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GLENWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SPED Associate (Special Education Associate) in Glenwood, Iowa
The Glenwood Community School District is currently accepting applications for a Special Education Associate L 2/3. Fluent in sign language is preferred but we are also willing to train someone in sign language. $14.00/hr
SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATE--Level 2/3
GLENWOOD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CLASSIFIED STAFF JOB DESCRIPTION
Position: Special Education Associate--Level 2/3
Qualifications: Prefer previous experience working with children who have specialneeds
High school diploma or equivalent
Essential Function: Depends on specific position
Reports To: Principal, special education teacher, general education teacher, and support staff
Consults With: Special education teacher, and general education teacher
Position Goal: To assist the teacher in maintaining developmentally appropriate classroom activities and learning environment so that children withspecial needs may learn effectively and reach their maximum potential.
Performance Responsibilities:
Attendance is necessary to be successful in this position.
Demonstrates respect for the dignity of the sensitivity to the needs of students withdisabilities.
Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff, and the schoolcommunity.
Attends training/inservice opportunities as required.
Keeps information related to individual children and families confidential.
Check e-mail daily. E-mail teacher progress reports three times per week, for thosestudents you assist in general education classes.
Performs errands and tasks for students, only if they cannot do it themselves.
Under supervision of the special education teacher, works with individuals or small groups to work on lessons initially introduced by the special education teacher.
Accompanies the student(s) as needed when trips to the office or to the schoolnurseare necessary.
Establishes as fully as possible a supportive and sympathetic relationship with thestudent(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the childs staffing team conferring about one of the students to whom assigned.
Ability to regularly lift 40 pounds and push/pull up to 100 pounds.
Assists the student(s) to whom assigned in such physical tasks as putting on andtaking off outerwear, moving from room to room, and using the lavatory.
Assists with loading and unloading of buses.
Lifts or assists with lifting students from wheelchairs to changing table, beds, orother designated areas.
Collects and records data according to established criteria determined by theclassroom teacher.
Accompanies students individually or in-groups on mobility functions to reinforce lifeand work skills.
Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment,materials and facilities.
Sanitizes classrooms and equipment using approved materials and methods.
Provides personal hygiene activities with students, including appropriate response tovarious body fluids.
Assists teacher in maintaining discipline and follows through on prescribedbehavioral management programs.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Terms of Employment: Days students are in school. Wage schedules shall be subject to annual review and modification by the Glenwood Board of Education or through the collective bargaining process, where one exists.
Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy on Classified Staff Evaluation.