Calvert County Public Schools - Prince Frederick, MD
posted 9 days ago
Prince Frederick, MD
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
About the position
The Instructional Assistant 2 will provide instructional, behavioral, and social emotional support services to help achieve a well-organized, smoothly functioning class and school environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resources. Instructional Assistant 2 will be assigned to work with students with disabilities in special education and general education classrooms to support the implementation of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students.
Responsibilities
- Provide instructional, behavioral and social emotional supports and services to students with disabilities.
- Assist individual children in need of special attention in areas including, but not limited to, academics, social, emotional, behavioral supports and activities of daily living.
- Assist with the provision of specially designed instruction and consistent implementation of student(s)' Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) under the direction of the teacher.
- Assist in the implementation of and collection of data as required by the student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) and/or Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP).
- Delivers academic interventions and implements proactive behavioral supports/interventions.
- Intervenes in crisis situations in the school environment as needed, which may include use of non-violent CPI when student exhibits aggressive behavior.
- Assist students with personal hygiene, including toileting/changing and activities of daily living.
- Works with groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher.
- Collaborate with a variety of educators and providers to implement students' IEPs across settings.
- Assists individual children in need of special attention.
- Performs clerical duties.
- Guides independent study, enrichment work, and other student supports planned by the teacher.
- Sets up, and/or operates, instructional technology, laboratory equipment, and computer programs.
- Assists teacher with implementation of classroom duties, routines, and instruction.
- Participates in professional learning opportunities.
- Provides periodic class coverage in absence of a classroom teacher.
- Positively interacts with others.
- Reports to work promptly every day.
- Meets deadlines.
Requirements
- High school diploma or general education development (GED) program certificate.
- Experience working with children with disabilities and with managing externalizing behaviors is preferred.
- Earns and maintains non-violent Calvert County Public School crisis management training (includes Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI), trauma-informed care, COMAR law training related to restraint, seclusion, and exclusion, risk related to the use of restraint, and documentation of crisis events), Ukeru crisis intervention training, restorative practices training, academic research-based intervention training and other trainings and certifications as required by the Director of Special Education, and the building principal or assistant principal.
Nice-to-haves
- Exceptional ability to understand and communicate with both verbal and written skills.
- Ability to operate various office machines and instructional technology.
- Ability to follow a flexible schedule and adapt to various environments.
- Demonstrated ability to relate effectively to students, teachers, staff, parents, and community members.
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve, make informed decisions, and communicate effectively with all stakeholders when presented with stressful situations.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize tasks.
Benefits
- Salary commensurate with qualifications applied to the current salary schedule for support employees (Grade 8).
- All employees are encouraged to have automatic payroll deposit.
