POSITION:
- GES ‐ Functional Learning Center Instructional Assistant
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT / SALARY:
School year 21/22
7.5 hours per day
$16.50‐$21.79 Depending on experience, education.
STARTING DATE:
August 23, 2021
Essential Job Functions
• Delivers educational interventions designed by Special Education teachers to help students meet educational, academic, life skill, behavioral, physical, social and emotional goals.
• Assists teachers with Special Education students to enable learning with minimal disruptions to other students.
• Assists students with basic dress and grooming self‐care.
• Attends to physical needs of students. May include handling equipment such as prone standards (muscle inactivity so student is changed manually), wheelchairs and braces, (how to refit once removed, now to use properly, and physical lifting).
• Assists Special Education students in study labs to complete homework assignments and prepare for tests.
• Provides small group and tutorial instruction and supervision as directed.
• Provides preventative and follow‐up behavior management to students exhibiting disruptive behaviors and documents these situations.
• Communicates effectively with staff, students, and/or parents regarding needs and concerns.
• Use MADNT de‐escalation techniques to assist with behavioral non‐compliance and to work with students in crisis to enable their return to the proper academic setting.
• Learn and implement a variety of behavior plans for students.
• Uses knowledge of student needs to make necessary modifications to daily activities.
• Attends to health care physical needs of students, which may include feeding, toileting, diapering, responding to medical emergencies, and handling equipment.
Ancillary Job Functions
• Assists in preparation of materials needed for classrooms, including duplication, lamination, etc.
• Assists in and around the school with recess/lunch/bus duty and general assistance in hallways and classrooms.
• Attends staff meetings and trainings as needed.
• Takes notes for students and provide to appropriate staff.
• Participate in professional development as directed.
• Attend and participate in parent/teacher conferences as directed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Associates Degree, 72 quarter (48 semester) hours of post‐secondary coursework or High School Diploma and pass a rigorous Paraeducator local assessment;
Evidence of good leadership and citizenship qualities and an interest in students;
Ability to communicate well with adults and children;
Prior job‐related experience recommended, but not required;
Preferred Qualification: Strong Reading and Math Skills;
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable; and
Have a current First Aid card.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) Preferred
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
See job description
HOW TO APPLY:
Visit the Gervais website at gervais.k12.or.us. Click far right blue tab stating “Employment”, select the “Classified” tab, and then click on the blue tab stating “Click here to apply online for a position”.
Submit a Powered by TalentEd application with the following:
• A letter of interest addressing your strengths relative to the position;
• A current professional resume,
• Copy of Transcripts; and
• 3 current letters of reference.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at the District Office.
HIRING TIMELINES:
Advertise opening: 07/21/2021
Applications due: 08/04/2021 or until filled
Interviews: 08/06/2021
Board Approval: 08/19/2021
Applications screened: 08/05/2021
Position to be offered: 08/11/2021 conditional
Gervais School District is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
Persons having questions about or requests for special needs and accommodation should contact the Director of Special Programs at the Gervais School District Office, 290 First Street, Gervais, OR 97026, Phone (503) 792-3801. Contact should be made 48 hours in advance of the event.
The Gervais School district’s policy is to provide veterans and disabled veterans with preference as required by law. Applicants are required to provide certification of eligibility for preference.
