Job Description
Position Title: Instructional Assistant
Qualifications/Certification:
High School Diploma or equivalent required
Associates Degree or two years of college work or paraprofessional certification preferred.
Experience working in an educational setting is preferred.
Able to understand and work with special needs students.
Excellent communication and organizational skills.
Be physically able to accommodate all facets of the job on a daily basis.
Reports To:
Supervisor of Specialized Instruction & Data Analytics
Responsibilities:
With direct supervision from a teacher, provides assistance in implementing plans and programs related to the academic or functional skill attainment for students with mental, physical, and/or emotional learning challenges.
Provides academic and physical assistance to students with disabilities as directed in one-to-one or in small group settings.
Assists teachers with academic instruction and implementing students’ Individual Education Program (IEP).
Assist in providing research-based behavioral interventions and supervision as directed by administration and teaching staff.
Assist in implementing the lesson plan.
Assists the teacher in rewriting the materials to meet academic levels of a student or group of students.
Makes student observations, collects data, and gives input to teachers as requested, related to student progress.
Attend pertinent conferences, workshops and in-service programs to meet and/or maintain professional development requirements.
Complete daily documentation and send weekly updates to the special education facilitators including, but not limited to, support needs, chronic absenteeism, behavioral concerns, etc.
Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the Supervisor of Special Education or his/her designee may assign.
Instructional Assistant
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Physical Requirements of Job:
MEASURED IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY
Not At All Occasionally Frequently Constantly
0 1 - 33% 34 - 66% 67 - 100%
LIFTING:
Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
11 to 20 lbs: Occasionally
Beyond 20 lbs: Not At All
BODY MOVEMENTS:
Bend/Stoop: Frequently
Climb: Occasionally
Kneel: Occasionally
Push: Occasionally
Pull: Occasionally
Twisting: Occasionally
Standing: Frequently
Sitting: Frequently
Walking: Frequently
Terms of Employment:
Length of Work Year: 190 school and in-service days.
Evaluation:
Performance will be evaluated by Supervisor.
The position holder must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. It is the responsibility of the employee to inform the LCTI of any and all reasonable accommodations that will be required.
LCTI is an equal opportunity employment, educational, and service organization.
Company Description
Lehigh Career & Technical Institute
Pennsylvania’s largest career and technical school. Founded in 1971, LCTI each year provides more than 45 skills-based programs of study, as well as academic instruction for about 2,700 students from 10 of Lehigh County’s public high schools. LCTI also offers industry-relevant training and credentials for adults working in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. The school’s state-of-the-art facilities encompass 450,000 square feet on a 47-acre campus in the Schnecksville section of North Whitehall Township. Visit lcti.org for more information about LCTI.Lehigh Career & Technical Institute\r\n\r\nPennsylvania’s largest career and technical school. Founded in 1971, LCTI each year provides more than 45 skills-based programs of study, as well as academic instruction for about 2,700 students from 10 of Lehigh County’s public high schools. LCTI also offers industry-relevant training and credentials for adults working in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. The school’s state-of-the-art facilities encompass 450,000 square feet on a 47-acre campus in the Schnecksville section of North Whitehall Township. Visit lcti.org for more information about LCTI.
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