1:1 Teaching Assistant - Metamora, United States - EASTERSEALS CENTRAL ILLINOIS

Description

Job Description

Position Status: Full-Time

Location: Easterseals Learning Academy, 110 Fandel Road, Germantown Hills, IL 61548

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8 am - 3 pm during the regular school year; 7:45 am - 2:15 pm during the summer sessions

Position Objective: The 1:1 Teaching Assistant is responsible for supporting a designated student with special needs, facilitating their educational development and engagement. This position involves collaborating with the instructional, support, and administrative staff to ensure the student's success.

Job Functions:

• Develop an understanding of each student's unique needs and become familiar with student records.
• Complete paperwork accurately and promptly, including attendance, schedules, requisitions, and other required forms following ESLA procedures.
• Assist the teacher with routine paperwork and preparing materials for classroom activities.
• Establish priorities to meet deadlines, be prepared for class, and adapt to reassignments when needed.
• Conduct lessons or meetings with guidance and training from the teacher.
• Support student learning by answering questions, modeling skills, and participating in classroom discussions.
• Provide re-teaching, guided practice, and assistance with assignments, tests, and tasks to promote skill acquisition.
• Address specific functional or academic needs through modified activities, accommodations, and adaptations.
• Support the development of students' health, self-care, and independence through modeling and prompting.
• Engage in ongoing training and professional development provided by ESLA to improve skills for supporting assigned students.
• Develop competencies in skills necessary to engage students in functional activities throughout the day.
• Implement formal and informal Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) with fidelity, collecting and submitting data regularly for analysis.
• Make necessary adjustments to student services based on data and guidance from the student support team.
• Formulate a daily schedule for students in collaboration with the classroom teacher, administration, and support specialists to ensure engagement throughout the school day.
• Attend related service therapy sessions and implement strategies throughout the student's day.
• Develop proficiency in students' functional communication and utilize it throughout the day.
• Ensure students' functional communication readiness and utilization.
• Document student activity and performance for a variety of purposes.

Marginal Responsibilities:

• Act as a mandated reporter to ensure student safety.
• Supervise students during lunch, bathroom breaks, and transitions outside of the classroom.
• Perform other assigned duties.

Education/Experience Requirements

• Completion of 60 semester hours of college credit from an accredited institution of higher education or successful completion of the approved paraprofessional examination by the Illinois State Board of Education.
• Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) certification or willingness and ability to complete the required training successfully.
• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification or willingness and ability to complete the required training successfully.
• Preferred experience in special education.

Competency Requirements

• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism.
• Demonstrate punctuality and reliability.
• Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
• Collaborate in a team and adapt to change.
• Take initiative and prioritize tasks independently.
• Utilize office equipment, and software, and maintain records.
• Organize and manage resources and files.
• Exercise good judgment and interact with diverse groups.

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.

• Must have visual ability sufficient to read and complete written correspondence, reports, etc., and computer screen information.
• Frequent use of hands to grasp, handle or feel.
• Regular standing, walking, sitting, and reaching.
• Occasionally lift and/or carry up to fifty (50) pounds.
• Engages in physical restraint of students, as necessary.
• Ability to drive a personal vehicle to meetings and service sites.

Work Environment

• Primarily operates in school environments with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, and temperature.
• Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.

Why work at the Learning Academy at Easterseals Central Illinois?

Easterseals has 75 affiliates across the nation that provide services and support to more than one million individuals and families living with a disability every year For more than 100 years, it has been the mission of Easterseals Central Illinois to provide exceptional services to ensure that children with developmental delays, disabilities, and other special needs can reach their full potential.

We believe that we are more than a mission. We believe that every child deserves the best, and so does our staff Some of the benefits and "perks" that set us apart from other schools:

• Group Health insurance
  • Medical Insurance - BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois
  • Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance - Guardian Life
  • Vision Insurance - VSP
  • FSA - Paylocity
• 401(k) Plan with employer match
• Exceptional PTO
  • Sick time and Personal Time
  • 10 Paid Holidays
  • All time off is in addition to paid Winter, Spring, and Summer Breaks

Easterseals Central Illinois is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Easterseals is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, call