What are the responsibilities and job description for the Teacher Assistant position at Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8?
Preferred Minimum Qualifications
Assist student(s) with a wide variety of needs by providing any combination of the following: individualized academic, behavioral, life skills and/or social-emotional instruction; medical/health care; and student assistance with learning, emotional regulation, and/or relationships.
Essential Job Functions
Teaching Assistants are on the Supplemental Salary Schedule.
Benefits
Fountain-Fort Carson School District # 8 provides medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, life, long-term disability, accidental death & dismemberment insurances, and paid time off benefits. There are district and employee contributions to some or most of these benefits.
Employment Period
186 days per year - 7.5 Hour Work Day
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Associates Degree or 48 semester hours or ACT certified.
- Obtain First Aid/CPR training.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
- Ability and willingness to take directions.
- Ability and willingness to meet the needs of students.
- Excellent references including attendance and punctuality.
- Experience working with students in a school setting preferred.
- Experience working with students who have experienced trauma preferred.
Assist student(s) with a wide variety of needs by providing any combination of the following: individualized academic, behavioral, life skills and/or social-emotional instruction; medical/health care; and student assistance with learning, emotional regulation, and/or relationships.
Essential Job Functions
- Assist students by instructing and reinforcing academic subjects, social-emotional-behavioral
- Develop activities and/or projects to support lesson plans for individual and/or small groups of students.
- Provide tutoring to individual or small groups.
- Implement specialized instruction, accommodations, and routines as outlined by professional staff and/or each child’s Individualized Education Plan (IEP), or related Behavior Intervention Plan.
- Assume the role of the teacher, dependent on absences, behavior, and/or interventions.
- Prepare classroom or learning environment with needed supplies and materials, support file maintenance and necessary record keeping.
- Communicate directly with students, families, and professional staff in a courteous and confidential manner and clearly communicate observations, information, and data regarding students to professional staff objectively and in a timely manner.
- Instruct and/or supervise students in and out of the classroom, on field trips, on playground, and/or during other activities.
- Attend in-services, building meetings, training, and/or school functions required by the position and/or location (Mandt, CPR, small vehicle, curricular, medical delegation, etc.).
- Provide behavior intervention prevention and intervention support, which may include physical
- Prepare and administer medication under the supervision of the RN after delegation.
- Administer first aid and/or CPR to ill or injured students following the guidelines from the State of Colorado.
- Provide care to students as outlined in an Individualized Health Care Plan.
- Obtain, document, and interpret student data as needed. Utilize interpreted data to alter student programming when needed.
- Demonstrate flexibility when specific tasks of job are adjusted to meet identified needs.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Oral and written communication skills.
- Interpersonal skills.
- English language skills.
- Bilingual oral and written communication skills preferred.
- Mathematical skills including basic calculations and application of math concepts.
- Personal computer and keyboarding skills.
- Customer service and public relations skills and professionalism.
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the job.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks with frequent interruptions, use time efficiently, demonstrate attention to detail, follow instructions, and respond to management direction.
- Ability to work with students with diverse backgrounds and abilities.
- Ability to promote and follow Board of Education policies, Superintendent policies, and building and department procedures.
- Ability to communicate, interact, and work effectively and cooperatively with all people including those from diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds.
- Ability to recognize the importance of safety in the workplace, follow safety rules, practice safe work habits, utilize appropriate safety equipment, and report unsafe conditions to the appropriate administrator.
- Basic operating knowledge of and experience with personal computers and peripherals.
- Basic operating knowledge of and experience with office software.
- Operating knowledge of and experience with typical office equipment, such as telephones, copier, fax machine, E- mail, etc.
- May require operating knowledge of computer networks and applications.
Teaching Assistants are on the Supplemental Salary Schedule.
- FFC8 allows new hires to bring in up to 8 years of previous experience in similar school type settings.
- Please understand that new hires tend to start out at the lower end of the salary range.
Benefits
Fountain-Fort Carson School District # 8 provides medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, life, long-term disability, accidental death & dismemberment insurances, and paid time off benefits. There are district and employee contributions to some or most of these benefits.
Employment Period
186 days per year - 7.5 Hour Work Day