Special Education Classroom Aide

Title
Classroom Aide / Support Staff
Description
Support Staff Roles and Responsibilities

This role will include being in direct contact with Special Education teachers, students, and parents. All applicants should have related and applicable experience.

A Support Staff’s first responsibility is to support the classroom teacher and school administration in providing a safe, positive and productive learning environment. Classroom teachers hold the primary responsibility for the delivery of the curriculum using creativity, innovation and discovery. Support staff support the teacher and administration as directed. Employees in this position will be expected to assist teachers to prep and execute daily lessons, to lead class activities as directed, and to reinforce learning concepts under the direction of a teacher. Other duties can include supporting teachers in creating visual aides, physical classroom configuration and basic organizational tasks. Support staff also supervise students during movement breaks, recess, and lunch time activities, as directed.

Any interested applicants can apply with a resume that has at least three references that can be contacted.

Requirements
A Support Staff at CCID will:
*Have received, at a minimum, a high school diploma at an approved education institution;
*Demonstrate a strong commitment to the mission, pedagogy and methods of CCID;
*Exhibits a positive attitude working with students and adults;
*Flexible and adaptable to changing needs;
*Possess a clear and demonstrable concern for ALL children;
*Have excellent communication skills and an ability to work well with colleagues, administration and students;
*Be able to pass Federal Criminal Background Check;
*Seek continual learning and self-development including CCID-sponsored professional development and other trainings to improve skills and meet needed requirements

Preferred Substitute Support Staff qualifications include:
*Hold an Associate Degree; or
*48 semester hours or 60 quarter hours of college credit; or
*Passing score on the PRAXIS Parapro exam

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Must have the ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity to dial a telephone, to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height; and to bend, stoop, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead frequently and for extended time periods.

Interested applicants must submit a resume and three refernces that can be contacted.

CCID is an Equal Opportunity institution and is nondiscriminatory relative to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

Start Date
As soon as possible
Contact: Seth Bennion
Phone: (435) 258-7097
Fax: (435) 994-3379
170 W Spring Creek Parkway, Providence, UT 84332

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $17