of Employment:
- Salary and benefits shall be paid consistent with the district's approved compensation plan.
- Length of the work year and hours of employment shall be those established by the School Board.