Special Education Instructional Teacher Assistant

JOB DESCRIPTION: :Glocester School Department is currently accepting applications for a highly effective teacher assistant who wants to support students and staff If you are interested in educating the whole child, and collaborating with colleagues as part of a professional learning community, we welcome the opportunity to meet you and learn more about how you could enhance our team. Position: Instructional Teacher Assistant Report to: Building Principal and Classroom Teacher Function: To work as part of an instructional team along with teachers and related services personnel and assist in the design, implementation and evaluation of program activities to ensure high levels of learning and performance for identified students consistent with the mission of the district and goals of the school .GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: The teacher works cohesively as a member of a team with staff, colleagues, and administrators to develop, implement, and continuously improve a personalized, rigorous, relevant, and collaborative learning environment. REPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Actively participate in and positively support all school and classroom functions needed to achieve the mission of the district and meet the learning needs of students, including, but not limited to, the following: • Serve as a member of a professional learning community to actively provide a collaborative, rigorous, relevant, and personalized education supported by technology that prepares students for college and careers; • Implement learning and teaching practices, school and community supports in accordance with district and school improvement plans and the mission of the district; • Seek information about the impact of students’ specific challenges to learning or disabilities on classroom performance, and work with specialists to develop alternative instructional strategies to meet the needs of these students; • Use assessment results to provide students with timely, helpful, and accurate feedback on their progress toward achievement goals; • Take responsibility for learning about and implementing federal, state, district and school initiatives to improve teaching and learning; • Follow school policy and procedures, respecting the boundaries of professional responsibilities, when working with students, colleagues, and families; • Interact with students, colleagues, parents, and others in a professional manner that is fair and equitable and guided by codes of professional conduct; • Exhibit attributes of reliable attendance, promptness, dependability, and professional ethics; • Use effective communication skills with students, colleagues, families and related agencies (spoken, written and non-verbal); • Performs the functions of the position in accordance with the: RI Professional Teaching Standards; RI Professional Code of Conduct; and all laws, regulations, school district policies, the mission of the district, school-based plans, and administrative directives / priorities / requests; and • Performs other duties as may be assigned and/or necessary to perform the functions of the position. The intent of these posted duties is to provide a representative sample of the types of duties that the district is seeking for this position and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total duties of this position.